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Testing the universality of the effects of the communities that care prevention system for preventing adolescent drug use and delinquency.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20422289     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Universal community-oriented interventions are an important component in the prevention of youth health and behavior problems. Testing the universality of the effects of an intervention that was designed to be universal is important because it provides information about how the program operates and for whom and under what conditions it is most effective. The present study examined whether the previously established significant effects of the universal, community-based Communities That Care (CTC) prevention program on the prevalence of substance use and the variety of delinquent behaviors held equally for boys and girls and in risk-related subgroups defined by early substance use, early delinquency, and high levels of community-targeted risk at baseline. Interaction analyses of data from a panel of 4,407 students followed from Grade 5 to Grade 8 in the first randomized trial of CTC in 12 matched community pairs suggests that CTC reduced students' substance use and delinquency equally across risk-related subgroups and gender, with two exceptions: The effect of CTC on reducing substance use in 8th grade was stronger for boys than girls and the impact of CTC on reducing 8th-grade delinquency was stronger for students who were nondelinquent at baseline.
Authors:
Sabrina Oesterle; J David Hawkins; Abigail A Fagan; Robert D Abbott; Richard F Catalano
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research     Volume:  11     ISSN:  1573-6695     ISO Abbreviation:  Prev Sci     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-08     Completed Date:  2011-02-17     Revised Date:  2011-12-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100894724     Medline TA:  Prev Sci     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  411-23     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Social Development Research Group, University of Washington, 9725 3rd Ave. NE, Suite 401, Seattle, WA 98115, USA. soe@uw.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Female
Humans
Juvenile Delinquency / prevention & control*
Male
Preventive Health Services / organization & administration*
Substance-Related Disorders / prevention & control*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01 DA015183-03/DA/NIDA NIH HHS; R01 DA015183-03/DA/NIDA NIH HHS; R24 HD042828-10/HD/NICHD NIH HHS
Comments/Corrections
Erratum In:
Prev Sci. 2010 Dec;11(4):424

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