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HANDBOOK: The Handbook for
Conducting Drug Abuse Research with Hispanic Populations is a
compendium of guidelines for conducting drug abuse research with
Hispanic populations. It is aimed at graduate students, recent
Ph.D.s, and other researchers interested in the topic. The text
represents many voices—those of countless researchers in the
field—but the message is cohesive. The recommendations are
straightforward and culturally sensitive; they have been tested in
the field and shown to be effective. Six chapters make up the
Handbook: Chapter 1 is a compilation of demographic and cultural
material summarizing the diversity within the Hispanic population in
the United States, and a discussion of drug abuse as it relates to
U.S. Hispanics; Chapter 2 discusses how to set the stage for
conducting drug abuse research within the Hispanic community; Chapter
3 focuses on recruiting Hispanic study participants; Chapter 4
considers the development of study instruments and collection of
data; Chapter 5's emphasis is on participant retention and followup;
and Chapter 6 discusses returning something to the community once the
study is completed.
CD-ROM: A Computer-Based
Instructional System (CBIS) CD-ROM accompanies the Handbook. The CBIS
is an interactive teaching/learning system that, in addition to
presenting the Handbook text, contains a variety of graphics, sounds,
and photographs that repeat, reinforce, extend, and support the text.
AUTHORS: The Handbook's authors are
Robert C. Freeman, Ph.D., NOVA Research Company; Yvonne P. Lewis,
M.S., NOVA Research Company; and Héctor Manuel Colón,
Ph.D., Centro de Estudios en Addicion, Edificio Hospital Regional de
Bayamo. Chapter revisers are María Félix-Ortiz, Ph.D.,
University of California at Los Angeles (Chapter 2); Kurt C.
Organista, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (Chapter 3);
Juana Mora, Ph.D., California State University, Northridge (Chapter
5); and Rebeca Ramos, M.P.H., U.S.-Mexico Border Health Association
(Chapter 6).
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
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Preface
Foreword
Hispanics in the United States: An Overview for the Drug
Abuse Researcher
Setting the Stage for the Research
Recruitment of Hispanic Research Participants
Instrumentation, Data Collection, and Analysis Issues
Retention and Followup of Hispanic Research Participants
Technology Transfer of Research Programs to the Hispanic
Community
Glossary
References
Appendix A: Generally Useful Referral Sites for the Drug
Abuse Researcher
Appendix B: Acculturation Scales
Appendix C: Sample Informed Consent Form
Appendix D: Locator Form
Appendix E: Advanced Tracking Strategies
Appendix F: Script: Responding to Participant Concerns Over
the Telephone
Index
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REVIEWER COMMENTS:
"The authors have assembled a practical handbook that will be of
great value for those who wish to conduct drug use research with
Hispanic populations. A major strength is the fact that, unlike many
projects, the effort to create this Handbook was a collective one and
represents many diverse voices. What, specifically, did I like about
this book? First, the information is of high quality, coming as it
does from those with the greatest expertise in this field. The book
is comprehensive and covers all the topics relevant to conducting
research, including recruitment, instrumentation and analysis issues,
and retention. The chapter on technology transfer is an unexpected
plus! It is very clearly written, and the structure of the chapters,
with summaries and 'Points in Brief' makes the Handbook very user
friendly. The guidelines provided by this book will be extremely
helpful to the novice researcher, but the seasoned Principal
Investigator may also benefit from having a reference such as this on
the bookshelf."
Stephanie Tortu,
Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical
Medicine
"The book was a pleasure to read. I found it to be a
comprehensive, user-friendly resource for drug abuse researchers in
the beginning stages of their professional development or for those
who are new to drug abuse research with Latino populations. Indeed, I
found that the information within it could be quite useful to
researchers investigating other issues among Latino populations. I
will utilize it as a resource in my own work and recommend it to my
students."
Melanie M. Domenech
Rodríguez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Utah State University
"The Handbook for Conducting Drug Abuse Research with Hispanic
Populations is an excellent resource tool for a wide variety of
groups interested in knowing and impacting the drug abuse problem
among Hispanics. It is conceptually well-organized and comprehensive,
beginning with a discussion of Hispanics in the United States and
concluding with bridging the gap from research to the community. The
chapters are designed in a very nice and easy to follow format,
starting with a list of what is to be presented, followed by the
actual discussion and ending with a summary of what was just
reviewed. The book is replete with examples that aid in bringing the
subject matter to a level of common sense reality. The book, in fact,
could be summarized as a realistic and basic model designed to
facilitate understanding of interventions with Hispanic drug abusing
populations. The addition of a CD-ROM for the Handbook only adds to
its appeal. I heartily recommend this publication for community-based
organizations, as well as university-based researchers."
Robert E. Booth,
Ph.D.
Professor
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Department of Psychiatry
Division of Substance Dependence
Project Safe
"The companion CD-ROM to the Handbook for Conducting Drug Abuse
Research with Hispanic Populations is a valuable resource for
graduate students, social science researchers and teaching faculty.
The CD-ROM instruction system is comprehensive and current. It
provides an excellent description of the various Latino populations
in the U.S. and the historical, racial, political, migration,
identity and cultural differences and similarities across all groups.
All of this is provided to set the stage for addressing important
issues in drug abuse research with Hispanics, such as participant
recruitment, instrument development and data collection. In addition,
the CD-ROM and Handbook provide important insights into how to
understand gender and acculturation in the development of meaningful
drug abuse research with Hispanic populations. The panel of expert
researchers who contributed to the development of this CD-ROM and
Handbook provide cutting edge research knowledge and case examples in
a highly readable format."
Juana Mora, Ph.D.
Professor and Drug Abuse Researcher
California State University, Northridge
"The Handbook for Conducting Drug Abuse Research with Hispanic
Populations provides an excellent guide for researchers who are new
to the field of drug abuse research on Hispanic-American populations.
It offers a very comprehensive overview of how to design research
that is relevant, sensitive and responsive to ethnic diversity among
Hispanic-Americans. The Handbook is an outstanding supplemental text
for graduate level research methods courses since it systematically
walks the reader through the nuances of conducting field-based
substance abuse research."
Norweeta G. Milburn,
Ph.D.
Director, Assessment Core
Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment
Services
UCLA-NPI Center for Community Health
"The Handbook for Conducting Drug Abuse Research with Hispanic
Populations constitutes an important addition to the library of any
researcher conducting, or contemplating the conduct of research
involving Hispanic populations. While the authors modestly suggest
that their volume is appropriate for use by "graduate students and
new Ph.D.s," the Handbook is, in fact, a resource volume that can be
recommended even to the attention of investigators with long
experience in research. The Handbook is unique in its blending of
both an exhaustive review of the relevant literature and the personal
experiences of investigators working with Hispanic populations
revealed through the authors' frequent and creative use of those
investigators' personal communications. This combination provides the
reader with guidelines for conducting effective study based on both
the written and unwritten information available from the research
community. While targeted to issues in AIDS research, the materials
contained in the Handbook are useful to investigators concerned with
understanding issues in the recruitment, testing and follow-up of
Hispanic samples. The authors are to be congratulated for having
produced a highly readable volume that provides important and highly
practical information without sacrificing scholarship. Any researcher
working with, or planning on working with, Hispanic populations would
be well advised to consult this volume."
Barry S. Brown,
Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Department of Psychology
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
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