In a repeated measures, randomized blocks design, the revised study will evaluate the separate and combined effects of skills and family interventions for alcohol abuse prevention among Native American adolescents. Study sites are urban Indian centers located in New Haven, CT, Boston, MA, New York, NY, and Providence, RI. Randomly, pretested Native American youths at participating sites will be divided into four conditions: skills intervention, family intervention, skills and family intervention combined, and no-intervention control. Skills intervention will cover elements of cultural and life-style aspects of alcohol abuse, interpersonal communication skills for self-determination, strategies for coping with peer pressure to drink, problem solving skills, and analyzing and resisting media influences toward alcohol use and abuse. Family intervention will cover these same elements through community meetings, a poster making exercise, and a contest. Integrating these same elements into one curriculum, the combined intervention will seek to maximize the benefits of skills and family approaches to preventive intervention. Outcome measures administered before, after, and semiannually following intervention delivery will quantify cognitive, behavioral, and environmental variables of alcohol abuse risk and risk reduction. The proposed research is developed in collaboration with Native American organizations, agencies, reservations, tribal councils, and groups. Representing these sites, administrators and clinical staff have agreed to participate in the study.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01AA008615-02
Application #
3112749
Study Section
Clinical and Treatment Subcommittee (ALCP)
Project Start
1992-08-01
Project End
1996-07-31
Budget Start
1993-08-01
Budget End
1994-07-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
1993
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Columbia University (N.Y.)
Department
Type
Schools of Social Work
DUNS #
064931884
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10027