PREVENTIVE INTERVENTIONS FOR FOSTER CARE YOUTH

描述（改编自研究者的摘要）：该申请人是 通过 KO1 计划请求五年的资金来发展她的技能 预防干预研究，并加强她的工作培训 与寄养青少年。最终目标是拥有设计专业知识 并对青春期前的青少年实施有效的干预计划 进入家庭外护理，减少问题行为，并培养 有利于社会发展。申请人之前接受过儿童领域的培训 虐待、儿童发育和青少年的风险和保护因素 高风险行为。拟议的高级统计分析、公众培训 健康和流行病学、干预研究、经济分析，以及 寄养研究方面的专门培训将增强这些领域的能力 专业知识。 该研究计划由四个部分组成，第一个部分包括 对候选人分析的数据集进行额外的二次分析 她的论文研究。第二部分涉及分析 丹佛寄养青年的人口和安置特征 丹佛人类服务部的数据库。第三个组成部分 涉及与各个利益相关者进行焦点小组讨论，以确定主要的 干预需求；这些结果将指导第四个组成部分，即 涉及对寄养青少年的预防性干预措施进行试点测试。

DESCRIPTION (adapted from the investigator's abstract): This applicant is requesting five years of funding through the KO1 program to develop her skills in preventive intervention research, and to augment her training in working with youth in foster care. The ultimate goal is to have the expertise to design and implement an effective intervention program for preadolescent youth entering out-of-home care, to reduce problem behaviors, and to foster pro-social development. The applicant has prior training in the areas of child maltreatment, risk and protective factors in child development, and adolescent high-risk behaviors. Proposed training in advanced statistical analyses, public health and epidemiology, intervention research, economic analyses, and specialized training in foster care research will augment these areas of expertise. The research plan consists of four components, the first of which consists of additional secondary analyses of the data set that the candidate analyzed for her dissertation research. The second component involves analyses of demographic and placement characteristics of Denver foster care youth through the Denver Department of Human Services' databases. The third component involves conducting focus groups with various stakeholders to ascertain primary intervention needs; results of these will guide the fourth component, which involves pilot testing a preventive intervention for youth in foster care.