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Vida PURA: A Cultural Adaptation of Screening and Brief Intervention to Reduce Unhealthy Drinking Among Latino Day Laborers
India J. Ornelas , Claire Allen , Catalina Vaughan , Emily C. Williams , Nalini Negi
Substance Abuse
Vol. 36, Iss. 3, 2015
Brief intervention is known to reduce drinking in primary care, however because health care access is limited for Latino immigrants, traditional brief interventions are unlikely to reach this population. Our findings suggested there is a significant need for interventions to address unhealthy alcohol use among Latino day laborers, as well as ways in which brief intervention could be culturally adapted to be more effective in this population.