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October 2003, Vol 93, No. 10 | American Journal of Public Health 1683-1685
© 2003 American Public Health Association

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Racial Disparities in Alcohol Use: Comparison of 2 American Indian Reservation Populations With National Data

Janette Beals, PhD, Paul Spicer, PhD, Christina M. Mitchell, PhD, Douglas K. Novins, MD, Spero M. Manson, PhD and the AI-SUPERPFP Team (Cecelia K. Big Crow, Dedra Buchwald, Buck Chambers, Michelle L. Christensen, Denise A. Dillard, Karen DuBray, Paula A. Espinoza, Candace M. Fleming, Ann Wilson Frederick, Diana Gurley, Lori L. Jervis, Shirlene M. Jim, Carol E. Kaufman, Ellen M. Keane, Suzell A. Klein, Denise Lee, Monica C. McNulty, Denise L. Middlebrook, Laurie A. Moore, Tilda D. Nez, Ilena M. Norton, Heather D. Orton, Carlette J. Randall, Angela Sam, James H. Shore, Sylvia G. Simpson, and L. L. Yazzie.)

The authors are with the American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Janette Beals, PhD, AIANP, Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building, F800, PO Box 6508, Aurora, CO 80045-0508 (e-mail: jan.beals@uchsc.edu).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.


   INTRODUCTION
 
American Indian alcohol use has received scrutiny in recent decades,1 but data derived from samples that permit direct comparisons to other US epidemiological studies have been less commonly reported.2–4 This brief places rates of the quantity and frequency of alcohol use in 2 tribally defined reservation samples in such a comparative epidemiological context.


   METHODS
 
The American Indian Service Utilization, Psychiatric Epidemiology, Risk and Protective Factors Project (AI-SUPERPFP) methods are described in greater detail elsewhere5 as well as on our Web site (http://www.uchsc.edu/ai/ncaianmhr/presentresearch/superprj.htm). The 2 populations of inference were legally enrolled members of the Northern Plains or Southwest tribes who . . . [Full Text]


   RESULTS
 

   DISCUSSION
 





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