RJA #6c: Field Research Options

1) I have a cousin on my father's side of the family that was a former alcoholic which I could ask some questions about alcoholism; he doesn't mind sharing what he knows as long as it keeps me away from it.
2) He had a counselor from rehab that would not mind questions on the matter of alcoholism.
3) I can locate my Health class Professor from last semester about alcoholism as she is very knowledgeable in this area.

RJA #6b: Social Media and Multimedia

• Blogged.com
• http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-high-functioning-alcoholic/201002/awareness-risk-factors-can-help-decrease-risks-developing
• teenage, alcoholism
• teenage and alcoholism
• March 2
• 267 hits
• 3/5 relevance

• FlickrStorm
• dysfunctional, alcohol, family
• dysfunctionial family and alcohol
• March 2
• # of hits not stated
• 3/5 relevance

RJA #6a: Websites

http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/sdc/publications/communityreadiness/2006follow-up/CAR_Adult_FINAL.pdf
Resource-Zakta.com
Keywords-Alcohol, difference, adult, teenager
Search Strategies-alcohol difference adult and teenager
Date-Feb. 25, 2010
Hits-3,870,000
Relevance 4/5

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/446610
Resource-AllPlus.com
Keywords-Alcohol, development
Search Strategies-teenage alcoholics and adults
Date-Feb. 25, 2010
Hits-155
Relevance 3/5

RJA #5c: Reference Articles

Reference Works - 4R x T to Infoplease.com
http://4rxt.wetpaint.com/page/Reference+Works
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0777960.html

• Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
• Alcohol-Related Traffic Fatalities on Holidays, 2003
• Information Please Database
  
• 2007
  
• infoplease.com
• Alcohol, car, accident
• Alcohol and car accidents
• Feb. 18, 2010
• 120 hits
• 3/5
  

RJA #5b: Periodical Articles

• Samantha Wells, Scott Macdonald
• The relationship between alcohol consumption patterns and car, work, sports and home accidents for different age groups
• Volume 31, Issue 6
• 17 August, 1999
  
• http://0-www.sciencedirect.com.skyline.cudenver.edu/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V5S-3X6B5KY-8&_user=914312&_coverDate=11%2F30%2F1999&_alid=1212191723&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_cdi=5794&_sort=r&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=823&_acct=C000047910&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=914312&md5=26246504f0451112ab1d3984adddc3a3#toc4
• WorldCat.org
• Alcohol, car, accident
• Boolean: Alcohol AND car accident
• Feb. 18, 2010
• 476 hits
  
• 4/5

RJA #5a: Books

• Tom McLellan; Richard Dembo; Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (U.S)
  
• Screening and assessment of alcohol- and other drug-abusing adolescents
• Treatment improvement protocol (TIP) series, 3.; DHHS publication, no. (SMA) 93-2009
  
• Rockville, MD
• U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
• 1993
  

RJA #4c: Research Question Check

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RJA# 4b: Search Strings

Math
+drinking +family
"alcohol related deaths" +teenagers
"alcohol related deaths" +adults

Boolean
Alcohol AND Driving
Teenagers AND Adults AND Alcohol
Alcohol AND Deaths

RJA #4a: Keywords

FO: youth; young
drinking; drink, drinks, drunk, drunks
adults; adults
alcohol; alcoholic, alcoholics

RE, ST: teenagers, teens, son, daughter, child
driving, intoxication, poisoning, deaths, binge
parents, mother, father
violence, family, disease, damage

LOG: Alcohol, Alcohol Related Deaths, Adults Drinking, Youth Drinking, Adults vs. Youth Drinking

RJA #3c: Research Question

Alcohol is an abominable substance that leads to the destruction of bodies and lives:

• Who should continue to consume alcohol, is age an important factor on the effects of alcohol?
• Would the disapperance of alcohol lead people to abuse another substance?
• Should the consumption of alcohol be terminated as a whole to prevent further damage to peoples' lives?
• What are the different effects of alcohol on differently aged people?
  

RJA #3b: Research Topic Focus

Alcohol effects teenagers and adults alike in the same manor; alcohol poisoning, brain damage, and liver damage does not discriminate with age. A person, while intoxicated, loses a lot amount of their self control regardless of that person's level of responsibility. It may, however, be even more dangerous for adults to drink than teenagers because adults have easier access to vehicles which may result in drunk driving accidents more frequently.

RJA #3a: Research Topic Exploration

My first direction in researching about the effects of alcohol was in Google Scholar and Delicious bookmarks. Half of the information I encountered were common knowledge such as, excessive high intake of alcohol will cause alcohol poisoning which leads to interfering with nerves in the body resulting in death through lack of respiration. The other half of the information about the effects of alcohol however, were much more subtle; ethanol (contained in alcohol) decreases the amount of Vitamin A inside the body and cease repair of DNA.