Creating Qungasvik (A Yup'ik Intervention "Toolbox"): Case Examples from a Community-Developed and Culturally-Driven Intervention

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 140-152

  Rasmus, Stacy M ^a   Charles, Billy ^a   Mohatt, Gerald V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian and Alaska Native; Community based participatory research; Community intervention; Substance abuse; Suicide; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALASKA; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INUIT; MALE; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ALASKA; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84905393786     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-014-9651-5     Document Type: Article

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