The role of African-American clergy in providing informal services to drug users in the rural south: Preliminary ethnographic findings

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-21

  Sexton, Rocky L ^a   Carlson, Robert G ^a   Siegal, Harvey A ^d   Leukefeld, Carl G ^b   Booth, Brenda M ^c  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

African Americans; Clergy; Ethnography; Informal drug counseling; Rural South

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLERGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ARKANSAS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CLERGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; PASTORAL CARE; ROLE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33746782528     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: 15332659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J233v05n01_01     Document Type: Article

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