Cultural and linguistic sensitivity in assessment tools: an adaptation of the drinkers inventory of consequences for Alaska Natives

• Main Author: Cantil, Tony
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Fairbanks; Yup'ik; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/6314

Thesis (M.A.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2002 The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of a new assessment tool for Alaska Native clients with alcoholism. A sample of 23 Yup'ik clients at a regional treatment center were interviewed using the Drinker Inventory of Consequences for Alaska Natives (DrInC-AN), an adaption of the Drinker Inventory of Consequence (DrInC), the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and the Yup'ik Cultural Practices and Traditions (YCPT). These clients were selected, on a voluntary basis during the intake interview to the treatment center. Historically, assessment tools in alcoholism have not been culturally or linguistically sensitive to Alaska Native and Native American clientele. This study investigated the reliability and validity of the DrInC-AN in the assessment of severity of negative consequences of alcholol use among Alaska Natives.