RURAL YOUTH AND FAMILY COMPETENCIES BUILDING PROJECT

描述：（申请人摘要） 拟议研究的目的是进行纵向， 以理论为基础的综合干预靶向对照研究 农村青年和家庭。 药物使用增加的趋势， 目标农村青年中的相关问题表明， 这项研究。 拟议的研究将借鉴几个方面的结果。 爱荷华州州立大学（ISU）、康奈尔大学 医学院（OSLC）和俄勒冈州社会学习中心（OSLC）。 这些 项目的结果是：（a）家庭和青年 能力建设干预措施，其中的各个组成部分 以前在ISU和CNOC的研究中显示出了强大的父母和青年成果， 和（B）基于ISU和OSLC的有前途的家庭参与战略 问题研究 ISU研究计划的下一阶段需要 本申请中提出的严格干预评估，由我们的 家庭能力问题简化模型。 将对农村学校进行筛选，以招收来自以下地区的高比例学生： 经济压力大的家庭。 36所学校的会议筛选 标准将被随机选择，匹配，并随机分配到一个 家庭和学校相结合的干预， 单独或最小接触控制条件。 第460章七 每种情况下的评分员（N = 1，380）将完成一个基于学校的 评估;大约230名随机选择的学生和他们的父母 在每种情况下，将完成家庭访谈，包括录像 家庭互动（n = 690）。 干预将首先 通过ISU的合作推广服务，当学生在 7年级和助推器会议将进行时，他们在8年级。 拟议的研究将评估家庭和同龄人相关的风险， 保护因素，以及青年物质的结果，在后测试，一个 年随访和两年随访评估，采用多种方法， 多线人程序 除了干预控制比较之外， 目标1、影响家庭的因素 成员的计划参与和技能实施将是 使用消费者研究方法进行系统评估（目标2）。 在 此外，与干预有关的变化机制的建模， 家庭和同龄人对结果的影响将进行，扩大 在以前测试的模型（目标3）。 如果多组分干预 疗效显示，这项研究和后续研究的结果将指导 设计一个关于提供干预措施的示范项目， 合作推广服务，与一个国家合作社并列 推广举措。

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Abstract) The purpose of the proposed research is to conduct a longitudinal, controlled study of a theory-based, comprehensive intervention targeting rural youth and families. The trend toward increasing substance use and related problems among the targeted rural youth demonstrates the need for this research. The proposed study will draw upon results from several federally-funded projects at Iowa State University (ISU), Cornell University Medical College (CUMC), and the Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC). These projects have resulted in the development of (a) a family and youth competency-building intervention, the separate components of which have previously shown strong parent and youth outcomes in ISU and CUMC research, and (b) promising family engagement strategies, based upon ISU and OSLC studies. The next stage in the program of research at ISU requires the rigorous intervention evaluation proposed in this application, guided by our family competency problem reduction model. Rural schools will be screened for high proportions of students from economically stressed families. Thirty-six of the schools meeting screening criteria will be randomly selected, matched, and randomly assigned to a combined family and school-based intervention, the school-based intervention alone, or a minimal contact control condition. Approximately 460 seventh graders in each condition (N = 1,380) will complete a school-based assessment; approximately 230 randomly selected students and their parents in each condition will complete in-home interviews, including videotaped family interactions(n = 690). The intervention will be initially implemented via ISU's Cooperative Extension Service when students are in the 7th grade and booster sessions will be conducted when they are in 8th grade. The proposed study will evaluate family- and peer-related risk and protective factors, as well as youth substance outcomes, at post-test, one year follow-up, and two year follow-up assessments, using multi method, multi-informant procedures. In addition to intervention-control comparisons on targeted substance-related outcomes (Aim 1), factors influencing family members' program participation and skills implementation will be systematically evaluated, using consumer research methods (Aim 2). In addition, modeling of intervention-related change mechanisms involving family and peer-related effects on outcomes will be conducted, expanding upon previously tested models (Aim 3). If multi component intervention efficacy is shown, the results of this and follow-up studies will guide the design of a demonstration project on intervention delivery assisted by the Cooperative Extension Service, dovetailing with a national Cooperative Extension initiative.