Spicer Paul, Bezdek Marjorie, Manson Spero M, Beals Jan
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA.
South Med J. 2007 Apr;100(4):430-2. doi: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318031715c.
In this brief report we summarize a pattern of findings that has emerged from our research on American Indian (AI) alcohol use and spirituality. With funds from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the Fetzer Institute (AA 13 053; P. Spicer, PI) we have used both epidemiologic and ethnographic methods to develop a more complete understanding of the role that spirituality and religion play in changes in drinking behavior among AIs. We begin by first situating the importance of research on spirituality in the more general literature on the AI experience with alcohol before highlighting our published findings in this area. We then close with some speculation about possible next steps in this research program to address what remains one of the most compelling sources of health disparities in the first nations of the United States.
在这份简短的报告中，我们总结了一系列研究结果，这些结果来自我们对美国印第安人（AI）饮酒与灵性的研究。在获得美国国立酒精滥用与酒精中毒研究所和费泽研究所的资助（AA 13 053；首席研究员P. 斯派塞）后，我们运用了流行病学和人种志方法，以便更全面地理解灵性和宗教在美国印第安人饮酒行为变化中所起的作用。我们首先在关于美国印第安人与酒精相关经历的更广泛文献中阐述灵性研究的重要性，然后着重介绍我们在这一领域已发表的研究结果。最后，我们对该研究项目可能的下一步进行一些推测，以解决在美国原住民中仍然是最引人注目的健康差距根源之一的问题。
