Tailoring programs for substance use and HIV inverventions is critical because the greatest effects will be realized if the right program is offered to the right individuals at the optimal time. At the same time, tailoring programs to each individual in a population may not be feasible. It may be possible, however, to detect a finite set of subgroups of individuals based on common risk exposure, dominant risk effects, treatment response, or mediational pathways;if so, we can leverage preventive intervention resources more effectively by matching appropriate program components to the different subgroups. The overall goals ofthe project are to advance a framework based on finite mixture models and bring it to the forefront in intervention science so that it can be used to address new questions in research on substance use and HIV.
The Specific Aims of this Project are: 1. To enable substance use and HIV scientists to simultaneously (a) identify latent classes of risk and (b) use membership in these latent classes to predict a dependent variable;2. To enable substance use and HIV scientists to identify latent classes characterized by the relations between multiple risks and key dependent variables;3. To enable substance use and HIV scientists to simultaneously (a) identify latent classes characterized by different sizes of treatment effects and (b) use covariates to predict membership in these treatment-response latent classes;4. To enable substance use and HIV scientists to identify latent classes of individuals based on shared mediational pathways;and 5. Dissemination and software development. For each method developed in this project, empirical results will be published in journals focused on prevention/substance use/HIV, and methodological innovations and results of simulation studies will be published in quantitative journals. In addition, by working with the Software Development and Technology Transfer Gore, user-friendly software will be made available for download as SAS procedures and STATA plug-ins for conducting LCA with a dependent variable, LC regression, and LC mediation. Adoption ofthe proposed methods by substance use and HIV scientists in the analysis of empirical diata will inform the development of programs tailored for and targeted to different subgroups of individuals.

Public Health Relevance

This project will enable substance use and HIV scientists to identify underlying subgroups based on risk exposure, dominant risk effects, treatment response, or mediational pathways in order to tailor programs and target them for different subgroups of individuals;this will enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of interventions and ultimately translate to increased public health benefits.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Type
Specialized Center (P50)
Project #
5P50DA010075-19
Application #
8706110
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZDA1)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2014-09-01
Budget End
2015-08-31
Support Year
19
Fiscal Year
2014
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Pennsylvania State University
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
University Park
State
PA
Country
United States
Zip Code
16802
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