COMMUNITY BASED EVALUATION OF DARE AND DARE PLUS

描述：(申请人摘要) 反对药物滥用教育(DARE)是传播最广泛的 美国的预防吸毒课程，目前正在 在明尼苏达州约80%的学区实施。评估 DARE，主要是小学课程，表现出有限的 有效性。在这项研究中，将设计一个DARE PLUS计划， 在7年级和8年级学生中开发和实施，并在 与明尼苏达DARE，Inc.合作，基于之前的成功 基于社区的预防方案。DARE PLUS计划增强了 有家长参与和教育的初中DARE课程，同伴 领导力和同伴计划的课外活动，以及邻里关系 直接行动组织。拟议的研究涉及一项随机试验， 明尼阿波利斯-圣彼得堡的24所学校保罗大都会地区，比较 初中DARE课程单独，DARE PLUS计划，并被推迟 课程条件，全部在初中水平。中间和结果 措施包括对符合以下条件的学生群体进行个人评估 24所学校(N=7200)1999-2000学年的7年级学生，a 父母(N=2400)和社区领导人的随机抽样 在干预之后。此外，学校档案数据将被 收集的数据将包括旷工、逃课率、 停职、开除。流程措施评估执行情况 每项计划，包括暴露、参与、合规、 可接受性和执行的忠诚度。它被假设为 DARE PLUS计划将显著减少城市青少年吸毒 和暴力行为。

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Abstract) Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) is the most widely disseminated curricula for drug use prevention in the United States, and is currently being implemented in about 80% of Minnesota school districts. Evaluations of DARE, primarily the elementary school curriculum, have shown limited effectiveness. In this study, a DARE PLUS Program will be designed, developed, implemented with 7th and 8th grade students, and evaluated in collaboration with Minnesota DARE, Inc., based on previously successful community-based prevention programs. The DARE PLUS Program augments the junior high DARE curriculum with parental involvement and education, peer leadership and peer-planned extracurricular activities, and neighborhood direct action organizing. The proposed study involves a randomized trial of 24 schools in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, comparing the junior high school DARE curriculum alone, the DARE PLUS Program, and delayed program conditions, all at the junior high level. Intermediate and outcome measures include individual assessments of the cohort of students who are 7th graders in the 1999-2000 school year in the 24 schools (N=7200), a random sample of their parents (N=2400), and neighborhood leaders before and after the interventions. In addition, school archival data will be collected which will include measures of absenteeism, truancy rates, suspensions, and expulsions. Process measures assess the implementation of each program, including measures of exposure, participation, compliance, receptivity, and fidelity of implementation. It is hypothesized that the DARE PLUS Program will significantly reduce urban young adolescent drug use and violent behavior.