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Drug Use Trajectories Among Minority Youth (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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Drug Use Trajectories Among Minority Youth (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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This volume examines trajectories of drug use among ethnic minority
youth in the United States with a focus on African Americans and
Hispanics. It also highlights what research designs have been
employed to address these differences as well as suggests
strategies for moving this discourse forward by identifying
potential targets for prevention and intervention with minority
youth. This book features essays by leading experts in the field
who have grappled with this issue for decades. Inside, readers will
find an insightful dialogue that addresses such questions as: Why
are African American and Hispanic youth more likely than their
White peers to abstain from drug use during adolescence but are
more likely to become problem users later in life? What impact does
the stress caused by discrimination have on potential drug use? To
what extent does religiosity protect minority youth from drug use
as past research suggests that it protects White youth? What is the
influence of neighborhood context on exposure to and use of
substances among urban African American children? Taken together,
the essays in this book identify underexplored risk and protective
factors and gaps in the current state of knowledge that can be used
to develop effective, culturally specific drug abuse prevention
strategies. This book is for anyone with an interest in the
initiation and escalation of drug use among African Americans and
Hispanics/Latinos and factors that influence these patterns over
the life course. It will also be an ideal resource for those
interested in better understanding the mechanisms by which risk and
protective factors are related to the development of drug use and
addiction, particularly the ways in which such factors contribute
to health differences and have disproportionately more negative
consequences for ethnic minorities.
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