Project AIM: Preventing Illicit Substance Use Among Middle School Children

项目目标：防止中学生非法使用药物

• 批准号: 7647157
• 负责人: TIMOTHY J STRAUMAN
• 金额: $ 19.5万
• 依托单位: DUKE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-07-01 至 2010-12-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7647157
• 关键词: Academic achievement; Accountability; Achievement; Address; Adolescent; Adult; Alcohol consumption; Alcohol or Other Drugs use; Alcohols; Attitude; Basic Behavioral Science; Behavior; Behavioral; Child; Data; Development; Educational Curriculum; Educational process of instructing; Esthesia; Ethnic Origin; Exposure to; Frequencies; Future; Gender; Goals; Health; Individual; Individual Differences; Intervention Studies; Knowledge; Life; Marijuana; Measures; Mediating; Mentors; Methods; Monitor; Motivation; Outcome; Perception; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Preparation; Prevention; Prevention program; Preventive Intervention; Problem behavior; Process; Prospective Studies; Psychological Theory; Public Health; Race; Reporting; Research; Risk; Risk Behaviors; Schools; Self Efficacy; Sex Behavior; Students; Substance abuse problem; Testing; Time; Translating; Youth; alcohol and other drug; base; cohort; comparison group; cost; design; drinking; drug abuse prevention; early onset substance use; ethnic minority population; experience; high risk; high school; innovation; middle school; peer; prevent; programs; prospective; psychologic; public health relevance; skills; social; social cognition; substance abuse prevention; substance use prevention; theories; universal prevention

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Illicit substance use among youth continues to be a serious public health concern, particularly the vast numbers of youth in middle school and lower grades who use alcohol and drugs. Also, whereas substance use appears to be declining among high school students, no such decline is evident among middle schoolers. School-based prevention programs are the most widely used prevention method for adolescents, and such programs can be effective in delaying initiation and reducing frequency of substance use. But such programs are more difficult to implement in our era of accountability for academic achievement. There is a clear need for continued development of brief school-based programs that address substance use and other problem behaviors while enhancing academic achievement and promoting positive development. The overall aim of the proposed research is to test an innovative, theory-driven adaptation of a middle-school-based prevention program, Project AIM (Adult Identity Mentoring), that shows promise for preventing or delaying early initiation of substance use, curtailing other problem behaviors, enhancing academic achievement, and teaching skills for identifying and pursuing life goals. We propose a prospective nonrandomized quasi-experimental comparison group study of the efficacy of the AIM curriculum within four middle schools with high percentages of students who are at risk for substance use, related behavioral problems, and academic difficulties. Cohorts of sixth graders at each school will either receive the AIM curriculum as part of their year-long Health course or will receive the standard Health course alone. This application is consistent with PA-06-317, Drug Abuse Prevention Intervention Research: R21, in that it proposes a theory-based, developmentally informed program of research that applies current knowledge regarding social cognition and individual differences to the prevention of substance use and other problematic behavioral outcomes. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: There is a clear need for continued development of brief school-based prevention programs that address substance use and other problem behaviors while enhancing academic achievement and promoting positive development. The proposed research will test an innovative, theory- driven middle-school-based prevention program, Project AIM (Adult Identity Mentoring), that shows promise for preventing or delaying early initiation of substance use, curtailing other problem behaviors, and teaching skills for identifying and pursuing life goals. This application is consistent with the goals of PA-06-317, Drug Abuse Prevention Intervention Research (R21), in that it proposes a theory-based, developmentally informed program of research that applies current knowledge regarding social cognition and individual differences to the prevention of substance use and other problematic behavioral outcomes.

描述（由申请人提供）：青少年中非法药物的使用仍然是一个严重的公共卫生问题，特别是大量酗酒和吸毒的初中和低年级青少年。此外，虽然高中生的药物使用似乎有所下降，但中学生的下降趋势却并不明显。以学校为基础的预防计划是青少年最广泛使用的预防方法，此类计划可以有效地推迟药物使用的开始时间并减少药物使用的频率。但在我们这个对学术成就负责的时代，此类计划更难实施。显然需要继续制定简短的校本计划，解决药物滥用和其他问题行为，同时提高学业成绩并促进积极发展。拟议研究的总体目标是测试以中学为基础的预防计划“AIM”项目（成人身份指导）的创新性、理论驱动的适应性，该计划有望预防或延迟过早开始药物使用、减少其他问题行为、提高学业成绩以及教授识别和追求人生目标的技能。我们建议对四所中学的 AIM 课程的有效性进行一项前瞻性非随机准实验比较组研究，这四所中学的学生面临药物滥用、相关行为问题和学业困难的风险。每所学校的六年级学生要么将 AIM 课程作为其全年健康课程的一部分，要么单独接受标准健康课程。该申请与 PA-06-317（药物滥用预防干预研究：R21）一致，因为它提出了一个基于理论的、发展性的研究计划，该计划应用有关社会认知和个体差异的当前知识来预防药物滥用和其他有问题的行为结果。公共卫生相关性：显然需要继续制定简短的基于学校的预防计划，以解决药物使用和其他问题行为，同时提高学业成绩并促进积极发展。拟议的研究将测试一项创新的、理论驱动的、以中学为基础的预防计划，即 AIM 项目（成人身份指导），该计划有望预防或延迟过早开始药物使用、减少其他问题行为以及教授识别和追求人生目标的技能。该应用程序与 PA-06-317（药物滥用预防干预研究 (R21)）的目标一致，因为它提出了一个基于理论的、发展性的研究计划，该计划应用有关社会认知和个体差异的当前知识来预防药物滥用和其他有问题的行为结果。