Addiction Research & Therapy

Presentation of the research fi ndings of a 2015 report linking culturally specifi c programing and practices to research and

theory, created by University of Minnesota’s Program in Health Disparities Research researchers and made possible through

funding by the offi ce for Business and Community Economic Development, Community Health Initiative (CHI).

Th is report is a product of the research partnership between Turning Point, Inc., the University of Minnesota Program

in Health Disparities Research, and the Offi ce for Business and Community Economic Development. Funding was provided

by Medical and the Community Health Initiative. Th e report serves to link existing culturally specifi c practices to published

literature, widely studied theories and models, and specifi c cultural values.

Founded in 1976, Turning Point is a multi-service non-profi t organization whose programs have earned local and national

recognition for being among the fi rst to advance a culturally-specifi c treatment model. Turning Point’s recovery-oriented

system of care provides culturally specifi c and individually tailored approach to service delivery.

Today’s social environment, and the challenges African Americans face, warrant use and revitalization of cultural strengths.

Problems such as drug and alcohol addiction, HIV/AIDS, health disparities, high rates of incarceration, unemployment, and

poverty are severe and complex. In order to provide eff ective services, providers must understand the importance and delivery

of culturally specifi c services and care.