Aguilera Solis, Plasencia Ana Vanesa
Youth Services, Native American Health Center, Oakland, California, 94601, USA.
J Psychoactive Drugs. 2005 Sep;37(3):299-304. doi: 10.1080/02791072.2005.10400523.
This article will examine HIV/AIDS and substance abuse prevention for urban Native youth in Oakland, California. It will highlight the Native American Health Center's Youth Services programs. These programs incorporate solutions based on a traditional value system rooted in Native culture and consisting of youth empowerment, leadership training, prevention activities, traditional cultural activities and wellness and life skills education. They aim to reduce HIV/AIDS and substance abuse risk for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth through structured, community-based interventions. The Youth Services Program's events, such as the Seventh Native American Generation and the Gathering of Native Americans, offer effective and culturally relevant ways of teaching youth about American Indian/Alaska Native history, intergenerational trauma, and traditional Native culture. Satisfaction surveys gathered from these youth provide invaluable data on the positive effects of these prevention efforts. The need for culturally relevant and culturally appropriate HIV/AIDS and substance abuse prevention programs for urban AI/AN youth is apparent. These prevention efforts must be creatively integrated into the multidimensional and complex social structures of Native American youth.
本文将探讨加利福尼亚州奥克兰市城市原住民青年的艾滋病毒/艾滋病及药物滥用预防问题。它将重点介绍美国原住民健康中心的青年服务项目。这些项目纳入了基于植根于本土文化的传统价值体系的解决方案，该体系包括青年赋权、领导力培训、预防活动、传统文化活动以及健康和生活技能教育。它们旨在通过结构化的、基于社区的干预措施，降低美国印第安/阿拉斯加原住民（AI/AN）青年感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病和药物滥用的风险。青年服务项目的活动，如第七届美国原住民一代和美国原住民聚会，提供了有效且与文化相关的方式，向青年传授美国印第安/阿拉斯加原住民历史、代际创伤和传统本土文化。从这些青年中收集的满意度调查提供了关于这些预防努力积极效果的宝贵数据。为城市AI/AN青年提供与文化相关且合适的艾滋病毒/艾滋病及药物滥用预防项目的需求显而易见。这些预防努力必须创造性地融入美国原住民青年多维且复杂的社会结构中。
