School-based Prevention Program for Depression in Latino Pre-Adolescents

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请是2007年2月16日首次审查的指导患者导向研究职业发展奖（K23）的重新提交。这份K23申请是给艾米丽·赛斯-圣地亚哥医生的。该奖项将使Saez Santiago博士继续她在拉丁美洲/a前青少年抑郁症预防方面以患者为导向的研究人员的发展。抑郁症是青少年中普遍存在的一种心理健康障碍。研究发现，拉丁裔青少年比其他族裔更容易表现出抑郁症状。因此，为拉丁裔青少年制定和实施有效的预防计划是减少青少年抑郁发作可能性的必要条件。Saez- Santiago博士此次K23的目标是：1)发展技能，并对预防青少年抑郁的干预措施进行试验；2)获得与实施和评估学校预防干预措施相关的方法方面的知识和经验；3)提高为拉丁裔/美洲人开发基于理论的预防干预措施的技能；4)提高传播研究结果的技能。5)让她准备好申请有竞争力的研究经费。这些目标将通过以下途径实现：1)Guillermo Bernal博士和Irwin Sandier博士的指导；2)咨询马克·阿特金斯博士、纳尔逊·科隆博士、大卫·麦金农博士、凯文·斯塔克博士和戴安娜·里维拉博士；3)课程作业、研讨会和其他结构化的教学活动；4)拟定研究项目的执行。拟议的研究代表了Saez-Santiago博士对青少年抑郁症和干预研究的自然进展。该研究的具体目的是：1)完善和试点测试波多黎各前青少年抑郁症状风险因素的普遍预防方案。2)培训健康班教师实施干预；3)评估将预防项目纳入健康班课程实施的可行性；4)评估预防干预的可接受性；5)评估干预对青春期前抑郁症状以下中介因素的影响：自尊、不正常的想法、家庭互动、社会支持和学习成绩，以及抑郁症和其他心理健康问题的症状。公共卫生相关性：未列出。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is a resubmission of a Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) first reviewed on February 16, 2007. This K23 application is for Dr. Emily Saez-Santiago. This award will enable Dr. Saez Santiago to continue her development as a patient-oriented researcher in prevention for depression in Latino/a pre-adolescents. Depression is a prevalent mental health disorder in adolescents. Studies have found that Latino/a adolescents are more likely to manifest symptoms of depression than other ethnic groups. Thus, the need for developing and implementing effective prevention programs for Latino pre-adolescents is imperative to reduce the likelihood of onset of depression in adolescence. Dr. Saez- Santiago's goals for this K23 are to 1) develop skills and conduct trials of interventions for the prevention of depression in adolescents, 2) obtain knowledge and experience on methodological aspects related to the implementation and evaluation of school-based prevention interventions, 3) increase skills in developing theory based preventive-interventions for Latinos/as, 4) increase skills in disseminating the findings from research, and 5) prepare her to write competitive research grants. These goals will be achieved trough 1) the mentorship with Dr. Guillermo Bernal and Dr. Irwin Sandier; 2) consultation with Dr. Marc Atkins, Dr. Nelson Colon, Dr. David MacKinnon, Dr. Kevin Stark, & Dr. Diana Rivera; 3) coursework, workshops, and other structured didactic activities; and 4) the execution of the proposed research project. The proposed study represents a natural progression of Dr. Saez-Santiago line of research with adolescent depression and interventions. The specific aims of the study are to 1) refine and pilot test a universal prevention program for risk factors of depressive symptoms in Puerto Rican pre-adolescents. 2) train health class teachers to implement the intervention, 3) evaluate the feasibility of implementing the preventive program as an integrated part of the health class curriculum, 4) evaluate the acceptability of the preventive intervention, and 5) evaluate the impact of the intervention on the following mediators of depressive symptoms in preadolescents: self esteem, dysfunctional thoughts, family interactions, social support, and academic performance, and on symptoms of depression and other mental health problems. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: None listed.