Promoting Health of Youth with Disabilities through Violence Prevention Efforts

通过暴力预防工作促进残疾青少年的健康

• 批准号: 7492322
• 负责人: Terri N Sullivan
• 金额: $ 32.5万
• 依托单位: VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-30 至 2010-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7492322
• 关键词: Promoting; Health; Youth; Disabilities; through

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The promotion of health and well-being among youth with disabilities is a significant public health concern. Almost 54 million Americans have disabilities that interfere with life activities, and research suggests that youth with disabilities are at higher risk that those in the general population for health-compromising behaviors including involvement in violence. Health promotion programs may benefit these youth greatly, and schools offer a practical and important social context for implementing such efforts. Unfortunately, most school-based violence prevention programs were developed for the general population and the effectiveness of these programs has not been evaluated among youth with disabilities, A key step in making progress is this area is to modify violence prevention efforts empirically demonstrated to be effective for the general population, such as Responding in Peaceful and Positive Ways (RIPP), to meet the needs of youth with disabilities and to determine the effectiveness of such interventions for this population. Youth with disabilities are at a high risk for violence perpetration and victimization, health-compromising behaviors that are strongly related to increased rates of anti-social behavior, higher levels of depression and anxiety, and decreased life satisfaction. The goals of this research project include the following: (1) to increase community involvement in violence prevention efforts for youth with disabilities, (2) to work with youth with disabilities and their teachers to better understand the problem situations commonly faced by these youth that place them at risk for violence involvement, and identify supports and challenges in modifying the RIPP interventions for youth with disabilities, and (4) to evaluate the effectiveness of RIPP for youth with disabilities. Participation from youth with disabilities is included at each phase of this research project in hopes of creating a maximally effective program. Although this project focuses on a specific intervention, we anticipate that it will offer a practical template for the replication of health promotion efforts in other schools and school systems.

描述（由申请人提供）：促进残疾青少年的健康和福祉是一个重要的公共卫生问题。 近 5400 万美国人患有妨碍生活活动的残疾，研究表明，残疾青少年比普通人群面临更高的健康危害行为（包括参与暴力）的风险。 健康促进计划可能会让这些年轻人受益匪浅，而学校为实施此类努力提供了实际且重要的社会环境。 不幸的是，大多数基于学校的暴力预防计划都是针对普通人群制定的，这些计划的有效性尚未在残疾青年中进行评估。在这一领域取得进展的关键一步是修改经经验证明对普通人群有效的暴力预防工作，例如以和平和积极的方式应对（RIPP），以满足残疾青年的需求，并确定此类干预措施对该人群的有效性。 残疾青少年面临暴力实施和受害、损害健康行为的高风险，这些行为与反社会行为发生率增加、抑郁和焦虑水平升高以及生活满意度下降密切相关。该研究项目的目标包括以下内容：(1) 增加社区参与针对残疾青少年的暴力预防工作，(2) 与残疾青少年及其老师合作，​​更好地了解这些青少年普遍面临的使他们面临暴力风险的问题情况，并确定修改针对残疾青少年的 RIPP 干预措施的支持和挑战，以及 (4) 评估 RIPP 对残疾青少年的有效性。 该研究项目的每个阶段都纳入了残疾青少年的参与，以期制定出最有效的计划。 尽管该项目侧重于特定干预措施，但我们预计它将提供一个实用模板，以便在其他学校和学校系统中复制健康促进工作。