RURAL NATIVE AMERICANS: A MINORITY YOUTH INTERVENTION

描述：（改编自申请人摘要）：本申报 该项目将与大湖部落间理事会合作， 实施一个社区合作项目， 敏感的，多维的课程，约四百 6-9年级的学生。该课程旨在减少：1）不必要的 少女怀孕; 2）性传播疾病的发病率; 3） 与暴力有关的伤害，特别是与酒精有关的伤害， 自己造成的伤害 同伴、家人、部落长老将参与干预， 采用视频，计算机和课堂练习来提高：1） 解决冲突，解决问题和拒绝技能：2）社交 支持系统; 3）对自己文化的智慧和传统感到自豪; 4） 对自己的教育和未来选择的信念; 5）对 负责任的性决策 一年一次的纵向设计 调查将研究不同暴露时间对 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.