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Peer reviewedMcCoy, Clyde B.; Watkins, Virginia McCoy – Youth and Society, 1980
Research findings show that, compared with Black, Polish, and other ethnic urban youth, urban Appalachian teenagers exhibit greater symptomatic behavior indicating severe difficulties in coping with urban environments. Particularly striking among these patterns, which hold for both females and males, is the heavy drug use among Appalachian youth.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Alcoholism, Black Youth
Arabzadegan, Lupe, Comp.; Walker, Mary, Comp. – 1980
Although rural Texas residents have some access to medical care, it is often limited by poverty, lack of health insurance or coverage under public programs, cultural barriers, racial discrimination, and limited education. It is inaccurate to say that rural residents receive health care if health is defined in terms of environmental, physical,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholism, Children, Drug Abuse
Knudson, Yvonne, Comp.; And Others – 1982
Although there exists in the minds of urban Texans the myth that rural life is especially healthy, in fact the mental and physical health of rural Texans is markedly worse than that of urban Texans. If health is defined in terms of environmental, physical, mental, and social factors, it is inaccurate to say that rural residents are receiving…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholism, Children, Drug Abuse
Morrison, Nolan; And Others – 1985
The size of Texas and the distribution of its population result in service delivery, economic, educational, transportation, communication, and health problems. Texas is the second largest state in the nation, is third largest in population, has a population growing at a faster rate than the national average, and is a primarily rural state--20% of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agriculture, Alcoholism, Children
Arnow, Beth – 1978
A study of alcohol and drug use among migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Orange and Lake counties (Central Florida) was conducted in 1978 to determine substance abuse among migrant and seasonal farmworkers, the subgroups with substance abuse problems, the farmworkers' knowledge of and attitudes toward alcohol and drug treatment programs, and the…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Agricultural Laborers, Alcoholic Beverages, Alcoholism
Download full textRyan, Robert A.; Trimble, Joseph E. – 1978
The current reversal of the rural to urban migration trend among Blacks, American Indians, and Hispanics will create a myriad of coping and adaptation problems for the urban to rural migrant and the rural nonmigrant as well. It is possible to gain a partial understanding of the likely problems by reviewing studies of the ethnic minorities' rural…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Alcoholism, American Indians, Blacks
