Citation

Beauvais F. Alcohol Health Res. World 1998; 22(4): 253-259.

Affiliation

Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, U.S. Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15706751

Abstract

The high prevalence of alcohol use and its consequences among American Indians may be attributed to a number of factors, including the influence of the European colonists who first made large amounts of alcohol available to Indians, as well as current social and cultural factors. Efforts to prevent and treat alcohol problems among the American Indian population may be more effective if native beliefs and approaches are incorporated. Alcohol problems also may be prevented through policies regulating the sale and use of alcohol in Indian communities.

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