title: Parental perceptions of neighborhood effects in Latino Comunas: the script of "the Delinquent" in understanding drug use, violence, and social disorganization.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To obtain rich information about how adult Latinos living in high-poverty/high-drug use neighborhoods perceive and negotiate their environment.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 2008, 13 adult caregivers in Santiago, Chile, were interviewed with open-ended questions to ascertain beliefs about neighborhood effects and drug use.
  
  
  METHODS
  Inductive analysis was used to develop the codebook/identify trends.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Residents externalized their understanding of drug use and misuse by invoking the concept of delinquent youth. A typology of their perceptions is offered. Learning more about residents' circumstances may help focus on needs-based interventions. More research with Latino neighborhoods is needed for culturally competent models of interventions.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work and Julian Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA. phorner@msu.edu
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Horner
authors.forename: Ninive
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: Marcela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Delva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000850:Anomie; D002677:Chile; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011204:Poverty Areas; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012938:Social Perception; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*