FAMILY PROGRAM AND ADOLESCENT DRUG ABUSE

预防吸毒是美国的一个优先健康目标。 虽然家庭对孩子有着深刻的影响， 评估以家庭为基础的干预措施的影响， 据报告，在一般青少年人群中预防吸毒。的 本研究的目的是评估 青少年吸毒的一个家庭为导向的药物预防计划。烟草 和酒精是主要的药物。该计划，通过邮件交付 以及卫生教育工作者和 父母，是基于青少年药物研究的主张， 旨在最大限度地促进家庭参与， 如果发现有效，可以通过 各种干预方式，并随时分布在大 一项试验性设计将 用于评估该计划对青少年吸毒的影响。880 12 - 14岁的青少年及其家人将进入 study. 数据将从学校的青少年中收集， 基线和随访时使用自填问卷。数据 将通过电话向家长收取。多变量分析将 评估干预措施对青少年吸毒的影响， 影响发生的变量决定了 干预效果因选定的特征而异， 评估作为干预基础的建议。

Preventing drug use is a priority health objective for the United States. Although families have profound influence on their children, few rigorous evaluations of the influence of family-based interventions designed to prevent drug use in general adolescent populations have been reported. The purpose of the proposed research is to evaluate the influence on adolescent drug use of a family-directed drug prevention program. Tobacco and alcohol are the focal drugs. The program, delivered through the mail and follow-up telephone communications between health educators and parents, is based on propositions from adolescent drug research, is designed to maximize participation by families, and is practical in the sense that if found to be effective it can be administered through a variety of intervention modalities and readily distributed over large geographical areas at relatively low cost An experimental design will be used to assess the influence of the program on adolescent drug use. 880 adolescents ages 12 - 14 and their families will be entered into the study. Data will be collected from adolescents in their schools at baseline and at follow-up using self-administered questionnaires. Data will be collected by telephone from parents. Multivariate analyses will assess the influence of the intervention on adolescent drug use, identify the variables through which effects occurred, determine whether intervention effects varied according to selected characteristics, and assess the propositions that are basis for the intervention.