CONFERENCE ON DRUG USE AND OUTCOMES IN MIXED RACE YOUTH

在美国，混血儿的数量越来越多， 缺乏将混合遗产与生活结果联系起来的信息。 由于高水平的酒精和其他药物（AOD）的参与 在混合遗产青年中，它将成为研究和政策的优先事项， 调查促进健康和损害健康的相关因素， 这个人口。 本次会议的目标是， 研究人员、学者、从业人员和其他人一起讨论 调查混合遗产之间可能存在的关系的方法 和危险行为，如吸毒和暴力。 这将 是一个为期两天的会议，定于1999年3月在WestEd San 弗朗西斯科，加州办公室。 本次会议的形式将是 关于专题问题的一系列专题讨论会， 讨论这些话题。 通过与 实践者，混合遗产青年的需求和经验将 强调，使数据收集过程得到改善。 通过这次会议，我们希望：（1）调查一个特定的 种族“混合”（例如，黑人-拉丁美洲人与中国-越南人）是一个 重要或实际问题，（2）调查是否存在生物学上的 混合遗产总是导致自我感觉是种族 混合，（3）讨论可能导致相对 混合遗产中参与毒品和暴力的风险更高 青年，（4）探讨在确定和 研究青年和混合种族，（5）讨论不同的风险 参与问题行为的可能性， 混合遗产的青年，和（6）头脑风暴的实际 混合血统之间的差异在学校一级的影响 青年和那些强烈认同只有一个种族或 族群。

The growing number of mixed race people in the U.S. is in stark contrast to the dearth of information linking mixed heritage to life outcomes. Because of the high level of alcohol and other drug (AOD) involvement in mixed heritage youth, it will become a research and policy priority to investigate health-promoting and health-compromising correlates for this population. The goal of the proposed conference is to bring together researchers, scholars, practitioners, and others to discuss ways of investigating the possible relationship between mixed heritage and risky behaviors, such as drug involvement and violence. This will be a two-day conference, slated for March 1999 at the WestEd San Francisco, California office. The format of this conference will be a series of symposia on topical issues interspersed with break-out discussion groups on these topics. Through discussions with practitioners, the needs and experiences of mixed heritage youth will be highlighted, allowing the data collection process to improve. Through this conference we hope to: (1) investigate whether a particular ethnic "mix" (e.g., Black-Latino vs. Chinese-Vietnamese) is a significant or practical concern, (2) investigate if a biologically mixed heritage always leads to self perception of being ethnically mixed, (3) discuss major factors that may account for the relatively higher risk for involvement in drugs and violence in mixed heritage youth, (4) explore the methodological issues involved in identifying and studying youth and mixed ethnicity, (5) discuss the different risk potentials for involvement in problem behaviors among various types of mixed-heritage youth, and (6) brainstorm about the practical implications at the school level of differences between mixed heritage youth and those with strong identification with only one racial or ethnic group.