本研究的目的在探討泰雅族婦女飲酒經驗，以理解在其文化脈絡下飲酒的意義及內涵，期能提供更有效的健康服務。本研究的概念架構為女性主義認識論（Epistemology）及主體建構與論述（subjectivity and discourse），透過主題取向的民族誌研究法 (Topic-oriented ethnography)的應用，以民族誌晤談法(ethnography interview)和主動參與式觀察(active particiption)等方式進行資料收集。以理論抽樣（theoretical sampling）方式決定樣本訪談個案；並以研究生之職業角色公共衛生護士的身份，進入部落日常生活情境中記錄關於飲酒的觀察。用持續比較分析法（constant comparison）及民族誌分析法（ethnographic analysis）進行資料的分析及處理。研究結果發現，烏來泰雅族婦女處於族群與性別的加乘壓迫下，被選擇進入就業市場後，促成婦女飲酒的情境。
英文摘要
This study deals with Atayal women’s excessive use of alcohol in an attempt to comprehend the meaning and connotation of alcohol use in the cultural context. Ultimately, the study is in the hope to provide more effective health services for those who need them. Conceptually speaking, the study encompasses feminism epistemology, and subjectivity and discourse. Under the umbrella of the topic-oriented ethnography, data collection was done through ethnographic interview and active participation while theoretical sampling was applied. In addition, as a graduate student and a public health nurse at a health station the researcher stayed with the tribe, observed their everyday intake of alcohol while keeping the logs. Finally, the constant comparison and ethnographic data analysis were used for data analysis. The result showed that working female aborigines were under high pressure from both the career life and the gender stereotype, which led them to seek comfort in alcohol.
