RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICES AMONG HOMELESS URBAN AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES WITH SEVERE ALCOHOL PROBLEMS

摘要: Engagement in religious and spiritual practices may be protective for homeless individuals with alcohol-related problems. However, little is known this regard urban-dwelling American Indians Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) who have disproportionately high rates of homelessness co-occurring alcohol use Using secondary data from a nonrandomized controlled study testing Housing First intervention, AI/AN participants (n = 52) non-AI/AN 82) were compared on demographic variables, problems, affiliations, religious/spiritual (importance, frequency, type). AI/ANs engaged Native-specific independent had significantly lower frequency comparison to did not.