User:Romildcp

I am currently a Junior at Rice University's Wiess college. I am an Associate Justice at Wiess. I enjoy singing and talking about politics in my free time. Native American policy is the most interesting for me. I hope to make a difference on Wikipedia in various aspects of Native American life, such as culture, healthcare, food distribution, and other relevant policy areas. I believe that it is important to advocate for policies that aren't as widely publicized by the mainstream media. I am excited to be in the second PJHC intro classes.

Proposed Topics of Interest
Alcoholism on Native American Reservations '''

Topics regarding Native Americans are especially interesting and important to me because I feel that they are a group that does not get a lot of attention in the United States because people understand the United States to be a very modern and developed country who has a sustainable economic, healthcare, and education system. Native American populations do not have the same opportunities and capabilities as most Americans do and if they want to prosper in America, they would have to leave the Indian Reservations. The topic is currently found under the title “Alcohol and Native Americans.” First off, the article would have to change its title to Alcoholism and Native Americans. It has to focus on the issue as a public health issue rather than characterizing as a recreational activity. The major study cited in this article is one survey of death certificates that shows Native Americans are more prone to alcohol related rates. There is no cited reason, hypotheses among other things. The thing here would be to show that there are specific reasons why alcoholism exists on many Native American reservations. I would want to increase a history of how alcohol was introduced into Native American reservations because that kind of history is not included on the page and it is important to talk about that perspective that does a good job in explaining why certain phenomena exist. The exclusion of the history shows the remnants of colonialism, which is important to highlight.

Sources:

Ehlers, Cindy L., et al. "The clinical course of alcoholism in 243 Mission Indians." ''American Journal of Psychiatry'' (2014).

Rees, Carter, Adrienne Freng, and L. Thomas Winfree Jr. "The Native American adolescent: Social network structure and perceptions of alcohol induced social problems." Journal of youth and adolescence 43.3 (2014): 405-425.

McPherson, Kevin, and Peter Wakefield. "The Perfect Colonizer: Understanding Alcoholism and its Treatments in Native America through Humanistic Inquiry."Journal of Student Research 4.1 (2015): 174-179.

Legha, Rupinder Kaur, and Douglas Novins. "The role of culture in substance abuse treatment programs for American Indian and Alaska Native communities." Psychiatric Services (2014).

Boyd-Ball, Alison J., et al. "Monitoring and peer influences as predictors of increases in alcohol use among American Indian youth." Prevention science15.4 (2014): 526-535.

Montag, Annika C., et al. "Preventing Alcohol‐Exposed Pregnancy Among an American Indian/Alaska Native Population: Effect of a Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Intervention." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 39.1 (2015): 126-135.

Stanley, Linda R., et al. "Rates of Substance Use of American Indian Students in 8th, 10th, and 12th Grades Living on or Near Reservations: Update, 2009–2012." ''Public Health Reports'' 129.2 (2014): 156.

Stanley, Linda R., and Randall C. Swaim. "Initiation of Alcohol, Marijuana, and Inhalant Use by American-Indian and White Youth Living On or Near Reservations." ''Drug and Alcohol Dependence'' (2015).

Moore, Roland S., et al. "Implementing a reward and reminder underage drinking prevention program in convenience stores near Southern California American Indian reservations." The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse38.5 (2012): 456-460.

Whittaker, Sandra J., and Sandra J. Whittaker. "Alcoholism and the Native American Family." Alcoholism And The Family (2013): 127.