The most critical unresolved issues associated with race, ethnicity, culture, and substance use
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This paper discusses the limitations of previous research on race, ethnicity, culture, and substance use. The study offers the following recommendations for future research in this area: (1) move beyond simple comparisons of mutually exclusive groups, (2) focus on the meaning of an ethnic label to the individual, (3) consider the complex interactions between an individual's cultural identity and the cultural context, (4) understand and acknowledge the researcher's inherent biases, and (5) translate research findings into practice and policy change.
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- Authors
- Unger, J. B.
- Affiliations
- University of Southern California (US)
- Corresponding author
- Unger, Jennifer B.
- ORCID
- Unger, Jennifer B.
- Venue
- Substance Use & Misuse
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2012-01-04
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 390-395
- ISSN
- 1082-6084 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-2491
- PMC
- PMC4520805
- OpenAlex
- W2146658887
- Cited by
- 26
- References
- 68
- Citations by year
- 2024: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 14.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Substance Use & Misuse (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA016310)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Race, Genetics, and Society
- Keywords
- race, ethnicity, culture, substance use, cultural identity, ethnic identity labels, researcher bias, research-practice gap, policy change, research limitations
- MeSH terms
- Culture, Ethnicity, Humans, Substance-Related Disorders, Racial Groups
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