Alcohol Use/Abuse Among Latinos

Issues and Examples of Culturally Competent Services

Melvin Delgado

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781317826606
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Addiction in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

In Alcohol Use/Abuse Among Latinos: Issues and Examples of Culturally Competent Services, you will learn how to design and improve services for Latinos with substance abuse problems by understanding that the cultures and personal backgrounds of your clients are crucial to the counseling process. This text will also show you how these service skills apply to the individual, family, or an entire community. Studies show that, according to patients, culturally sensitive and responsive practitioners are generally more credible, trusted, and effective. Alcohol Use/Abuse Among Latinos takes into account several different aspects that will help you develop these traits and provide successful services for Latinos dealing with alcohol or other drug problems. You'll gain valuable insight into:

• the five elements that are vital to a successful ATOD (Alcohol, tobacco and Other Drug) service--multiculturism, resilience/strengths, competence, community capacity development, and community participation--plus a detailed explanation of why they are needed
• step-by-step instructions for using three methods, supervision, inservice training, and consultation, as means of providing ongoing learning of cross-cultural competencies to practitioners
• why key factors such as economic background, gender, and sexual orientation need to be taken into consideration for ATOD services to be effective
• demographic patterns and case studies of Latino users and abusers of alcohol and other drugs that illustrate the growing number of Latinos in need of ATOD services
• why the practitioner needs to be aware of how family importance, values attached to cooperation versus competition, sociability, respect, and action-oriented problem-solving play a role in effective services for Latinos
• the need for practitioners to understand how ethnic identity, biculturality, Spanish language fluency, gender-specific role expectations, skin color, and overall sense of self can affect the success of services for Latino teenagers
• how excessive marketing of alcohol to Latino communities, lack of representation, and a lack of community involvement are key barriers to successful ATOD services for Latinos

Alcohol Use/Abuse Among Latinos also discusses Latino mens'and womens'individual needs concerning substance abuse. One of the topics addressed, the loss of self-esteem, has been found to be a contributing factor to alcohol use and abuse for Latinas. It offers ways you can promote self-esteem in your Latina clients by focusing on their cultural heritage and pride. In addition, this text takes a unique look Latina lesbians and how training through educational and agency internship programs can promote awareness to your clients' special needs concerning substance abuse. Alcohol Use/Abuse Among Latinos will help you provide all of your Latino clients with efficient and culture-friendly services for resisting or overcoming the abuse of alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs.

Index

Page numbers followed by C indicate charts; page numbers followed by f indicate figures; and page numbers followed by t indicate tables.

Abad, V., 151

Absenteeism, alcohol and drugs in workplace and, 140t

Abstainer, defined, 59

Abstention, from alcohol, among Latinas, 149, 168–169

Abuse

alcohol. See Alcohol abuse

drug. See Drug abuse

substance. See Substance abuse

Accidents, job-related, alcohol and drugs in workplace and, 140t

Acculturation

alcohol use among Latinas and, 59–60, 169–171

alcohol use among Latino males and, 151–152

alcohol use among Mexican Americans and, 151–152

Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans, Hispanic Stress Inventory, 118

Acetaminophen, emergency room episodes associated with, 44t

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), among Hispanic drug users, 41, 42t, 43t

Adelante Juntos Community Empowerment Partnership (AJCEP), 134

Administracion de Servicios de Salud Mental Y Contra Addicion, 134

Adolescent(s)

AODA in, parental attitudes and parental drug use as factors in, 114

Hispanic

alcohol use and abuse among, 58–59, 60–61

AODA among, 112, 113

protective family characteristics in, 61

Latino male, alcohol use among, 150–151

Age, as factor in alcohol use and abuse among Latinos, 63

Age of onset, of alcohol use in Latino youth, 63

Agyris, C., 96

AIDS. See Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Alcocer, A., 58–60, 63, 67

Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) abuse

among Hispanic(s), 21–40. See also Hispanic(s), ATOD use among, prevalence of

among Hispanic youth, prevalence...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• About the Editor
• Introduction
• Setting the Context
• A View from the Field
• Group Specific
• Summary of Key Practice, Research and Policy Implications
• Index