TRI-ETHNIC CENTER FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH

三民族预防研究中心是一个国家资源， 研究预防少数民族青年滥用药物。它将一个 特别强调两个最大的西方少数民族--美国人 印第安人和墨西哥裔美国人。该中心跟踪毒品使用率， 与毒品有关的问题，如少年犯罪、辍学、暴力和 这两个群体中的受害者。中心研究比较了病因 少数民族群体的药物使用，探索社会， 与吸毒、犯罪、 重点是种族和文化因素在教育中所起的作用。 病原学鉴定和预防。研究包括横截面 分析药物使用的相关因素以及纵向研究 研究风险和弹性因素沿着种族和 文化认同相互作用形成吸毒和非吸毒 同伴社交网络。除了对吸毒的病因学进行研究外， 该中心测试旨在减少吸毒的预防计划， 少数民族青年。该中心已经证明，吸入剂的使用， 对于美国印第安人和墨西哥人来说，年幼的孩子是一个特别的问题。 美国青年该中心将测试一个预防方案， 通过七年级，以减少年轻的墨西哥裔美国人使用吸入剂， 美国印第安儿童在四年级和五年级，预防 该计划增加了弹性，并使父母和孩子参与其中， 防止家用毒物，包括溶剂。在第六和 7年级，该计划更直接地关注吸入剂滥用。的 中心还促进和提高其他研究科学家的能力 从事跨文化研究，通过准备博士和 少数族裔博士后学生从事药物滥用研究和 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.