Illicit and prescription drug problems among urban Aboriginal adults in Canada: The role of traditional culture in protection and resilience

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Currie, Cheryl L ^a   Wild, T Cameron ^b   Schopflocher, Donald P ^b   Laing, Lory ^b   Veugelers, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Canada; Enculturation; Illicit drugs; Prescription drugs; Resilience; Urban

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; BOOTSTRAPPING; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DRUG USER; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

ABORIGINE; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CITY; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA;

EID: 84878139351     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.03.032     Document Type: Article

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