The long-term objective of this K0I proposal is to develop the applicant's research capabilities in the area of substance use and Indigenous youth populations (e.g., American Indian youth, Native Hawaiian youth), ultimately allowing him to successfully develop and conduct federally-funded drug and alcohol research with these populations. Specifically, this application proposes a structured program of mentoring, training, coursework, and supervised research to increase the applicant's capacity to conduct large-scale, high-quality quantitative and qualitative research. This KOI proposal will accomplish its objectives through the following specific aims:
AIM 1 is to provide a structured program of: (a) Mentoring by a team of nationally recognized, federally funded researchers, (b) Coursework in the areas of theory, methodology, and research design, and (c) Training visits to selected substance abuse research centers across the country to learn about issues related to theory, methodology, research design, project management and implementation, and grant writing.
AIM 2 is to provide the applicant with a supervised research experience focused on examining the ecological factors that contribute to the drug and alcohol use of Native Hawaiian adolescents. A modified replication of the methodology used in American Indian Youth Pilot Project of the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Consortium (funded by NIDA/Nffl, R24 DAI 3937-01) will be used to investigate the ecological factors related to Native Hawaiian youths'substance use. The methodology for this project consists of five interrelated stages: (a) Research and coursework, (b) assessing environmental demands, (c) establishing social validity, (d) response enumeration, and (e) evaluation of social competence.
AIM 3 is to design an R21 or R01 application (to be submitted at the end of this award) to develop and pilot test a culturally grounded drug prevention curriculum focused on Native Hawaiian adolescents in the school setting. The long term research goal is to analyze the curriculum in conjunction with the American Indian youth drug prevention curriculum being developed through the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Consortium, in order to examine """"""""pan- Native"""""""" drug prevention principles (i.e., the shared core of norms related to drug and alcohol use between Native Hawaiian and American Indian adolescents) as well as the Native-specific substance abuse prevention principles.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Type
Research Scientist Development Award - Research & Training (K01)
Project #
3K01DA019884-03S1
Application #
7859978
Study Section
Human Development Research Subcommittee (NIDA)
Program Officer
Etz, Kathleen
Project Start
2006-09-05
Project End
2011-08-31
Budget Start
2009-06-15
Budget End
2009-08-31
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
2009
Total Cost
$5,919
Indirect Cost
Name
Hawaii Pacific University
Department
Social Sciences
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
072498132
City
Honolulu
State
HI
Country
United States
Zip Code
96813
Helm, Susana; Okamoto, Scott K (2016) Gendered Perceptions of Drugs, Aggression, and Violence. J Interpers Violence :886260516660301
Helm, Susana; Okamoto, Scott; Kaliades, Alexis et al. (2014) Drug offers as a context for violence perpetration and victimization. J Ethn Subst Abuse 13:39-57
Okamoto, Scott K; Kulis, Stephen; Helm, Susana et al. (2014) The Social Contexts of Drug Offers and Their Relationship to Drug Use of Rural Hawaiian Youth. J Child Adolesc Subst Abuse 23:242-252
Helm, Susana; Okamoto, Scott K (2013) Developing the Ho'ouna Pono substance use prevention curriculum: collaborating with Hawaiian youth and communities. Hawaii J Med Public Health 72:66-9
Okamoto, Scott K; Helm, Susana; Kulis, Stephen et al. (2012) Drug resistance strategies of rural Hawaiian youth as a function of drug offerers and substances: a community stakeholder analysis. J Health Care Poor Underserved 23:1239-52
Okamoto, Scott K; Helm, Susana; Giroux, Danielle et al. (2011) ""I No Like Get Caught Using Drugs"": Explanations for Refusal as a Drug Resistance Strategy for Rural Native Hawaiian Youth. J Ethn Cult Divers Soc Work 20:150-166
Okamoto, Scott K; Helm, Susana; Delp, Justin A et al. (2011) A community stakeholder analysis of drug resistance strategies of rural native Hawaiian youth. J Prim Prev 32:185-93
Okamoto, Scott K; Kulis, Stephen; Helm, Susana et al. (2010) Gender Differences in Drug Offers of Rural Hawaiian Youths: A Mixed-Methods Analysis. Affilia 25:291-306
Okamoto, Scott K; Helm, Susana; Giroux, Danielle et al. (2010) The development and initial validation of the Hawaiian Youth Drug Offers Survey (HYDOS). Ethn Health 15:73-92
Edwards, Christopher; Giroux, Danielle; Okamoto, Scott K (2010) A review of the literature on Native Hawaiian youth and drug use: implications for research and practice. J Ethn Subst Abuse 9:153-72

Showing the most recent 10 out of 16 publications