Historical and cultural roots of drinking problems among American Indians
Historical and cultural roots of drinking problems among American Indians
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.90.3.344
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发表时间：
2000-03-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
Ames, GM
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作者：
Frank, JW;Moore, RS;Ames, GM
许多北美原住民与酒精有关的问题的流行的根源是在文化上对欧洲人到来的反应，酒精在边疆社会中的作用，以及殖民和后殖民政策。历史记录中的证据被认为是在当前社会科学的框架内。最初，美洲原住民对酒精的反应受到了白色拓荒者的严重影响，他们饮酒过度，醉酒时会做出其他不可接受的行为。白人还故意向土著人推销酒精，因为这是一种非常有利可图的贸易商品;此外，酒精被用作当局与土著人之间官方交易的“外交”工具。作者认为，进一步研究现代土著人的酒精问题的起源将受益于跨学科的“健康的决定因素”的方法，在这种方法中，酒精问题的生物学影响进行了调查的文化，社会和经济力量的背景下，塑造了个人和群体的饮酒模式。
Roots of the epidemic of alcohol-related problems among many Native North Americans are sought in cultural responses to European arrival, the role of alcohol in frontier society, and colonial and postcolonial policies. Evidence from the historical record is considered within the framework of current social science.Initially, Native Americans' responses to alcohol were heavily influenced by the example of White frontiersmen, who drank immoderately and engaged in otherwise unacceptable behavior while drunk. Whites also deliberately pressed alcohol upon the natives because it was an immensely profitable trade good; in addition, alcohol was used as a tool of "diplomacy" in official dealings between authorities and natives. The authors argue that further research into the origins of modern indigenous people's problems with alcohol would benefit from an interdisciplinary "determinants of health" approach in which biological influences on alcohol problems are investigated in the context of the cultural, social, and economic forces that have shaped individual and group drinking patterns.