RURAL NATIVE AMERICANS: A MINORITY YOUTH INTERVENTION

描述：(改编自申请人的摘要)：建议 该项目将于#年与大湖部落间委员会合作 实施协作社区项目，涉及文化方面的 敏感的、多维的课程，约有400门 6-9年级的学生。该课程旨在减少：1)不必要的 青少年怀孕；2)性传播疾病的发病率；3) 与暴力有关的伤害，特别是与酒精和 自己造成的伤害。 同龄人、家庭、部落长老将参与干预 使用视频、计算机和课堂练习来开发更多：1) 冲突解决、问题解决和拒绝技巧：2)社交 支持系统；3)为他们的文化智慧和传统感到自豪：4) 对他们的教育和未来选择的信念：和5)关于 负责任的性行为决策。年一度的纵向设计 调查将检查不同持续时间暴露于 课程干预。

DESCRIPTION: (Adapted from the applicant's abstract): This proposed project will cooperate with the Great Lake Intertribal Council in implementing a collaborative community project involving a culturally sensitive, multi-dimensional curriculum for approximately four hundred students in grades 6-9. The curriculum is designed to reduce: 1) unwanted adolescent pregnancy; 2) the incidence of sexually transmitted disease; 3) violence-related injuries, especially those associated with alcohol and self-inflicted injuries. Peers, family, tribal elders will be involved in an intervention that employs video, computer, and class exercises to develop increased: 1) conflict resolution, problem-solving, and refusal skills: 2) social support systems; 3) pride in their culture's wisdom and traditions: 4) belief in their education and future options: and 5) knowledge about responsible sexual decision-making. A longitudinal design of annual surveys will examine the impact of different durations of exposure to the curriculum intervention.