Multimedia Divorce Education for Latino Parents

描述（由研究者提供）：本I期申请建议 制定了西班牙离婚护理，一个互动的，基于多媒体的 预防战略旨在帮助讲西班牙语的父母， 孩子离婚后的有效调整。该计划被概念化为一个 对较大的离婚儿童调整资源和教育的重要补充 （DivorceCARE）程序，一个由NIDA资助的离婚相关多媒体套件 Inflexxion目前正在开发预防方案。法院赞助 离婚教育计划在全国超过45个州得到授权。 国家然而，目前没有可用的程序在西班牙语提供 或者是为拉丁裔父母量身定制的。因此，拉丁裔父母 英语能力不强的人通常可以免于出庭 任务和左没有选择获得重要的离婚有关的 干预服务。为了解决这个问题，DivorceCARE en Espanol将是一个 西班牙语提供的拉丁美洲敏感计划。第一阶段将确定 该计划，概述了配套网站和程序手册，开发 计算机界面的原型，并制作和测试演示光盘。 II包括完成该计划和实地测试，以证明疗效 和产品满意度。 拟定商业应用： 该项目的商业影响非常有希望。 虽然现在绝大多 全国各州都要求有未成年子女的父母在离婚时参加 离婚教育课作为获得司法救济的条件，没有西班牙语- 语言或拉丁美洲敏感的程序可用。 然而，目前约有3500万人 生活在美国的拉丁裔，使他们成为该国最大的少数民族人口。 从 从1995年到2050年，预计将有更多的拉丁美洲人加入美国人口，而不是来自任何其他国家的人。 其他民族，确保该产品将有一个大的和不断扩大的市场多年来， 来了

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): This Phase I application proposes development of the DivorceCARE en Espanol, an interactive, multimedia-based prevention strategy designed to help Spanish-speaking parents facilitate their children's effective postdivorce adjustment. The program is conceptualized as a critical addition to the larger Divorce Child Adjustment Resource & Education (DivorceCARE) program, a NIDA-funded suite of divorce-related multimedia prevention programs currently under development at lnflexxion. Court sponsored divorce education programs are mandated in more than 45 states throughout the country. Yet, currently none of the available programs are offered in Spanish or are tailored to the needs of Latino parents. As a result, Latino parents with little English-speaking abilities are typically exempted from the court mandate and left without options for obtaining important divorce-related intervention services. To address this issue, DivorceCARE en Espanol will be a Latino-sensitive program offered in Spanish. Phase I will define the components of the program, outline the companion Website and program manual, develop prototypes of the computer interface, and produce and test a demo CD-ROM. Phase II involves completion of the program and a field test to demonstrate efficacy and product satisfaction. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: The commercial impact of the project is extraordinarily promising. Although the majority of states throughout the country require parents with minor children seeking a divorce to attend a divorce education class as a condition for obtaining judicial relief, there are no Spanish- language or Latino-sensitive programs available. Yet, there are currently about 35 million Latinos living in the U.S., making them the largest minority population in the country. From 1995 to 2050, more Latinos are expected to join the U.S. population than persons from any other ethnic group, ensuring this product will have a large and expanding market for years to come.