Mental health need and substance abuse problem risk: Acculturation among latinas as a protective factor among CalWORKs applicants and recipients

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 268-291

  Campos, Michael D ^a   Podus, Deborah ^a   Anglin, M Douglas ^a   Warda, Umme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Minority health; Substance problems; Welfare populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SOCIAL WELFARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149216722     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: 15332659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332640802313262     Document Type: Article

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