DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION TOOL KIT FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS

该二期SBIR项目将在一项独立评估的随机纵向实地试验中证明以社区为基础的药物滥用预防计划的有效性。干预针对五个预测吸毒发生的中介：(1)生活方式不一致，(2)规范性信念，(3)亲社会关系，(4)个人承诺，(5)父母关注。目标行为包括使用酒精、烟草、大麻和吸入剂以及参与暴力和早期性行为。干预措施被包装为各种社区团体，如娱乐中心，教会团体和青年兴趣团体使用。这些群体目前缺乏以适合其需要的形式获得基于研究的预防方法的机会。全国七个地理上分散的地区的服务机构和这些服务机构所服务的社区青年团体将参加。总共有60个青少年小组将被随机分配到三个条件中的一个：(1)核心项目，(2)核心项目加助推器，(3)没有治疗控制。中介变量和结果行为，包括吸毒、暴力和性行为，将在基线和随后三次进行评估。实施质量将被评估，并作为项目有效性的调节因素。提议的1998财政年度商业申请国家药物控制战略办公室报告说，它要求6.2亿美元用于安全无毒学校，5.22亿美元用于预防和治疗研究，9800万美元用于青少年预防倡议。这是一个相当大的市场（14.15亿美元），越来越需要使用基于研究的方法。要测试的产品将是商业化销售的课程，这些课程将有可能帮助社区团体实现其预防目标。

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.