title: Beliefs of older Mexican American women about alcohol and alcohol use.
abstract: This exploratory study assessed the belief system regarding alcohol use in a non-clinical population of Mexican American women age 55 and older drawn from a potential population of 1,000 older adults who attend nine senior centers. The overriding research question was: What are the normative attitudes, knowledge, and behavior regarding alcohol in this population of older Mexican American women? Findings from this study can serve as a baseline for comparison for future studies of older Mexican American who are more acculturated or who are second- and third-generation Mexican Americans.
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71603, USA. hatchettb@uapb.edu
authors.forename: Bonnie F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Hatchett
authors.forename: Karen Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: Bernita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: Rose Marie
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Bryan-Young
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014481:United States