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Mailman School
of Public Health
Columbia University
722 West 168th Street,
8th Floor
New York, NY 10032
Mailman School
of Public Health
Columbia University
722 West 168th Street,
8th Floor
New York, NY 10032
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Drug abuse prevention for high-risk African-American children and their families: A review and model program Vincent B. Van Hasselt, Michel Hersen, Jane A. Null, Robert T. Ammerman, Oscar G. Bukstein, Janice McGillivray and Andrea Hunter ATOD abuse is a major concern to the African American community because poverty and its accompanying stresses place a disproportionate number of African- American children and families at great risk of ATOD abuse. The authors support strengthening the family as a key component in substance abuse prevention. One prevention project, SAFE (Substance Abuse Free Environment), targets at-risk communities and families. The goals of SAFE are to empower families by offering alternatives to drug use. Program components include PACT (Parent and Child Training Program) and PALS (Peers as Leaders). These activities stress resiliency and protective factors that lead to increased resources for the target population through parent training, social skills development, and ATOD education. It is important to evaluate the impact of prevention programs by measuring changes in the attitudes, behaviors, and skills of project participants.
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Disclaimer Free To Grow is a national program supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with direction and technical assistance provided by the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University. |