Handbook for Conducting Drug Abuse Research with Hispanic Populations

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Robert C. Freeman, Yvonne P. Lewis, Héctor Manuel Colón

Foreword by Ernest Chavez

Book Code: C7557

ISBN: 0-275-97557-6

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97557-9

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368 pages, figures, map,tables

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 1/30/2002

List Price: $107.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 7 1/2 x 9 1/4

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Endorsement From Stephanie Tortu
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine: A practical handbook that will be of great value for those who wish to conduct drug use research with Hispanic populations. A major strength is the fact that, unlike many projects, the effort to create this handbook was a collective one and represents many diverse voices. [T]he information is of high quality, coming as it does from those with the greatest expertise in this field. The book is comprehensive and covers all the topics relevant to conducting research, including recruitment, instrumentation and analysis issues, and retention. The chapter on technology transfer is an unexpected plus! It is very clearly written, and the structure of the chapters, with summaries and `points in brief' makes the handbook very user friendly. The guidelines provided by this book will be extremely helpful to the novice researcher, but the seasoned Principal Investigator may also benefit from having a reference such as this on the bookshelf.
Endorsement From Melanie M. Domenech Rodriquez
Utah State University: A pleasure to read. I found the book to be a comprehensive, user-friendly resource for drug abuse researchers in the beginning stages of their professional development or for those who are new to drug abuse research with Latino populations.
Endorsement From Juana Mora
California State University, Northridge: The companion CD-ROM is a valuable resource for graduate students, social science researchers and teaching faculty. The CD-ROM instruction system is comprehensive and current. It provides an excellent description of the various Latino populations in the U.S. and the historical, racial, political, migrational, and cultural differences and similarities across all groups. In addition, the CD-ROM and Handbook provide important insights into how to understand gender and acculturation in the development of meaningful drug abuse research with Hispanic populations. The panel of expert researchers who contributed to the development of this CD-ROM and Handbook provide cutting edge research knowledge and case examples in a highly readable format.
Endorsement From Norweeta G. Milburn, Director
Center for HIV Indentification, Prevention, and Treatment Services
UCLA-NPI Center for Community Health: Valuable for researchers who are new to the field of drug abuse research on Hispanic-American populations. It offers a very comprehensive overview of how to design research that is relevant, sensitive and responsive to ethnic diversity among Hispanic-Americans. The Handbook is an outstanding supplemental text for graduate level research methods courses since it systematically walks the reader through the nuances of conducting field-based substance abuse research.
Endorsement From Sally J. Stevens
Southwest Institute for Research on Women
University of Arizona: An extraordinary effort was put forth by NOVA Research in the completion of the Handbook for Conducting Drug Abuse Research with Hispanic Populations. With Hispanics disproportionately affected by substance abuse and the health and social consequences of substance abuse (e.g., HIV, incarceration), a comprehensive handbook for reaching, engaging and intervening with Hispanic populations is both timely and important. Researchers as well as clinicians and educators--new and experienced--will find the content of this handbook enlightening and informative. Incorporating concepts and strategies articulated in this Handbook will help to foster improvements in the health and well being of Hispanic populations.
Endorsement From Barry S. Brown
University of North Carolina, Wilmington: While targeted to issues in AIDS research, the materials contained in the Handbook are useful to investigators concerned with understanding issues in the recruitment, testing and follow-up of Hispanic samples. The authors are to be congratulated for having produced a highly readable volume that provides important and highly practical information without sacrificing scholarship. Any researcher working with, or planning on working with, Hispanic populations would be advised to consult this volume.

Description: This volume, with accompanying CD-ROM, is a compendium of information providing practical guidelines for individuals doing drug abuse research with Hispanic populations. Aimed at graduate students and researchers or service providers initiating programs with Hispanic communities, it also provides ample substance for seasoned researchers. The material is drawn from the field work of countless investigators who, in the course of conducting drug abuse research targeted at the Hispanic population, have designed studies, collaborated with communities, conducted outreach, recruited participants, developed and tested instruments, collected and analyzed data, followed up with clients and considered ways of returning something to the community after their research was completed. The CD-ROM provides not only the volume's electronic text, but also decision-tree scenarios of each major component activity to initiate and conduct research with Hispanic populations. This handbook was written largely because many drug abuse researchers in the 1980s and 90s operated under the assumption that the methods and approaches useful with non-Hispanic subjects could also be utilized with Hispanics. That approach ignored such moderating variables as acculturation, language and core values. As a consequence, the benefits of research findings did not always accrue to Hispanics. This volume contributes significantly to filling this gap in drug abuse research.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Foreword
Hispanics in the United States: An Overview for the Drug Abuse Researcher
Setting the Stage for the Research
Recruitment of Hispanic Research Participants
Instrumentation, Data Collection, and Analysis Issues
Retention and Follow Up of Hispanic Research Participants
Technology Transfer of Research Programs to the Hispanic Community
Glossary
References
Appendix A: Generally Useful Referral Sites for the Drug Abuse Researcher
Appendix B: Acculturation Scales
Appendix C: Sample Informed Consent Form
Appendix D: Locator Form
Appendix E: Advanced Tracking Strategies
Appendix F: Script: Responding to Participant Concerns Over the Telephone
Index


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