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This article describes a community-based study, Alcohol Outlet Density and Mexican American Youth Violence, funded by the California Wellness Foundation--Violence Prevention Initiative to the prevention Research Center in Berkeley, California. The study was conducted in three northern California cities in 1993-1996. The focus is on the inclusionary planning process in designing and implementing the study. Community members were an integral part in the identification of study questions. As a result, the findings of the study are relevant to community activists in advocating alcohol-related policies. The need for more utilization-based community studies is emphasized.
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Alcoolismo/etnologia , Alcoolismo/prevenção & controle , Participação da Comunidade/métodos , Pesquisa sobre Serviços de Saúde/organização & administração , Americanos Mexicanos , Desenvolvimento de Programas/métodos , Projetos de Pesquisa , Publicidade , California , Seguimentos , Humanos , Americanos Mexicanos/educação , Americanos Mexicanos/psicologia , Americanos Mexicanos/estatística & dados numéricos , Avaliação das Necessidades/organização & administração , Técnicas de Planejamento , Apoio à Pesquisa como AssuntoRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: This study examines the relationship between level of acculturation and drinking status among Mexican American males and females in three northern California cities. METHOD: The data analyzed were collected through the use of a telephone survey. The sample size is 932. RESULTS: Our results show that acculturation has a direct effect on drinking status for women in the sample but not for men. At low levels of acculturation, our results show the expected difference in drinking status by gender; with high abstention rates for women and low abstention rates for males. At high levels of acculturation there is a convergence in drinking status with females approximating the proportion of male drinkers in the sample. Additionally, acculturation was associated with "heavier" drinking for females while place of birth was associated with "heavier" drinking for males. CONCLUSIONS: Studies of drinking patterns and related problems need to consider these factors.
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Aculturação , Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas/etnologia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , México/etnologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Fatores Sexuais , Estados Unidos/epidemiologiaRESUMO
This study examines the relationship between husband's level of drinking and his participation in traditionally defined female household duties. A quantity/frequency index of alcohol consumption was used to compare husband's drinking level with participation in child care, household cleaning, buying groceries, and cooking as a measure of egalitarianism in Mexican-American family households. Results show that husbands who abstain from alcohol participate in two of the household duties, cleaning and cooking, at significantly higher levels than either infrequent or frequent drinkers.
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Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas/etnologia , Casamento/etnologia , Americanos Mexicanos , Adulto , Idoso , Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado , Criança , Educação Infantil , Coleta de Dados , Família , Feminino , Identidade de Gênero , Zeladoria , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estados UnidosRESUMO
Alcohol use in farmworker communities has not been investigated to any extent. The literature on alcohol consumption and farmworkers is virtually nonexistent. This case study provides information on drinking patterns and problems in a Mexican farmworker community in Northern California. The focus is on Mexican farmworker women's perspectives on drinking in a specific social context: A migrant farmworker housing center. Male responses are provided as a basis for comparison and contrast. The study examines issues related to driving under the influence, public versus private space, and the centrality of considerations regarding children/youth in setting acceptable parameters for drinking. Data collection consisted of observations and 29 interviews of men (13) and women (16) farmworkers over a 6-month period in 1991. We found that most of the women in the camp abstain from drinking. They define male drinking as a problem when 1) youth are allowed and encouraged to drink, 2) an increase of individuals driving under the influence in the housing center becomes evident, and 3) when drinkers serve as poor role models for youth.