Communities Invested in Healthy Life Trajectories of African American Boys

次级项目2：投资于非裔美国牛健康生活轨迹的社区：Sonya Brady，博士(UMN)；共同Pis：Tina Simpson，医学博士(UAB)；威利·温斯顿(明尼苏达州黑人心理学家协会)将弱势非裔美国青年的行为外化，可能是对家庭、学校和社区内的压力和不平等的反应。儿童期的外化症状与青春期更多地参与各种危险行为有关，包括暴力参与和药物使用。由父母/照顾者、教师和社区成员培养的青年资产和复原力资源可能会保护青年免受对这些压力源的反应造成的负面后果。必须加强关键个人之间的关系，以便培养青年资产，并为复原力提供足够的资源。对于目标1，调查人员将确定利用基于社区的参与性研究(CBPR)方法为8-14岁处于社会经济不利地位的非裔美国男孩及其照顾者制定、实施和评估与学校有关的干预措施的可行性和可接受性。赠款期间第1至第3年的发展领域包括：a)社区联盟的形成。学术合作伙伴将传播来自形成性研究的数据，以确定并吸引社区合作伙伴。B)干预发展。与关爱的社区模式一致，CBPR合作伙伴将审查并选择一个或多个循证干预措施，以减少青少年的外化症状和风险行为。CBPR合作伙伴将制定一项协议，在一个或多个背景下(例如，学校、教堂、社区中心)提供干预。干预部分将着眼于加强三个关键二元之间的关系：1)照顾者儿童；2)教师-儿童；以及3)教师-照顾者。C)评估工具。CBPR合作伙伴将完善家庭评估措施，作为男孩外在症状、危险行为、学校纪律行动和青少年司法系统参与情况的基线、干预后和6个月跟踪评估。D)宣传运动。CBPR合作伙伴将开展一项运动，在学校/社区内提高对服务的认识，减少接受服务的耻辱，并鼓励家庭参与。对于目标2，调查人员将进行一项试点研究，以确定在非裔美国人家庭中实施与学校有关的干预措施的可行性和可接受性，并提供一个全面的团体随机对照试验。CBPR合作伙伴将实施沟通活动，并在学年(4-5年级)向家庭队列提供干预。

Subproject 2: Communities Invested in Healthy Life Trajectories of African American Bovs PI: Sonya Brady, PhD (UMN); Co-PIs: Tina Simpson, MD (UAB);. Willie Winston (Minnesota Association of Black Psychologists) Externalizing behavior among disadvantaged African American youth may be a response to stressors and inequities within the home, school, and community. Externalizing symptoms during childhood are associated with increased engagement in a variety of risk behaviors during adolescence, including violence involvement and substance use. Youth assets and resources for resilience fostered by parents/caregivers, teachers, and community members may protect youth from negative outcomes from their responses to these stressors. Relationships between key individuals must be strengthened in order to foster youth assets and to provide adequate resources for resilience. For Aim 1, the investigators will establish the feasibility and acceptability of utilizing a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to develop, implement, and evaluate a school-linked intervention for socioeconomically disadvantaged African American boys aged 8- 14 years and their caregivers. Domains of development during Years 1-3 of the grant period include: A) Community Coalition Formation. Academic partners will disseminate data from formative research to identify and engage community partners. B) Intervention Development. Consistent with the Communities that Care model, CBPR partners will review and select one or more evidence-based interventions demonstrated to reduce externalizing symptoms and risk behavior among youth. CBPR partners will develop a protocol for delivering the intervention within one or more contexts (e.g., schools, churches, community centers). Intervention components will target the strengthening of relationships between three key dyads: 1) caregiver child; 2) teacher-child; and 3) teacher-caregiver. C) Assessment Tools. CBPR partners will refine the Family Assessment Measure, which will serve as a baseline, post-intervention, and 6-month follow-up assessment of boys' externalizing symptoms, risk behavior, and school-based disciplinary action and juvenile justice system involvement. D) Communication Campaign. CBPR partners will develop a campaign to raise awareness of services within the school/community, reduce the stigma of receiving services, and encourage family involvement. For Aim 2, the investigators will conduct a pilot study to establish feasibility and acceptability of the school-linked intervention among African American families and to inform a full-scale group randomized controlled trial. CBPR partners will implement the communication campaign and offer the intervention to cohorts of families during the school year (Years 4-5).