People Awakening: Collaborative Research to Develop Cultural Strategies for Prevention in Community Intervention

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 100-111

  Allen, James ^a,b   Mohatt, Gerald V ^b   Beehler, Sarah ^a   Rowe, Hillary L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol use disorder prevention; American Indian and Alaska Native; Community based participatory research; Suicide; Suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALASKA; ALCOHOLISM; AMERICAN INDIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INUIT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROTECTION; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ALASKA; ALCOHOLISM; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CULTURE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84905386858     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-014-9647-1     Document Type: Review

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