Augustine Cassis Obeng Boateng

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Augustine Cassis Obeng Boateng is a Hillman Scholar in Nursing Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. He is also the principal investigator of the Spirituality, Religion & Gun Violence Research Study (SRGV), where he studies the relationship between spirituality and post-traumatic stress disorder among Black male survivors of firearm injury.

Augustine's Work:

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Mental & Behavioral Health
Substance Use

Racial Identity and Alcohol Use Among Black Adolescents

For Black adolescents, positive racial identity can serve as a protective mechanism to alleviate the effects of racism and reduce their chances of using alcohol and other substances as a coping mechanism.

Guest Authors Ijeoma Opara, David T. Lardier, Donte Boyd, Augustine Cassis Obeng Boateng, Bridgette M. Brawner