American Indians (AIs) have often reported higher rates of drug use than have other
racial/ethnic groups. However, the majority of these studies have focused on drug use …

There is substantial literature on the patterns and correlates of substance use across
minority youth populations, but comparatively little attention has been directed to substance …

BACKGROUND: Research over the past several decades has shown that, compared to
other American ethnic and racial groups, American Indian (AI) youth use alcohol and other …

While there is fairly extensive literature examining the patterns and correlates of substance
use across minority youth populations with a particular focus on comparisons between …

While substance use rates among American Indian (AI) adolescents have been compared to
those of non-AI youth, statistical tests have not been used to determine whether these rates …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the risks and risk factors for substance use initiation and
progression among a large sample of American Indian (AI) adolescents. METHOD: Data …

The purpose of this analysis is to examine childhood characteristics associated with stage of
substance use in adulthood in two American Indian (AI) populations. Data were drawn from …

Background The racial/ethnic composition of the United States is shifting rapidly, with non-
Hispanic Asian-Americans, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders (NHs/PIs), and mixed-race …

Background: Substance abuse among American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) is a
significant and long‐standing health problem in the US Two‐thirds of American AIs/ANs …

Using data about members of a midwestern American Indian reservation in eight focus
groups that were conducted like “talking circles,” the authors describe the participants'(N …