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Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mutual Help Group Participation for Substance Use Problems

About the Course:

This course examines whether there are disparities in mutual help participation for substance use problems, including alcohol, among African American, Hispanic, Native American based on race/ethnicity while seeking self-help. It includes: unique barriers to participation in mutual help groups, general barriers to help seeking, extent and type of research on disparities, findings on racial/ethnic disparities, as well as future research needs and clinical implications.

This course is based on the article, Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mutual Help Group Participation for Substance Use Problems created by Sarah E. Zemore, PhD, et al. in 2021.

Publication Date:

Mar 2021

Course Material Authors

Sarah E. Zemore, PhD

Sara Zemore is a senior scientist at the Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, California and an instructor at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health. He research interests include the roles of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and gender in the epidemiology of alcohol problems; treatment seeking and efficacy; AA and other mutual help groups; peer helping. Her work has been published in multiple peer reviewed journals.

Paul A. Gilbert, PhD, ScM

Dr. Gilbert is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. He conducts research to understand and address alcohol-related disparities. He is particularly interested in the ways that gender, race/ethnicity, and sexual orientation shape drinking patterns, risk of alcohol use disorders, and use of treatment services. His work has been published in multiple peer reviewed journals.

Course Creator

L.A. Rankin

L.A. Rankin is a social worker with experience in many different settings with a variety of clients. She has worked with dementia and Alzheimers patients, dual diagnosis MH/MR, in a battered women’s shelter, and a rape crisis center. She also has 11 years of experience as a child protective social worker, where she earned certificates in domestic abuse/family violence and substance abuse.

Recommended For:

Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.

Course Objectives:

  1. Acknowledge the potential for disparities in mutual help group participation among racial and ethnic populations.

  2. Identify group and subgroup disparities in the literature.

  3. Summarize deficiencies in the data, and the overall outcome of the reviewed literature.

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Course Number 103010
1.25 credit hour
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