Picture Me Alcohol Free: Engaging Youth in Community-Based Prevention

描述(由申请者提供)：(不超过30行文字)本申请旨在测试开发在线培训计划--无酒精图片(PMAF)的可行性，旨在使青少年能够积极参与以社区为基础的努力，减少未成年人饮酒及其相关后果。在这个国家，未成年人饮酒仍然是一个严重的公共卫生问题。这反映在美国卫生局最近的行动呼吁(2007年)中，该呼吁强调青年参与社区范围的预防工作。然而，社区可以用来培训和支持青年进行基于社区的预防的商业工具很少(如果有的话)。拟议的项目将利用现有的研究和教学技术来满足这一需求，开发一个创新的在线培训计划，在成人协调员的帮助下，通过PhotoVoice过程指导青年，试图提高社区意识，并推动与酒精相关的环境和政策变化。PhotoVoice是一个过程，参与者通过这个过程学习操作相机，并被邀请拍摄他们所在社区的优势、劣势和/或特定问题。第一阶段将涉及与专家咨询小组成员的面谈，以确定方案的内容和结构，开发一个在线课程，对原型课程进行试点测试，对青年和青年服务组织的领导人进行抽样，完善原型课程，并制定最后8节课程的详细大纲。这些第一阶段的任务将完成，以证明商业和技术上的可行性，并为第二阶段计划的全面开发和评估奠定基础。鉴于大量青年服务组织参与社区预防未成年人饮酒，PMAF的商业潜力很好。(1或2句话--相关性)该项目有可能促进未成年青年的健康和福祉，并提高社区采用综合战略的能力，并让青年作为利益攸关方参与减少未成年人饮酒和相关问题的进程。将通过开发和测试一种有针对性的预防方法来对预防科学作出贡献，这种方法有可能应用于对其他高危行为的预防性干预。公共卫生相关性：该项目有可能促进未成年青年的健康和福祉，并提高社区采用综合战略的能力，并让青年作为利益攸关方参与减少未成年人饮酒和相关问题的进程。将通过开发和测试一种有针对性的预防方法来对预防科学作出贡献，这种方法有可能应用于对其他高危行为的预防性干预。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): (no more than 30 lines of text) This application proposes to test the feasibility of developing an online training program, Picture Me Alcohol Free (PMAF), intended to empower youth to become active participants in community-based efforts to reduce underage alcohol use and related consequences. Underage drinking continues to be serious public health concern in this country. This is reflected in the recent Call to Action by the U.S. Surgeon General's Office (2007) which places an emphasis on youth involvement in community-wide prevention. However, there are few, if any, commercially available tools that can be used by communities to train and support youth in community-based prevention. The proposed project will fill that need by using existing research and instructional technology to develop an innovative online training program that will guide youth, with the help of an adult facilitator, through the photovoice process in attempt to raise community awareness and motivate alcohol-related environmental and policy changes. Photovoice is a process by which participants learn to operate cameras and are invited to take pictures of strengths, weaknesses, and/or specific issues in their communities. Phase I will involve interviews with expert advisory panel members to determine the content and structure of the program, development of one online session, pilot testing of the prototype session with a sample of youth and leaders of youth-serving organizations, refinement of the prototype session, and development of a detailed outline of the final 8-session program. These Phase I tasks will be completed to demonstrate commercial and technical feasibility, as well as lay the ground work for full development and evaluation of the program in Phase II. Given the large number of youth-serving organizations that participate in community-based prevention of underage drinking, the commercial potential of PMAF is good. (1 or 2 sentences - relevance) This project has the potential to contribute to the health and well-being of underage youth, as well as increase the capacity of communities to employ comprehensive strategies and involve youth as stakeholders in the process of reducing underage drinking and associate problems. A contribution to the science of prevention will be made by developing and testing a targeted approach to prevention that has the potential to be applied to preventive interventions with other high-risk behaviors. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This project has the potential to contribute to the health and well being of underage youth, as well as increase the capacity of communities to employ comprehensive strategies and involve youth as stakeholders in the process of reducing underage drinking and associate problems. A contribution to the science of prevention will be made by developing and testing a targeted approach to prevention that has the potential to be applied to preventive interventions with other high-risk behaviors.