COMMUNITY BASED EVALUATION OF DARE AND DARE PLUS

描述：（申请人摘要） 抵制药物滥用教育是传播最广泛的 在美国的药物使用预防课程，目前是 在明尼苏达州80%的学区实施。 评价 主要是小学课程，显示出有限的 有效性 在本研究中，将设计一个DARE PLUS程序， 与七年级和八年级的学生一起开发、实施，并进行评估 与Minnesota DARE，Inc.合作，基于此前成功的 社区预防方案。 DARE PLUS计划增强了 初中DARE课程与家长参与和教育，同伴 领导力和同伴计划的课外活动，以及邻里关系 直接行动组织。 这项拟议的研究涉及一项随机试验， 明尼阿波利斯-圣保罗大都会区的24所学校， 初中DARE课程单独，DARE PLUS计划，并推迟 方案条件，都在初中水平。 中间和结果 措施包括对学生群体的个别评估， 1999-2000学年24所学校的7年级学生（N= 7 200），a 随机抽样他们的父母（N=2400），和邻里领导人之前， 干预后。 此外，学校档案数据将 收集的数据将包括缺勤率、逃学率、 停学和开除 过程措施评估 每个项目，包括暴露，参与，遵守， 接受性和执行的忠实性。 据推测， DARE PLUS计划将显著减少城市青少年吸毒 和暴力行为

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Abstract) Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) is the most widely disseminated curricula for drug use prevention in the United States, and is currently being implemented in about 80% of Minnesota school districts. Evaluations of DARE, primarily the elementary school curriculum, have shown limited effectiveness. In this study, a DARE PLUS Program will be designed, developed, implemented with 7th and 8th grade students, and evaluated in collaboration with Minnesota DARE, Inc., based on previously successful community-based prevention programs. The DARE PLUS Program augments the junior high DARE curriculum with parental involvement and education, peer leadership and peer-planned extracurricular activities, and neighborhood direct action organizing. The proposed study involves a randomized trial of 24 schools in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, comparing the junior high school DARE curriculum alone, the DARE PLUS Program, and delayed program conditions, all at the junior high level. Intermediate and outcome measures include individual assessments of the cohort of students who are 7th graders in the 1999-2000 school year in the 24 schools (N=7200), a random sample of their parents (N=2400), and neighborhood leaders before and after the interventions. In addition, school archival data will be collected which will include measures of absenteeism, truancy rates, suspensions, and expulsions. Process measures assess the implementation of each program, including measures of exposure, participation, compliance, receptivity, and fidelity of implementation. It is hypothesized that the DARE PLUS Program will significantly reduce urban young adolescent drug use and violent behavior.