GENDER SPECIFIC DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAMS

针对特定性别的药物滥用预防计划

• 批准号: 2013671
• 负责人: LOUISE A ROHRBACH
• 金额: $ 16.47万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-09-30 至 1999-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2013671
• 关键词: adolescence (12-20); clinical research; drug abuse prevention; gender difference; human subject; interpersonal relations; urban poverty area

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Abstract) Drug use by adolescents remains a significant health and social problem. The prevalence of experimental drug use among female adolescents currently equals in some cases, surpasses, that among male adolescents. Outcome research has shown that psychosocial-based drug abuse prevention programs can be, and generally are, efficacious. In the school setting, most prevention programs are taught in mixed gender classes. Research is inconclusive with regard to whether or not these programs have differential effects by gender. Although psychosocial-based programs already address many of the risk factors that influence drug use among adolescent females, at the same time there is a need to more fully address some of the risk factors that most affect females. Current unisex approaches may be neglecting the primary issues of females. Thus, female-specific drug abuse prevention programs may be warranted. The primary objectives of the proposed research are to (1) investigate gender differences in interpersonal/social, cultural/environmental and intrapersonal factors related to drug abuse among low-income youth, (2) investigate drug use antecedents that may exist for females apart from males; and (3) use this information to develop and field-test prototype gender-specific, school-based prevention program components. In Year 1, a cross-sectional survey will be administered to seventh grade youth in urban public schools that serve a large number of low-income youth. In Year 2, components of existing psychosocial-based prevention programs will be tailored to female adolescents, and new components will be developed and field-tested in middle schools, using "theme," feasibility, and focus group studies. The long-term goal of the proposed research is to develop a school-based, female-specific drug abuse prevention approach that will be ready to be efficacy-tested in a future study.

描述：（申请人的摘要） 青少年的吸毒仍然是一个重大的健康和社会问题。 当前女性青少年中实验药物使用的患病率 在某些情况下，在男性青少年中等于超过。 结果 研究表明，基于社会心理的药物滥用预防计划 可以而且通常是有效的。 在学校环境中，大多数 预防计划在混合性别课程中教授。 研究是 关于这些程序是否有差异，尚无定论 性别影响。 尽管基于社会心理的程序已经解决 影响青春期女性使用药物使用的许多危险因素， 同时，需要更充分地解决一些风险 影响女性的因素。 当前的男女通用方法可能是 忽略了女性的主要问题。 因此，女性特定的药物滥用 预防计划可能有必要。 拟议研究的主要目标是（1）调查 人际/社会，文化/环境的性别差异和 低收入青年中与药物滥用有关的人际因素，（2） 调查女性可能存在的药物使用先例 男性（3）使用此信息来开发和现场测试原型 特定性别的，基于学校的预防计划组件。 在第一年， 横断面调查将向城市的七年级青年进行 为大量低收入青年提供服务的公立学校。 在第二年， 现有基于心理社会的预防计划的组成部分将是 针对女性青少年量身定制，并将开发新的组成部分 使用“主题”，可行性和焦点小组在中学进行现场测试 研究。 拟议研究的长期目标是开发 以学校为基础的，特定于女性的药物滥用预防方法 准备在未来的研究中接受疗效测试。