Parenting Prevention-Intervention for Mothers of AfricanAmerican Adolescent Males

描述(由申请人提供)：非裔美国青少年男性比其他青少年更有可能从事高风险的性行为。在过去的十年里，他们的大麻和酒精使用率也大幅上升。这项为期2年的探索性和发展性应用是对PA-08-218(R1)的响应，并要求提供资金，以修订、标准化和试点测试针对非裔美国青少年男孩的母亲的经验性、综合性和文化敏感性的父母培训预防干预措施。该计划旨在向母亲传授社会化原则和具体做法。实证研究表明，这与非裔美国男孩中高危行为的发生率较低有关。初步计划的课程、格式和手册是几年来从国际儿童基金会为非裔美国男孩的父母定期举办的一系列育儿讲习班中开发出来的。该计划还利用了其他育儿计划的许多最佳做法。为了进一步修订课程，国际学生联合会将与成绩优异的非裔美国人男孩的父母和成绩较差男孩的父母一起开展重点小组。育儿和翻译研究方面的专家也将对课程和研讨会的形式进行评分。这项建议的另一个目的是试点测试预防-干预的可行性和有效性。共有72名8年级的非洲裔美国男性学生和他们的母亲将完成干预目标父母、高危行为、自我调节、同伴网络和成就的基线评估。然后将这些家庭随机分配到预防干预组或对照组。预防干预将在男孩上同一所高中之前进行。测试后评估将在干预后六个月进行。还将对作为该计划基础的概念模型进行初步假设测试。另一个目的是估计干预参数，如效果大小、应答率、流失率、保真度、评价者之间的可靠性以及对统计能力重要的参数。与NIDA的使命和R21赠款机制的目的相一致，该项目旨在促进制定更大的以科学为基础的预防干预措施，以减少这一人群中的高危行为。 与公共卫生相关：非裔美国青少年男性比其他青少年更有可能从事危险的性行为，他们的酒精和大麻使用率最近大幅上升。这些行为使他们在成年后感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病和滥用药物的风险增加。该项目旨在减少非裔美国青少年男性的这些危险行为，这些行为将对公共健康产生巨大影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): African American adolescent males are significantly more likely to engage in high- risk sexual activity than other adolescents. Their rates of marijuana and alcohol use have also greatly increased over the past decade. This 2 year exploratory and developmental application is responsive to PA-08-218 (R1) and requests funding to revise, standardize, and pilot test an empirically informed, comprehensive, and culturally sensitive parent-training prevention intervention for mothers of African American adolescent boys. The program is designed to teach mothers the socialization principles and specific practices the empirical research shows to be associated with a lower prevalence of high-risk behaviors among African American boys. The preliminary program curriculum, format, and manual have been developed over several years from a series of parenting workshops regularly conducted by the PI for parents of African American boys. The program also utilizes many of the best practices of other parenting programs. To further revise the curriculum, the PI will conduct focus groups with parents of high-achieving African American boys and other with parents of lower achieving boys. Experts in parenting and translational research will also rate the curriculum and workshop format. Another purpose of this proposal is to pilot test the feasibility and efficacy of the prevention-intervention. A total of 72 8th grade African American male students and their mothers will complete baseline assessments of intervention targeted parenting, high-risk behaviors, self-regulation, peer networks, and achievement. The families will then be randomly assigned to the prevention intervention or the control group. The prevention intervention will occur before the boys attend the same high school. Post test assessments will occur six months post intervention. Preliminary hypothesis tests of the conceptual model underlying the program will also be conducted. Another purpose is to estimate intervention parameters such as effect sizes, response rates, attrition rates, fidelity, interrater reliability, and parameters important for statistical power. Consistent with the mission of NIDA and purpose of the R21 grant mechanism, this project is designed to facilitate the development of larger scientifically-based prevention interventions to reduce high-risk behaviors in this population. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: African American adolescent males are significantly more likely than other adolescents to engage in risky sexual activity, and their rates of alcohol and marijuana use have dramatically increased recently. These behaviors place them at elevated risk for HIV/AIDS and substance abuse during adulthood. This project seeks to reduce these risky behaviors among African American adolescent males, which would have enormous implications for public health.