Project

Exploring Implementation of Drug Abuse Prevention in Treatment Settings

Project Description

This study was designed to fill an important gap in health services research on the process of agency adoption and implementation of tested and effective family-based prevention programs. This study is unique in that it braids a theoretical model of behavior development with a process for supporting high-quality program implementation of tested and effective drug abuse prevention programs by drug abuse and mental health treatment agencies. We examined the processes of disseminating a tested and effective family-based self-study prevention program (Staying Connected with Your Teen) to inner-city families at seven branches of Therapeutic Health Services (THS), a well-established community health agency in Seattle, WA. Staying Connected is a family-based self-study intervention to prevent substance use, risky sexual behavior, and violence during adolescence.