Violence as related to alcohol and drug use will be investigated through a multidimensional, multidisciplinary, community-praxis ethnographic study in a Mexican American town. The three-year study is modeled after the Glittenberg twenty-five community studies of the NSF-funded Guatemalan Earthquake Study; 1977-82 (1989) and seven Glittenberg Project GENESIS ethnographic studies, 1980-85 (1982). The research will build upon the 1995 preliminary Project GENESIS study of South Tucson and the 1996 NIDA (Michael Agar, P.I.) methamphetamine multi-site project (Tucson site directed by Glittenberg) as well as two earlier studies done by Greenberg (Co-PI) and Velez-Ibanez on knowledge fund and brokering in the education in that community. A majority of Hispanic American researchers, along with representatives from the community, will carry out the study. Research strategies will include: community inventory, historical document analysis, participant observation, microanalysis of violent episodes, and analytic sampling for focus groups, family groups, and key informant interviews. A community advisory board, formed before the study begins, will advise the research team, evaluate the ongoing process, and participate in problem-solving. A project advisory board and consultants composed of local and national experts will be used throughout the study period. The multiple sources of data will be continuously coded, analyzed and interpreted. A cultural consensus profile of the multi-dimensions (society, family and individual) will compare and contrast cultural norms and rules that sanction and promote alcohol/drug related violence and those that inhibit protect, or build resilience. using standards of qualitative research methods, ongoing evaluation will include: audits of credibility, prolonged engagement, negative case analysis, progressive subjectivity, transferability, dependability, an confirmability. Because the study is community-based praxis findings will be used by the townspeople in preventing and intervening in violence in this Mexican American town and for health policy recommendations for other similar communities.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01DA010789-02
Application #
2683853
Study Section
Human Development Research Subcommittee (NIDA)
Project Start
1997-04-04
Project End
2000-03-31
Budget Start
1998-04-01
Budget End
1999-03-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
1998
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Arizona
Department
Type
Schools of Nursing
DUNS #
City
Tucson
State
AZ
Country
United States
Zip Code
85721