American Indian Emerging Adult Alcohol Intervention Qualitative Findings

32 participant interviews and focus groups informed a culturally responsive contingency management intervention for alcohol use among American Indian and Alaska Native 18-29-year-olds. Katherine A. Hirchak conducted this qualitative study at a rural reservation outpatient treatment healing center, with results published in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze qualitative themes like 'Importance of Culture and Ceremony' to design culturally grounded health interventions.
• Use findings on 'Substance-Free Activities with Higher Levels of Enjoyment' to identify alternative rewards for contingency management programs.
• Apply insights from 'Family Impact on Alcohol Use and Recovery' to develop family-involved treatment strategies.
• Reference the 'Views on Health and Recovery' theme to assess community perceptions of holistic healing frameworks.

Strengths

• Data includes 32 participant interviews and focus groups from a specific rural reservation community.
• Analysis was guided by a Community Advisory Board and a culturally specific framework, the Healing Center Medicine Wheel.
• Results are structured into five distinct qualitative themes.

Limitations

• The dataset is a qualitative summary document of 20.8 KB, containing no raw interview transcripts or coded data.
• Sample size is limited to 32 participants from one rural reservation, limiting generalizability.
• Data format is a DOCX document, requiring manual extraction for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Katherine A. Hirchak via figshare.

Collection Method

Semi-structured qualitative interviews and two focus groups conducted at a rural reservation outpatient treatment healing center.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated in April 2026.

Geography

A rural American Indian reservation.