COMMUNITY BASED INTERVENTION FOR CHILDREN

本研究项目意在确定可行性和 针对市中心的早期干预系统的有效性 黑人青年滥用药物的风险很高。在现有的 邻里计划，主要由黑人工作人员实施， 方法涉及动员和加强社区资源 已经到位(青年服务局)，并为个人、团体、 和家庭服务，包括案件宣传和案件管理以及 利用土著青年领袖，为期六个月，重点是 预防高危青少年滥用药物。无论是男性还是女性 年轻人，年龄在12岁到14岁之间，居住在 巴尔的摩市，并转介给社区青年服务局 评估和/或治疗，将是这项研究的目标。在……里面 除了生活在高危地区外，年轻人还被认为处于危险之中 必须表现出以下问题之一：试验性使用 酒精和/或毒品，犯罪或其他越轨行为，或学校 不适应。经过一段时间的培训，涉及12个案例，250个 将向青少年及其家人提供拟议的干预措施。 干预的过程和一年结果评估都将是 已执行。出于结果评估目的，50名青年的结果 将在干预前接受标准治疗的患者进行比较 与新治疗相关的结果和50年的结果 年轻人在同等社区接受标准治疗 局里。对来自中国的250名青年的额外抽样结果 等同的邻里关系局也将与 250名青年接受了新的治疗。成果衡量标准将包括 药物滥用的自我报告和客观衡量；犯罪， 违法行为、异常行为、学校表现和个人表现 态度和调整。

This research project intends to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of a system of early intervention directed at inner-city Black youth at high risk for drug abuse. Conducted within an existing neighborhood program and implemented primarily by Black staff, the approach involves the mobilization and enhancement of community resources already in place (a Youth Service Bureau) and provides individual, group, and family services, including case advocacy and case management and the use of indigenous youth leaders, over a six-month period focused on the prevention of substance abuse of youth at risk. Both male and female youth, aged 12 through 14, residing in high at-risk neighborhoods in Baltimore City and referred to a neighborhood Youth Services Bureau for assessment and/or treatment, will be targeted for this study. In addition to living in a high-risk area, youth considered to be at risk must have exhibited one of the following problems: experimental use of alcohol and/or drugs, delinquent or other deviant behaviors, or school maladjustment. After a training period involving 12 cases, 250 such youth and their families will be provided the proposed intervention. Both process and one-year outcome evaluations of the intervention will be performed. For outcome evaluation purposes, outcomes for 50 youth exposed to standard treatment prior to the intervention will be compared to outcomes associated with the new treatment and with outcomes for 50 youth administered standard treatment in an equivalent neighborhood bureau. Outcomes for an additional sample of 250 youth from the equivalent neighborhood bureau will also be compared to outcomes for the 250 youth administered the new treatment. Outcome measures will include both self-report and objective measures of substance abuse; crime, delinquency, aberrant behavior; school performance, and personal attitudes and adjustment.