Recognition and Referral Skills for RAs - Alcohol-Drug Problems

RA 的识别和推荐技巧 - 酒精药物问题

• 批准号: 7995538
• 负责人: Doug Olson
• 金额: $ 31.13万
• 依托单位: PHASE 5, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-30 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7995538
• 关键词: Alcohols; American; Americas; Attitude; Behavior; Behavior Control; Behavioral; Caring; Communities; Data Analyses; Development; Drug abuse; Educational process of instructing; Effectiveness; Evaluation; Feedback; Goals; Housing; Institution; Intervention; Leadership; Learning; Life; Link; Long-Term Care; Measures; Mental Health; Online Systems; Outcome; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Phase; Planning Theory; Population; Randomized; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Project Grants; Resources; Schedule; Services; Site; Small Business Innovation Research Grant; Small Business Technology Transfer Research; Solutions; Students; Supervision; Testing; Training; Training Programs; Universities; Violence; alcohol and other drug; cohort; college; comparative effectiveness; design; follow-up; instrument; member; programs; public health relevance; residence; skills; theories; university student; usability; vandalism

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Resident assistants (RAs) are often the first staff members at a college or university to learn that a student is engaged in alcohol or other drug abuse. This Phase II STTR application seeks support to further develop and test a web-based program called "RA Resources (RAR) - Alcohol-Drug Problems." Phase 5, Inc. will conduct this theory-driven research project designed to strengthen RAs' ability to effectively approach, refer, and follow-up with residential college students who may have alcohol or other drug problems. The RAR - Alcohol-Drug Problems training program will have interactive features that emphasize teaching positive, respectful ways to link resident students who may have an alcohol or other drug problem with appropriate professional services. The goal of Phase II research is to complete development and evaluate the effectiveness of two versions of the training program. One version will focus exclusively on training RAs. A second version will include additional features to train their immediate supervisors, i.e., residence hall directors (or RHDs), to supervise RAs on mental health issues. These two RAR versions and a control condition will be tested in a randomized field trial involving 90 RA staffs from 30 college and university campuses. The study will test the following hypotheses: (1) compared to controls, RA participation in either training program will significantly increase scores on measures derived from the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB); (2) RAs in the RAR-RHD Alcohol-Drug Problems training program will have significantly greater scores on TPB measures compared to those in the RAR only (no RHD supervision component); (3) resident students with RAs in either of the RAR training program will have greater scores on measures of RA support and respect for RA leadership, compared to those residents with RAs in the control condition. The proposed research offers a solution to the problems associated with inadequate training of RAs on alcohol and other drug issues. The research is significant because it seeks to strengthen and extend campus networks of care by linking students with alcohol or other drug problems to treatment services in a more effective and timely manner. The approach may be an effective means of extending care to students in need as well as to reduce campus problems associated with alcohol and drug abuse, including academic problems, vandalism, and violence. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The development of an online alcohol-drug training program for college resident assistants (RAs) represents a significant commercial opportunity and one that could produce important societal benefits. We are not aware of any web-based application that provides training for RAs to recognize and refer residence hall students who may have alcohol and other drug problems. Although alcohol and drug problems are prevalent in the undergraduate population, the current state of RA training on these issues is inconsistent across America's campuses and at many institutions is woefully inadequate.

描述（由申请人提供）：居民助理（RA）往往是第一个工作人员在学院或大学了解到学生从事酒精或其他药物滥用。这第二阶段STTR申请寻求支持，以进一步开发和测试一个基于网络的程序称为“RA资源（RAR）-酒精-药物问题。“第五阶段公司将进行这一理论驱动的研究项目，旨在加强RA的能力，有效地接近，参考，并与住宿大学生谁可能有酒精或其他药物问题的后续行动。RAR -酒精-药物问题培训计划将具有互动功能，强调教学积极，尊重的方式来联系可能有酒精或其他药物问题的居民学生与适当的专业服务。第二阶段研究的目标是完成开发并评估两个版本的培训计划的有效性。其中一个版本将专门关注RA的培训。第二个版本将包括培训其直接主管的额外功能，即，宿舍主任（RHD），监督宿舍管理员处理心理健康问题。这两个RAR版本和一个对照条件将在一项随机田间试验中进行测试，该试验涉及来自30所学院和大学校园的90名RA工作人员。本研究将检验以下假设：（1）与对照组相比，RA参与任何一个培训项目都会显著增加计划行为理论（TPB）指标的得分;（2）与仅参加RAR的RA相比，参加RAR-RHD酒精-药物问题培训项目的RA在TPB指标上的得分显著更高（无RHD监督组件）;（3）与对照条件下的RA患者相比，在任何RAR培训计划中，RA患者的住院患者在RA支持和尊重RA领导的措施上得分更高。拟议的研究提供了一个解决方案，与监管机构的培训不足的酒精和其他药物问题。这项研究意义重大，因为它试图通过更有效和及时地将有酒精或其他毒品问题的学生与治疗服务联系起来，加强和扩大校园护理网络。这种方法可能是一种有效的手段，扩大照顾有需要的学生，以及减少校园问题与酒精和药物滥用，包括学术问题，破坏和暴力。 公共卫生关系：为大学住院助理（RA）开发在线酒精药物培训计划是一个重要的商业机会，也是一个可以产生重要社会效益的机会。我们不知道任何基于网络的应用程序，为RA提供培训，以识别和推荐可能有酒精和其他毒品问题的学生宿舍。尽管酒精和毒品问题在本科生中普遍存在，但美国校园内有关这些问题的RA培训现状并不一致，许多机构的RA培训也严重不足。