Substance Abuse and Special Populations
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Habits of a Diverse Professional
African American
Cambodian
Hmong
Latino/Latina
Native American
General Resources
Editors Note: This online booklet is intended as a guide for prevention specialists and volunteers who work in diverse communities. It is not intended to describe everyone in any group through a "cookbook" approach. Rather, it represents the perspectives of gifted prevention leaders from a variety of cultures. Through a survey, interviews and focus groups, representatives from African American, Cambodian, Hmong, Latino and Native American communities answered a series of questions. These questions were about substance use particular to their groups and ways that outsiders can best work with these communities. Modifications in formatting, punctuation and style were used to keep the chapters as true to the voices of the persons who participated in the project as possible.
Your Map To The Chapters
The following questions were asked of each group in the following order in each of the subsequent chapters. A change of color signals that you have moved on to another cultural population. Cultural-specific resources are listed at the end of each chapter.
- What are the top substance issues in the (culture) community?
- What is the perception of legitimate drug use in the (culture) community?
- What do people offering prevention services need to know about the (culture) community?
- How can prevention workers best access persons in the (culture) community?
- What are the most common misperceptions about the (culture) community?
- What is good about being a member of the (culture) community?
- What is difficult about being a member of the (culture) community?
- What are the most common mistakes made by others not from the (culture) community?
- Who do you talk to when approaching this community?
