TRI-ETHNIC CENTER FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH

三民族预防研究中心是一项全国性的资源， 少数民族青年药物滥用预防研究。它放置了一个 特别关注西部最大的两个少数民族--美国人 印第安人和墨西哥裔美国人。该中心跟踪药物使用率和 毒品相关问题，如青少年犯罪、辍学、暴力和 这两个群体中的受害者。中心研究比较了病因学 在少数民族群体中使用毒品，探索如何在社会上， 心理和文化特征与吸毒、犯罪有关 和辍学，重点是族裔和文化所发挥的作用 病原学鉴定和预防。研究包括横断面 药物使用相关因素分析及纵向研究 研究风险和复原力因素与种族和 文化认同互动形成吸毒与非吸毒 同行社交网络。除了对药物使用的病因学研究外， 该中心测试旨在减少以下人群吸毒的预防计划 少数族裔青年。该中心已经证明，吸入剂的使用非常 年幼的孩子对美国、印度和墨西哥人来说是一个特别的问题- 美国青年。该中心将测试一项跨越4号的预防计划 到7年级，以减少墨西哥裔美国年轻人和 美国印第安人儿童。在四年级和五年级，预防 该计划提高了复原力，并让父母和孩子参与 防止家庭毒物，包括溶剂。在6号和 7年级，该计划更直接地关注吸入剂滥用。这个 该中心还促进和提高了其他研究科学家的能力 通过准备博士和博士学位来从事跨文化研究 少数族裔博士后从事药物滥用研究和工作 通过研究论坛、合作研究和访问学者。

The Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research is a national resource for the study of drug abuse prevention among minority youth. It places a special emphasis on the two largest western minority groups -- American Indians and Mexican-Americans. The Center tracks the rates of drug use and of drug-related problems such as delinquency, dropout, violence and victimization in these two groups. Center research compares the etiology of drug use across ethnic minority groups, exploring how social, psychological and cultural characteristics relate to drug use, delinquency and dropout, with an emphasis on the role played by ethnicity and cultural identification in etiology and prevention. Studies include cross sectional analyses of the correlates of drug use as well as longitudinal studies examining how risk and resiliency factors along with ethnicity and cultural identification interact to form drug using and non-drug using peer social networks. In addition to studies of the etiology of drug use, the Center tests prevention programs aimed at reducing drug use among minority youth. The Center has demonstrated that inhalant use by very young children is a particular problem for American Indian and Mexican- American youth. The Center will test a prevention program spanning the 4th through 7th grades to reduce inhalant use by young Mexican-American and American Indian children. In the 4th and 5th grades, the prevention program increases resiliency and involves parents and children in protecting against household poisons, including solvents. In the 6th and 7th grades, the program focuses more directly on inhalant abuse. The Center also promotes and enhances the ability of other research scientists to engage in cross-cultural research through preparing doctoral and postdoctoral minority students for careers in drug abuse research and through research forums, collaborative research, and visiting scholars.