title: Off-premise alcohol outlets on and around tribal land: risks for rural California Indian youth.
abstract: Investigating the alcohol environment for rural American Indian youth, we conducted 70 interviews with leading members and youth representatives of nine Southern California tribes. We also conducted brief observations in all 13 stores licensed to sell alcohol on and close to the reservation lands of the nine tribes. Underage youth may obtain alcoholic beverages at stores either directly through illegal sales to minors or indirectly through social sources. Stores are also environments within which alcoholic beverages and heavy drinking may become normalized for youth. Limitations and implications for convenience store-based prevention research on alcohol retail environment for youth in rural populations areas are discussed.
authors.affiliation: a Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation , Oakland , California.
authors.forename: Juliet P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Roland S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Nadeana
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Calac
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Gilder
authors.forename: Cindy L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Ehlers
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D003132:Commerce / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012931:Social Environment; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: American Indian; adolescents; alcohol; availability; environmental prevention; qualitative