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Volume 38, Number 1

Explaining Contemporary Hispanic Drug Use/Abuse: Issues and Challenges

Introduction to the Special Issue
Wilson Palacios

Drug Use/Abuse Prevalence, Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment in Hispanic Adolescents: A Cultural Perspective
Guillermo Prado, José Szapocznik, Mildred M. Maldonado-Molina, Seth J. Schwartz, Hilda Pantin

Acculturation Among Latino Youth and the Risk for Substance Use: Issues of Definition and Measurement
Elvia Y. Valencia, Valerie Johnson

Social Relationships, Social Assimilation, and Substance Use Disorders Among Adult Latinos in the U.S.
Glorisa Canino, William A. Vega, William M. Sribney, Lynn A. Warner, Margarita Alegría

The Effect of Acculturation on Patterns of Hispanic Substance Use in Washington State
Scott Akins, Clayton Mosher, Chad L. Smith, Jane Florence Gauthier

Perceiving the Risk of Substance Use: The Roles of Nativity, Acculturation, and Family Support Among Hispanic Children
Tara D. Warner, Christopher P. Krebs, Diana H. Fishbein

A Cross-National Comparison of Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Use Behaviors: Hispanic Youth in the U.S. and Dominican Republic
Luis R. Torres, Juan B. Peña, Wayne W. Westhoff, Luis H. Zayas

Trajectories of Acculturation and Enculturation in Relation to Heavy Episodic Drinking and Marijuana Use in a Sample of Mexican American Serious Juvenile Offenders
Sandra H. Losoya, George P. Knight, Laurie Chassin, Michelle Little, Delfino Vargas-Chanes, Anne Mauricio, Alex Piquero

Mexican-American Youth Drug Use And Acculturation: A Note on the Mitigating Effects of Contextual Dynamics
J. Mitchell Miller, Holly Ventura Miller, Jesse T. Zapata, Zenong Yin

Communication About Sexually-Related Topics Among Hispanic Substance-Abusing Adolescents and Their Parents
Maite P. Mena, Frank R. Dillon, Craig A. Mason, Daniel A. Santisteban

Stigmatization, Substance Use, and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Latino Gay and Bisexual Men and Transgender Persons
Douglas Bruce, Jesus Ramirez-Valles, Richard T. Campbell

Explaining Substance Use Among Puerto Rican Adolescents: A Partial Test of Social Learning Theory
Holly Ventura Miller, Wesley G. Jennings, Lorna L. Alvarez-Rivera, J. Mitchell Miller

Nonmedical Prescription Drug Use Among Hispanics
Jason A. Ford, Fernando I. Rivera

Hispanics in Specialty Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
Sharon Reif, Constance M. Horgan, Grant A. Ritter

Hepatitis B Virus Prevalence and Vaccination Rates Among Hispanic Injection Drug Users Participating in a Vaccination Campaign
Robert Heimer, Lauretta E. Grau, Merrill Singer, Greg Scott, Patricia A. Marshall, Yiqing Hu, Karen H. Seal

Ethical Issues in Research with Hispanic Drug Users: Participant Perspectives on Risks and Benefits
Merrill Singer, Greg Mirhej, Derrick Hodge, Hassan Saleheen, Celia B. Fisher, Meena Mahadevan

 


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