PREVENTING ALCOHOL ABUSE IN AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE YOUTH

防止非洲裔美国男性青年酗酒

• 批准号: 2047071
• 负责人: CHRISTOPHER L RINGWALT
• 金额: $ 10.7万
• 依托单位: RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-01-01 至 1999-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2047071
• 关键词: African American; adolescence (12-20); alcoholic beverage consumption; alcoholism /alcohol abuse prevention; behavior prediction; community; data collection; employment /unemployment; high risk behavior /lifestyle; human subject; human therapy evaluation; juvenile delinquency; longitudinal human study; male; racial /ethnic difference; training; violence; vocational guidance

Although overall prevalence rates of alcohol use and alcohol consumption levels are similar for African-American and white men, there is substantial evidence to indicate that African-American men experience notably higher levels of negative health and social consequences related to alcohol use. Although the peak incidence of these problems appears in early or middle adulthood, prevention efforts must begin in childhood and adolescence to prevent their onset in adulthood. In particular, alcohol abuse, drug use, and other health risk behaviors among African- American males are viewed in part as a response to poverty, lack of employment and educational opportunities, deteriorating urban environments, and the subsequent breakdown in the social and familial bonds in a large segment of the African-American community. Adolescent males need to be adequately prepared to respond to and overcome these challenges if they are to make a successful transition to adulthood. The proposed 5-year study builds on an ongoing community-based, randomized control intervention that offers culturally relevant guidance and mentoring, combined with an employment training and placement program, to African-American male adolescents. The intervention, called Supporting Adolescents with Guidance and Employment (SAGE), is currently being implemented within the framework of a randomized control design. Each of 240 youth is being assigned to one of three conditions: guidance and employment, employment only, and control. Nine months after the conclusion of the initial program activities, the control group participants will receive a delayed program consisting of either one or both programmatic components. Participants will be followed an additional 3 years beyond the conclusion of the program. The purpose of the study is to enhance and extend the longitudinal evaluation effort currently in place, focusing specific attention on alcohol use behaviors and related consequences. In doing so, the study will provide important information regarding the efficacy of culturally relevant adolescent guidance and employment programs for reducing alcohol misuse and other related high-risk behaviors among male African- American adolescents. The requested funding will not be used to support programmatic activities, but rather to provide data collection support and facilitate the analysis and reporting of programmatic effects on alcohol use outcomes, as well as other issues related to the etiology and patterns of alcohol use behaviors and consequences in the target population.

虽然酒精使用和酒精消费的总体流行率 非洲裔美国人和白色男性的水平相似， 大量证据表明，非洲裔美国人的经验， 特别是对健康和社会的负面影响更大， 酒精使用。虽然这些问题的发病高峰出现在 在成年早期或中期，预防工作必须从童年开始 和青春期，以防止他们在成年期发病。特别是， 酗酒、吸毒和其他危害健康的行为， 美国男性在某种程度上被视为对贫困、缺乏 就业和教育机会，不断恶化的城市 环境，以及随后的社会和家庭崩溃， 在非洲裔美国人社区的一个很大的部分债券。青少年 男性需要做好充分的准备来应对和克服这些问题， 如果他们想成功地过渡到成年人，他们将面临挑战。 拟议的5年研究建立在一个正在进行的以社区为基础的， 提供文化相关指导的随机对照干预 与就业培训和安置相结合， 计划，以非洲裔美国男性青少年。 所谓的干预， 通过指导和就业支持青少年（SAGE），目前正在 在随机对照设计的框架内实施。 240名青年中的每一个都被分配到三个条件之一：指导 和雇佣，只雇佣和控制。 九个月后 在初步方案活动结束后，对照组 参与者将获得一个延迟的计划，包括一个或 两个方案组成部分。与会者将被跟踪一个 在项目结束后的三年内。 研究的目的是加强和扩大纵向 目前正在进行评估工作，重点关注 饮酒行为及相关后果。在这样做时，研究 将提供有关文化功效的重要信息， 相关的青少年指导和就业方案， 酒精滥用和其他相关的非洲男性高风险行为， 美国青少年 申请的资金将不会用于支持 方案活动，而是提供数据收集支助 并便利分析和报告方案对 酒精使用的结果，以及其他相关的问题，病因 以及目标人群的饮酒行为模式和后果 人口