The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #42860

Thomas W Mangione, PhD, Survey Research Group, JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc, 44 Farnsworth St, Boston, MA 02210, 617-482-9485, tmangione@jsi.com, Leslie Roberts, MPH, JSI Research and Tranining Institute, 44 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210, Rodolfo R. Vega, PhD, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., 44 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210-1211, Anita Raj, PhD, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany St, T2W, Boston, MA 02118, Hortensia Amaro, PhD, Northeastern University, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Stearns Building, 503, Boston, MA 02115, and Lucille Perez, MD, Medical and Clinical Affairs, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockwall II, Rockville, MD 20857.

In 1999 SAMHSA/CSAP funded 22 programs across the nation targeted to minority youth using resources derived from the Minority AIDS Initiative. These 22 programs were prevention efforts focusing on an integrated HIV and substance abuse curriculum for junior high school and senior high school students. Some of the interventions were done in school settings; some in other locations. This presentation will provide results from the outcomes evaluation for these youth programs.

Data were collected using a common survey instrument at baseline, 3 months after baseline, and 9 months after baseline. Many of the programs also collected data on this same time schedule for comparison groups. Across the 16 programs, program participants N=1400 baseline surveys, 800, follow-up surveys; Comparison group surveys N=500 baseline, 300 follow-up surveys. Approximately equal numbers of surveys were gathered for girls and boys.

Primary outcome measures were substance use (alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs); sexual behaviors; perceptions of risk of substance use and of sexual behaviors. Analyses will be presented that show overall changes on these primary outcome measures. In addition, analyses will test for significant moderating variables including gender, ethnicity, acculturation, religiousity, male gender role beliefs, intervention location, type of program intervention and contextual factors including perceived racism, peer attitudes, and strength of family relationships.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will learn how effective these programs were in achieving particular outcomes and under what circumstances these achievements were most likely to occur.

Keywords: Drug Use, HIV Risk Behavior

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: SAMHSA/CSAP
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.