Development of Community Kit for Alcohol Prevention

描述（由研究者提供）：本项目将开发健康 阿巴拉契亚社区预防酗酒工具包的教育材料。 材料将反映阿巴拉契亚的独特文化。该套件将包含 三个组成部分发展适合阿巴拉契亚的预防需求 11 - 13岁、14 - 16岁和17 - 18岁的青少年。阿巴拉契亚很重要： 12个美国人住在那里，该地区的人口相当于所有 1990年人口普查中的拉丁美洲人。虽然阿巴拉契亚有着重要的法律的 和社会对酒精使用的阻碍，酗酒在那里很常见。 然而，该地区缺乏文化上适当的酒精材料， 预防依靠健全的预防科学，公司寻求发展 材料，使用妇女在阿巴拉契亚家庭的焦点作用， 接入点工作人员在第一阶段证明了这一办法的可行性。 工作人员将对各发展小组的成员进行重点小组讨论， 了解母亲和青少年对预防酒精的反应。基于 根据调查结果，工作人员将为工具包的各个组成部分编写材料。当 所有组成部分完成后，工作人员将测试该公司的假设 该方法的有效性与前测/后测实验。然后我们将 在补助金到期前完成工具包。

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): This project will develop health education materials for an Appalachian Community Kit for Alcohol Prevention. Materials will reflect the unique culture of Appalachia. The Kit will contain three components developmentally suited to the prevention needs of Appalachian youth aged 11 - 13, 14 - 16, and 17 - 18. Appalachia is important: With one in 12 Americans living there, the region has a population equal to that of all Latino Americans at the 1990 census. Though Appalachia has significant legal and social impediments to alcohol use, alcohol abuse there is common. Nevertheless, the region lacks culturally appropriate materials for alcohol prevention. Relying on sound prevention science, the firm seeks to develop materials that use the focal role of women in the Appalachian family as the access point. Staff demonstrated the feasibility of this approach in Phase I. Staff will conduct focus groups of members of the respective developmental ranges to understand how mothers and youth react to alcohol prevention. Based on findings, staff will develop materials for the components of the Kit. When all components are completed, staff will test the firm's hypothesis about the efficacy of the approach with a pre-test/post-test experiment. We then will finalize the kit by the grant's end.