Gender, acculturation, and other barriers to alcohol treatment utilization among Latinos in three National Alcohol Surveys

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 446-456

  Zemore, Sarah E ^a   Mulia, Nina ^a   Yu Ye, ^a   Borges, Guilherme ^b   Greenfield, Thomas K ^a  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acculturation, Gender; Alcohol; Hispanic; Latino; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL WORK; STIGMA; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349167390     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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