DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION TOOL KIT FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS

这个第二阶段的SBIR项目将在一项独立评估的随机纵向现场试验中展示以社区为基础的药物滥用预防计划的有效性。干预的目标是预测药物使用开始的五个中介因素：(1)生活方式不一致，(2)规范信念，(3)亲社会纽带，(4)个人承诺，(5)父母关注。有针对性的行为包括使用酒精、烟草、大麻和吸入剂，以及参与暴力和早期性行为。该干预措施被打包，供各种社区团体使用，如娱乐中心、教会团体和青年兴趣团体。这些群体目前无法以适合其需要的形式获得以研究为基础的预防方法。这些服务机构所服务的全国七个地理位置分散的地区的服务机构和社区青年团体将参与其中。总共60个青年小组将被随机分配到三种情况之一：(1)核心计划，(2)核心计划加助剂，(3)不进行治疗控制。中介变量和结果行为，包括吸毒、暴力和性行为，将在基线和随后的三个场合进行评估。将对实施质量进行评估，并将其用作项目有效性的主持人。国家药物管制战略办公室报告说，它正在申请6.2亿美元用于安全和无毒学校，5.22亿美元用于预防和治疗研究，9800万美元用于青年预防倡议。这是一个巨大的市场(14.15亿美元)，越来越多的人需要使用基于研究的方法。被测试的产品将是商业化的课程，将有可能帮助社区团体实现他们的预防目标。

This Phase II SBIR project will demonstrate the effectiveness of a community-based drug abuse prevention program in an independently evaluated randomized, longitudinal field trial. The intervention targets five mediators that predict drug use onset: (1) lifestyle incongruence, (2) normative beliefs, (3) prosocial bonding, (4) personal commitments, and (5) parental attentiveness. Targeted behaviors include the use of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and inhalants and participation in violence and early sexual behavior. The intervention is packaged for use by a variety of community groups such as recreation centers, church groups, and youth interest groups. These groups currently lack access to research-based approaches to prevention in a format that fits their needs. Service agencies and the community youth groups served by such service agencies across seven geographically dispersed regions of the country will participate. A total of 60 youth groups will be randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (1) core program, (2) core program plus booster, and (3) no treatment control. Mediating variables and outcome behaviors, including drug use, violence, and sexual activity, will be assessed at baseline and on three subsequent occasions. Quality of implementation will be assessed and used as a moderator of program effectiveness. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION For FY 1998 The Office of National Drug Control Strategy reports it is requesting 620M dollars for Safe and Drug-Free Schools, 522M dollars for prevention and treatment research, and 98M dollars for youth prevention initiatives. This is a sizeable market (1.415B dollars) that is increasingly being required to use research-based methods. The product to be tested will be commercially marketed curriculum that will have the potential of help community groups with their prevention goals.