Developing Cultural Competence in Asian-American and Pacific Islander Communities: Opportunities in Primary Health Care and Substance Abuse Prevention

• NCJ Number: 182578
• Editor(s): Barbara W. K. Yee Ph.D., Noreen Mokuau DSW, Sehwan Kim Ph.D.
• Date Published: 1999
• Length: 294 pages
• Corporate Author: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin (SAMHSA); US Dept of Health and Human Services; US Dept of Health and Human Services
• Sale Source: NCJRS Photocopy Services; SAMHSA Ctr for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: DCC. CSAP Cultural Competence Series 5, Special Collaborative Edition

Annotation

This book examines some cultural issues of Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities and the relationship of specific cultural factors to the design and evaluation of substance abuse prevention programs.

Abstract

The volume focuses on the challenging distinctions and commonalities shared by these highly diverse ethnic/racial communities within the context of community resilience and how resilience can be brought to bear in the design, implementation, and evaluation of prevention approaches. Specific essays discuss: (1) strategic opportunities and challenges for primary health care; (2) a framework for Asian-American and Pacific Islander programs; (3) developing culturally valid measures for assessing prevention impact; (4) the impact of gender and age roles; (5) identifying at-risk Asian-American adolescents in multiethnic schools; (6) current evidence on substance abuse among Asian-American youth; (7) cultural context and implications for prevention programs; (8) issues of responsibility, justice and culture; and (9) developing cultural competence evaluation for Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities. References, notes, figures, tables