Creating a culturally appropriate web-based behavioral intervention for American Indian/Alaska Native women in Southern California: the healthy women healthy Native nation study

Am Indian Alsk Native Ment Health Res. 2013;20(1):1-15. doi: 10.5820/aian.2001.2013.1.

Abstract

Health disparities in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are of high importance to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. We conducted focus groups and interviews with 21 AI/AN women and key informants in Southern California to modify a brief, Web-based program for screening and prevention of prenatal alcohol use. This process resulted in several important program modifications and was essential for fostering partnerships between researchers and the community, engaging community members in research, and identifying community priorities.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Alcohol Drinking / ethnology
  • Alcohol Drinking / prevention & control*
  • Behavior Therapy / instrumentation
  • California
  • Female
  • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / diagnosis
  • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Indians, North American / ethnology*
  • Internet
  • Middle Aged
  • Program Development / methods*
  • Young Adult