Drinking careers : a twenty-five-year study of three Navajo populations /

In this book, the first long-term follow-up study of alcohol use among Native Americans, a physician and sociologist and an anthropologist examine the data on three groups of Navajos whom they first interviewed about their use of alcohol in 1966. The authors find verification for their initial hypot...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kunitz, Stephen J.
Other Authors: Levy, Jerrold E., 1930-2002, Andrews, Tracy J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1994]
Subjects:
Navajo Indians > Alcohol use > Longitudinal studies.
Alcoholism > Southwest, New > Longitudinal studies.
Alcoholism.
Indians of North America.
Longitudinal method.
Alcoholism
Indians, North American
Longitudinal Studies
Navajo > Consommation d'alcool > Études longitudinales.
Alcoolisme > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Études longitudinales.
Alcoolisme.
Peuples autochtones > Amérique du Nord.
Méthode longitudinale.
alcoholism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Navajo Indians > Alcohol use.
Alkoholkonsum
Alcoholisme.
Navajo (volk)
Longitudinaal onderzoek.
Navaho (Indiens) > Consommation d'alcool > Études longitudinales.
Alcoolisme > Etats-Unis (Nouveau-Sud-Ouest) > Etudes longitudinales.
Geschichte 1966-1991.
Arizona
New Mexico
New Southwest.
Navajo.
Alcoholic drinks > Consumption
Longitudinal studies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. A History of Navajo Drinking
  • 3. Longitudinal Studies of Alcohol Use
  • 4. Alcohol-related Mortality: Changing Period Effects
  • 5. Survival Patterns of the Original Study Groups
  • 6. Navajo Drinking Careers
  • 7. A Family History of Alcohol Use / Tracy Andrews
  • 8. Navajo Mortality in Its Regional Context
  • 9. Alcohol Treatment and the Bureaucratization of Tradition
  • 10. Conclusions
  • Appendix A: A Retrospective Diagnosis of Psychoactive Substance Dependence according to DSM-III-R Criteria
  • Appendix B: Alcohol Follow-up Questionnaire.

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