Document 0101
 DOCN  M9460101
 TI    Action research: an approach to preventing substance abuse and promoting
       social competency.
 DT    9408
 AU    Malekoff A; North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center, Rosyln
       Heights, NY; 11577.
 SO    Health Soc Work. 1994 Feb;19(1):46-53. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94222354
 AB    This article demonstrates the use of action research, an approach
       combining various social work methods to raise community consciousness,
       stimulate intergroup and intergenerational interaction, and motivate
       people to work toward change both individually and collectively. The
       project described represents an effort to mobilize youths and adults
       living in a rapidly changing, culturally pluralistic, low-income
       suburban community to confront the impact of drug and alcohol abuse in a
       context of mutual respect and support. The central theme of
       investigation was local youths' perceptions about drug and alcohol abuse
       in the context of their own lives. A group of youths, in partnership
       with professionals, surveyed their contemporaries with a questionnaire
       of their own creation. The community meeting that followed was designed
       to stimulate the youths through reflection, dialogue, and planning for
       action.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION &
       CONTROL/PSYCHOLOGY  Adolescence  Adult  Blacks/PSYCHOLOGY
       Cross-Sectional Studies  Female  Health Education/METHODS  Health
       Promotion/*METHODS  Human  Incidence  Male  New York/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Race
       Relations  *Social Adjustment  Social Responsibility  Social
       Work/*METHODS  Socialization  Substance Abuse/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PREVENTION &
       CONTROL/PSYCHOLOGY  *Suburban Population  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
       JOURNAL ARTICLE

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