Dosage-Related Changes in a Culturally-Responsive Prevention Program for Asian American Youth

Abstract

SUMMARY In an effort to provide more responsive modalities to treat and prevent alcohol and other drug (AOD) abuse in under-served communities, intervention programs with an ethnic-specific focus have developed. However, there has been few empirical studies that examine the types of changes associated with participation in these programs. The present study examined the outcome changes associated with participation in the Competence Through Transitions (CTT) program, a prevention intervention specifically designed to serve the diverse needs of Asian American youth from five different Asian ethnic communities. The study identified aspects of the intervention that were related to outcome changes in order to better understand what accounts for the culturally responsive nature of this program. CTT participants were more knowledgeable about drugs and about the negative influences of drugs after completing the program during the school year. Also, there was a significant increase in school-based social comfort f...