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Community‐based Substance Abuse Prevention: A Multicultural Perspective
Author(s) -
Orlandi Mario A.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of school health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1746-1561
pISSN - 0022-4391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1986.tb05780.x
Subject(s) - substance abuse prevention , perspective (graphical) , multiculturalism , ethnic group , diversity (politics) , substance abuse , intervention (counseling) , health promotion , sociocultural evolution , promotion (chess) , psychology , behavior change , medicine , social psychology , public relations , public health , sociology , nursing , political science , psychiatry , pedagogy , artificial intelligence , politics , computer science , anthropology , law
Communities represent complex organizational entities which frequently are comprised of varying racial, ethnic, and sociocultural subgroups. This diversity, which is often underestimated and at times overlooked, presents a formidable challenge to substance abuse prevention efforts. The different lifestyles exhibited by various subgroups within a community represent a range of target behaviors that must be addressed if community health promotion initiatives are to be effective. This paper describes the barriers to achieving the goals of community‐based substance abuse prevention that can arise from failing to recognize socioculturally‐defined subgroups. An intervention planning model, which addresses the barriers from the perspective of a communication‐behavior change (CBC) theoretical framework, is presented.