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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- About the Author -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- A Brief Review of Homelessness -- Homelessness in Anchorage -- Chapter 2: Method -- Research Design -- Instruments and Instrument Development -- Chapter 3: Results and Discussion: Part A. A Descriptive Analysis of Clients Using the Sleep-Off Center -- Part I. Duplicated Admissions: 1989 -- Part II. Unduplicated Client Characteristics: 1989 -- Chapter 4: Results and Discussion: Part B. An Analysis of Drinking and Drug-Taking Behavior Among the Homeless -- A. The ISI Sample: Comparisons with Unduplicated SOC Data -- B. Comparison with Other Skid Row Populations -- C. Drinking Behavior -- D. BAL, Intoxication and Alcoholism -- E. Drinking and Treatment-Related Behaviors -- F. Drug-Taking Behavior -- G. Legal Involvement and Hospitalization -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Intervention and Treatment of the Homeless Alcoholic -- A. Detoxification -- B. Treatment -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Conclusions and Recommendations -- List of References -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- PART I -- THEORETICAL ADVANCES AND ISSUES -- Structural Strain: An Ecological Paradigm for Studying African American Drug Use -- Explaining Race Differences in Adolescent and Young Adult Drug Use: The Role of Racialized Social Systems -- Stress and Coping as a Conceptual Framework for Studying Alcohol and Drug Use Among Asian American Adolescents -- A Model for Explaining Drug Use Behavior Among Hispanic Adolescents -- COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: ADVANCES AND ISSUES -- Conducting Drug Abuse Prevention Research in Partnership with Native American Communities: Meeting Challenges Through Collaborative Approaches -- Involvement of the Hispanic Community in ATOD Research -- Building Bridges: Community Involvement in Drug and HIV Research Among Minority Populations -- PART II -- ACCESS, RECRUITMENT, AND RETENTION: ADVANCES AND ISSUES -- Gaining Access to Hidden Populations: Strategies for Gaining Cooperation of Drug Sellers/Dealers and Their Families in Ethnographic Research -- Strategies for Accessing and Retaining Asian Drug Users in Research Studies -- Obtaining Consent and Other Ethical Issues in the Conduct of Research in American Indian Communities -- Retention of Minority Populations in Panel Studies of Drug Use -- Reducing Selection Bias in the Use of Focus Groups to Investigate Hidden Populations: The Case of Mexican-American Gang Members from South Texas -- TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF MINORITY AND NON-MINORITY ABUSE RESEARCHERS AND RESEARCH TEAMS: ADVANCES AND ISSUES -- Building Effective Research Teams When Conducting Drug Prevention Research with Minority Populations -- Constructing and Managing Culturally Competent Research Teams for Community-Based Investigations -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS