|
Abstract
|
VioLit summary:
OBJECTIVE:
The objective of this study by Lorion and Ross was to examine eight Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (OSAP) programs' descriptive impacts on individual and familial risk factors associated with alcohol and other drug (AOD) use.
METHODOLOGY:
A descriptive non-experimental design using ethnographic research procedures was employed to evaluate 8 programs selected from 130 OSAP funded model demonstration programs in 1987. Selection was based on defined goals and informativeness of each program's evaluation, and 3 significant lessons learned from the OSAP program development efforts including: 1) interventions were most effective in lowering rates of AOD use when targeted toward high-risk youth, 2) commmunity-based preventive intervention is multi-faceted and complex, and 3) program evaluation involves more than determining the proportion of program participants using AOD to nonrecipient counterparts.
FINDINGS/DISCUSSION:
Examination of program descriptions revealed that OSAP programs provide information for preventive intervention and methodological challenges yet to be solved. These reflect the reality or feasibility of preventing AOD use among high-risk youth.
AUTHORS' RECOMMENDATIONS:
As stated by the authors, "Participants may never show program impacts directly but may reflect program influence in how they related to their children and role models they provide as adults." (CSPV Abstract - Copyright © 1992-2007 by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, Regents of the University of Colorado)
KW - Program Evaluation
KW - Program Effectiveness
KW - Prevention Program
KW - Juvenile Substance Use
KW - Substance Use Prevention
KW - Alcohol Use Prevention
KW - Drug Use Prevention
KW - Individual Risk Factors
KW - Family Risk Factors
KW - Substance Use Causes
KW - Substance Use Risk Factors
KW - Alcohol Use Causes
KW - Alcohol Use Risk Factors
KW - Drug Use Risk Factors
KW - Drug Use Causes
KW - At Risk Youth
KW - At Risk Juvenile
Language: en |