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Use of the evidence base in substance abuse treatment programs for American Indians and Alaska natives: pursuing quality in the crucible of practice and policy by Douglas K Novins; Gregory A Aarons; Sarah G Conti; Dennis Dahlke; Raymond Daw; Alexandra Fickenscher; Candace Fleming; Craig Love; Kathleen Masis; Paul Spicer; the Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health’s Substance Abuse Treatment Advisory Board is a Health Professions article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Background A variety of forces are now shaping a passionate debate regarding the optimal approaches to improving the quality of substance abuse services for American Indian and Alaska Native communities. While there have been some highly successful efforts to meld the traditions of American Indian and Alaska Native tribes with that of 12-step approaches, some American Indian and Alaska Natives remain profoundly uncomfortable with the dominance of this Euro-American approach to substance abuse treatment in their communities. This longstanding tension has now been complicated by the emergence of a number of evidence-based treatments that, while holding promise for improving treatment for American Indian and Alaska Natives with substance use problems, may conflict with both American Indian and Alaska Native and 12-step healing traditions. ## Discussion We convened a panel of experts from American Indian and Alaska Native communities, substance abuse treatment programs serving these communities, and researchers to discuss and analyze these controversies in preparation for a national study of American Indian and Alaska Native substance abuse services. While the panel identified progr

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Author

Douglas K Novins; Gregory A Aarons; Sarah G Conti; Dennis Dahlke; Raymond Daw; Alexandra Fickenscher; Candace Fleming; Craig Love; Kathleen Masis; Paul Spicer; the Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health’s Substance Abuse Treatment Advisory Board

Publisher

BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); [London]: BioMed Central, 2006-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 1748-5908)

Published

2011

Language

EN

Field

Health Professions (Health Sciences)