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Combating Alcohol Abuse in Northwestern New Mexico

January 1, 2003 | Book

This chapter of the Anthology focuses on one city trying to address what seemed like an intractable problem. In the 1970s and 1980s, Gallup, N.M. had a frighteningly high rate of alcohol abuse, mostly because of heavy drinking among Native Americans coming to town from the surrounding reservations.

Alaska Summer Camp that Promotes Healthy Lifestyles for Native Teens Adds Non-Natives to the Mix

February 1, 2003 | Program Results Report

In the summer of 2001, the Cook Inlet Tribal Council created its Summer Youth Enhancement Camp a program of reforestation, education and cultural appreciation near Ninilchik, Alaska.

MADD Campaign Against Drunk Driving Reaches Out to Include Minorities

May 1, 2003 | Program Results Report

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) created a task force of representatives from a variety of ethnic/racial organizations and traffic safety professionals to provide advice about how to reach special populations effectively.

Group Fights Back Against Alcohol Abuse in Native American Community in New Mexico

July 1, 2003 | Program Results Report

Northwest New Mexico Fighting Back worked to reduce the demand for alcohol and other drugs in San Juan, McKinley and Cibola counties, a 15,000 square mile region with a large Native American population.

Using "Cluster" Groups to Seek Solutions to Tribal Drinking

October 1, 2003 | Program Results Report

The White Mountain Apache Tribe organized "cluster" groups of people with similar interests as a way to find solutions to community problems, especially in the area of substance abuse.

Problem Drinking Among Mexican-Americans

March 1, 2012 | Journal Article

Two measures of problem drinking among Mexican Americans in Texas City, Texas were studied examining the relationship of nativity and concentration of Hispanics living in the neighborhood. A total of 1,435 Mexican Americans ages 25 years and older w ...

Healthy Nations: Reducing Substance Abuse Among Native Americans

September 10, 2007 | Program Results Report

Native Americans suffer disproportionately compared with other groups in the United States from diseases and death due to alcohol, drugs and substance abuse.

American Indian and Alaska Native Alcohol Policies

March 1, 2009 | Issue Brief

Alcohol remains one of the most pressing public health concerns in many American Indian and Alaska Native communities. As sovereign nations, American Indian and Alaska Native tribes have the ability to pass a wide range of laws to control alcohol, which may be an important component of more comprehensive prevention planning. This Knowledge Asset focuses on evidence about the potential impact of these policies.

The Catholic Social Services Outreach Project

January 1, 2009 | Book

In this chapter of the Anthology, Digby Diehl, a freelance writer and frequent Anthology contributor, chronicles the work of Catholic Social Services to bring mental health and substance abuse counseling to the Lakota Sioux living on or near reservations in rural South Dakota. Like many of the up-close-and-personal stories featured in the Anthology, this project was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Local Initiative Funding Partners program.

Meditation Course Helps Native Americans Sustain Recovery

July 23, 2009 | Story

Marlatt and colleagues conducted a study in a prison in Seattle in which inmates were given the opportunity to participate in a 10-day Vipassana meditation course.

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