School-based Prevention Program for Depression in Latino Pre-Adolescents

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请是2007年2月16日首次审查的指导性患者导向研究职业发展奖（K23）的重新提交。这份K23申请是给艾米丽·萨伊兹·圣地亚哥医生的该奖项将使Saez博士圣地亚哥继续她的发展，作为一个以病人为导向的研究人员在预防抑郁症在拉丁美洲/前青少年。抑郁症是青少年中常见的心理健康障碍。研究发现，拉丁裔/a青少年比其他种族更容易表现出抑郁症状。因此，需要制定和实施有效的预防计划，为拉丁美洲前青少年是当务之急，以减少抑郁症在青春期发病的可能性。Saez-圣地亚哥博士在K23的目标是：1）发展技能，并进行干预措施的试验，以预防青少年抑郁症，2）获得与学校预防干预措施的实施和评估有关的方法方面的知识和经验，3）提高技能，为拉丁美洲人/作为发展基于理论的预防干预措施，4）提高传播研究成果的技能，5）为她撰写有竞争力的研究赠款做好准备。这些目标将通过以下方式实现：1）与Guillermo Bernal博士和欧文Sandier博士的指导; 2）与Marc阿特金斯博士、纳尔逊科隆博士、大卫麦金农博士、凯文斯塔克博士和戴安娜里维拉博士的咨询; 3）课程作业、研讨会和其他结构化教学活动; 4）执行拟议的研究项目。这项拟议的研究代表了Saez-Santiago博士对青少年抑郁症和干预措施研究的自然进展。该研究的具体目的是：1）完善和试点测试波多黎各青春期前抑郁症状风险因素的普遍预防计划。2)培训健康课教师实施干预，3）评估实施预防方案作为健康课课程的一个组成部分的可行性，4）评估预防干预的可接受性，以及5）评估干预对青春期前抑郁症状的以下介质的影响：自尊、功能失调的想法、家庭互动、社会支持和学习成绩，以及抑郁症和其他心理健康问题的症状。公共卫生相关性：未列出。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is a resubmission of a Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) first reviewed on February 16, 2007. This K23 application is for Dr. Emily Saez-Santiago. This award will enable Dr. Saez Santiago to continue her development as a patient-oriented researcher in prevention for depression in Latino/a pre-adolescents. Depression is a prevalent mental health disorder in adolescents. Studies have found that Latino/a adolescents are more likely to manifest symptoms of depression than other ethnic groups. Thus, the need for developing and implementing effective prevention programs for Latino pre-adolescents is imperative to reduce the likelihood of onset of depression in adolescence. Dr. Saez- Santiago's goals for this K23 are to 1) develop skills and conduct trials of interventions for the prevention of depression in adolescents, 2) obtain knowledge and experience on methodological aspects related to the implementation and evaluation of school-based prevention interventions, 3) increase skills in developing theory based preventive-interventions for Latinos/as, 4) increase skills in disseminating the findings from research, and 5) prepare her to write competitive research grants. These goals will be achieved trough 1) the mentorship with Dr. Guillermo Bernal and Dr. Irwin Sandier; 2) consultation with Dr. Marc Atkins, Dr. Nelson Colon, Dr. David MacKinnon, Dr. Kevin Stark, & Dr. Diana Rivera; 3) coursework, workshops, and other structured didactic activities; and 4) the execution of the proposed research project. The proposed study represents a natural progression of Dr. Saez-Santiago line of research with adolescent depression and interventions. The specific aims of the study are to 1) refine and pilot test a universal prevention program for risk factors of depressive symptoms in Puerto Rican pre-adolescents. 2) train health class teachers to implement the intervention, 3) evaluate the feasibility of implementing the preventive program as an integrated part of the health class curriculum, 4) evaluate the acceptability of the preventive intervention, and 5) evaluate the impact of the intervention on the following mediators of depressive symptoms in preadolescents: self esteem, dysfunctional thoughts, family interactions, social support, and academic performance, and on symptoms of depression and other mental health problems. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: None listed.