Parental Criminal Justice Involvement & Substance Use among Puerto Rican Youth

描述(由申请者提供)：本项目响应RFA-DA-10-015：新研究者的成瘾研究支持机会(SOAR)(R03)。我们的计划是开展一个研究项目，提供有关监禁人数空前上升的影响的关键信息，监禁人数在过去30年里一直是美国的特征，使父母参与刑事司法系统(CJSI)成为弱势青年生活中的常见事件。我们提议进行一项试点研究，具体目的如下：目标1：论证在南布朗克斯生活期间，查找并在5年后重新联系参与Boricua青年研究(BYS；R01 MH56401；PI：BIRD)且至少有一位父母参与刑事司法系统(CJSI)的家庭和年龄-性别匹配的对照样本的可行性；以及目标2：研究父母CJSI与居住在南布朗克斯的波多黎各背景的年轻人随着时间的推移饮酒之间的关系的可能影响大小范围。初步研究样本将包括南布朗克斯BYS的参与者，他们的父母患有CJSI(N=145)，以及父母从未参与CJS的匹配参与者组(N=145)。由于BYS的设计，试点研究CJSI亚样本将代表2000年居住在南布朗克斯的波多黎各背景5-13岁的儿童。将获得参与者所在地、饮酒情况和父母CJSI的最新信息。SOAR拟议的试点研究将采用与RFMH-OMH试点研究(PI：CS Duarte)目前使用的跟踪方法类似的跟踪方法，但它将针对不同的BYS次样本，并将包括对青少年饮酒和父母CJSI的评估。BYS包括对南布朗克斯和波多黎各圣胡安(N=2,491)儿童的三波数据(2001年至2004年的年度评估)，使用结构诊断性访谈评估药物使用/滥用和精神障碍以及广泛的风险/保护因素。这一试点信息的目的是在本样本中支持对父母CJSI和酗酒之间的关系进行更全面的评估，这将独特地解决直接为高度需要的人群提供预防干预的早期先兆。这样的申请将与NIDA资助的纵向研究项目密切相关，该项目也由我们的研究小组进行，目前正在南布朗克斯进行，评估父母CJSI的影响(R01 DA023733和R01 DA024029，PI：CW Hoven，Co-I：CS Duarte)。 与公共健康相关：在过去30年里，美国监狱服刑人数史无前例地上升，这可能对家庭有害，导致药物滥用和精神障碍的代际传播。拟议项目将产生试点数据，以支持继续对信息量很大的样本进行纵向评估。将重点放在少数群体样本中父母刑事司法系统参与和儿童饮酒的影响上，是为最有需要的人设计适当干预措施的关键一步。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project is in response to RFA-DA-10-015: Support Opportunity for Addiction Research (SOAR) for New Investigators (R03). Our plan is to pursue a research program which will provide key information about the impact of the unprecedented rise in incarceration which has characterized the US over the past 30 years, making parental involvement with the criminal justice system (CJSI) a common event in the lives of disadvantaged youth. We propose a pilot study with the following specific aims: Aim 1: Demonstrate the feasibility of locating and re-contacting, after 5 years, families who participated in the Boricua Youth Study (BYS; R01 MH56401; PI: Bird) while living in the South Bronx with at least a parent with criminal justice system involvement (CJSI) and a age-gender matched control sample; and Aim 2: Examine the range of possible effect sizes representing the relationship between parental CJSI and alcohol use over time by adolescents and young adults of Puerto Rican background living in the South Bronx. The pilot study sample will include South Bronx BYS participants who had a parent with CJSI (N=145) and a matched group of participants whose parents had never been involved with the CJS (N=145). Because of the BYS design, the pilot study CJSI subsample will be representative of children of Puerto Rican background 5 - 13 years old living in the South Bronx in 2000. Updated information about participants' location, alcohol use and parental CJSI will be obtained. The SOAR proposed pilot study will apply a tracking methodology similar to the one currently being used in the RFMH-OMH pilot study (PI: CS Duarte), but it will target a different BYS subsample and will include the assessment of youth alcohol use and parental CJSI. The BYS included three waves of data (yearly assessments from 2001 to 2004) of children in the South Bronx and San Juan, Puerto Rico (N=2,491) using a structure diagnostic interview to assess substance use/abuse and psychiatric disorders together with a wide range of risk/protective factors. The purpose of this pilot information is to support a more comprehensive assessment of the relationship between parental CJSI and alcohol abuse in this sample, which will uniquely address early precursors directly informing preventive interventions for a population highly in need. Such an application will be closely linked to a NIDA funded longitudinal research program assessing the impact of parental CJSI also conducted by our research group and currently underway in the South Bronx (R01 DA023733 and R01 DA024029, PI: CW Hoven, Co-I: CS Duarte). PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The unprecedented rise in incarceration in the US during the last 30 years may be harmful to families, contributing to the intergenerational transmission of substance abuse and psychiatric disorders. The proposed project will generate pilot data to support the continuation of the longitudinal assessment of a highly informative sample. The focus on the impact of parental criminal justice system involvement and child alcohol use in a minority sample is a key step towards designing appropriate interventions for those most in need.