Journeys of the Circle: A Culturally Congruent Life Skills Intervention for Adolescent Indian Drinking

Marlatt, G. Alan; Larimer, Mary E.; Mail, Patricia D.; Hawkins, Elizabeth H.; Cummins, Lillian Huang; Blume, Arthur W.; Lonczak, Heather S.; Burns, Kelly M.; Chan, Karen Kar Loen; Cronce, Jessica M.; Marr, Carey; Radin, Sandra M.; Forquera, Ralph; Gonzales, Rebecca; Tetrick, Crystal; Gallion, Steve

doi:10.1097/01.alc.0000080345.04590.52

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“…For example, Journey's of the Circle is a promising culturally based life skills intervention based on the tradition of the canoe journey among Pacific Northwest Coastal cultures (53,54). The program focuses on life skills that contribute to bicultural competencies and is an excellent example of community-based participatory research (CBPR) that is well done.…”

Section: In-progress Unpublished and Promising Prevention Initiativesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Substance Abuse Prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

Whitbeck

Walls

Welch

2012

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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In this article we review three categories of American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) substance abuse prevention programs: (1) published empirical trials; (2) promising programs published and unpublished that are in the process of development and that have the potential for empirical trials; and (3) examples of innovative grassroots programs that originate at the local level and may have promise for further development. AIAN communities are taking more and more independent control of substance abuse prevention. We point out that European American prevention scientists are largely unaware of the numerous grassroots prevention work going on in AIAN communities and urge a paradigm shift from adapting European American prevention science "best practices" to creating cultural "best practices" by working from inside AIAN communities.

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Section: In-progress Unpublished and Promising Prevention Initiativesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Substance Abuse Prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

Whitbeck

Walls

Welch

2012

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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“…Therefore, it is important to teach adolescents what to do in situations where their peers may pressure them to engage in risky behaviors, such as substance use. Skills- based interventions-such as the Journey of Circles (Marlatt et al, 2003), which is a group-based intervention program for high-risk American Indians that focuses on incorporating culture and life skills to reduce drug use-could aid in teaching drink-refusal skills. Moreover, the knowledge that school bonding can buffer this effect of peer use among younger adolescents is vital.…”

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School Bonding As a Moderator of the Effect of Peer Influences on Alcohol Use Among American Indian Adolescents

Dickens

Dieterich

Henry

et al. 2012

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: Previous research suggests that substance use among American Indian youth is associated with disproportionate rates of morbidity and substance misuse. Additional work to understand risk and protective factors for alcohol use is needed. The current study examined the role of school bonding in buffering the effect of peer alcohol use on a student's own alcohol use among American Indian adolescents. Method: The present study is part of a larger examination of alcohol use among American Indian youth. Survey data were collected from middle and high school students during the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 school years from 37 school districts in the United States. The sample consisted of 2,582 students ages 11-19 years: 1,606 were younger than 16, and 976 were age 16 or older. All students self-identifi ed as American Indian or Alaskan Native. The sample was approximately equally divided by gender (49% male). Results: For all students, peer alcohol use was a risk factor for (a) lifetime alcohol use and (b) level of alcohol use among users. School bonding was associated with a lower likelihood of lifetime alcohol use for adolescents younger than age 16 and a lower level of use among users for all adolescents. School bonding emerged as a protective factor that buffers against peer alcohol use among adolescent alcohol users younger than 16. Conclusions: Results of the study demonstrate the infl uence of exposure to alcohol-using peers and the protective role of school bonding on alcohol use among American Indian adolescents. Implications for prevention are discussed. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 73, 597-603, 2012)

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“…Compared to youth of other ethnocultural groups in Hawai`i, drug use onset tends to be earlier among Hawaiian youth (Lai & Saka, 2005; Ramisetty-Mikler, Caetano, Goebert, & Nishimura, 2004), and the consequences resulting from substance use tend to be more severe (Wong et al, 2004). While there have been substantial efforts in recent years to develop drug prevention programs focused on indigenous youth populations (Hawkins, Cummins, & Marlatt, 2004; Marlatt, Larimar, Mail, Hawkins, Cummins, Blume, 2003; Schinke, Tepavac, & Cole, 2000), very few have targeted Hawaiian youth (Edwards, Giroux, & Okamoto, 2010; Rehuher, Hiramatsu, & Helm, 2008). …”

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Drug Offers as a Context for Violence Perpetration and Victimization

Helm

Okamoto

Kaliades

et al. 2014

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

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Objective Drug use has been linked empirically with aggression and violence among youth in national and State of Hawai`i samples. However, the nature of this link and its implications for prevention are unclear. Therefore, this paper explores the intersection of drugs with aggression and violence by using the drug offer context as the unit of analysis. Method Native Hawaiian youth are sampled because substance use rates tend to be higher and onset tends to be earlier than their non-Hawaiian peers. Fourteen sex-specific focus group discussions were held with rural Native Hawaiian middle school students (N=64). Students discussed what they thought they would do in terms of drug refusal strategies in a variety of drug offer contexts. Results While aggression and violence were perceived to be socially inappropriate, students nonetheless felt drug use would be less socially competent. Narrative analyses indicated aggression and violence were perceived to function as potential drug refusal strategies. As proximal drug resistance, aggression and violence perpetration served as an immediate deterrent to the drug offerer, and thus drug use. As distal drug resistance, victimization served as a rationale for avoiding drug using contexts. Conclusions Implications are discussed in terms of prevention policy and practice, specifically in terms of a school-based prevention curriculum. Future research in Hawaiian epistemology and gendered approaches are warranted.

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Journeys of the Circle: A Culturally Congruent Life Skills Intervention for Adolescent Indian Drinking

Cited by 38 publications

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Substance Abuse Prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

Substance Abuse Prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

School Bonding As a Moderator of the Effect of Peer Influences on Alcohol Use Among American Indian Adolescents

Drug Offers as a Context for Violence Perpetration and Victimization

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