Youth Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug (ATOD) use rates in a municipal youth and family master plan

IF 2 4区社会学 Q2 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2025-08-27 DOI:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102693

David Tataw

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Abstract

Background and objective

The purpose of this study was to determine if community-wide activities in the Pomona Youth and Family Master Plan (PYFMP) might have influenced youth ATOD use changes in Pomona and in comparison to the US national jurisdiction.

Methods

An integrated framework encompassing social cognitive theory and the risk and protective factors approach guided the study using a pre-post quasi-experimental design and z-test analysis. Same-group and independent group comparisons within and across school grades, intervention years, and jurisdictions were conducted in a quasi-experimental design. The baseline (2005–06) and follow-up (2009–10) samples were as follows: Pomona sample was 3967(2005–06) and 2693(2009–10); and for the US, the samples were 122,243(2005–06) and 101,141(2009–10). Contemporary and context-sensitive evaluation paradigms shape the study's design, plan of analysis, and results interpretation.

Results

Within the five years under study, overall youth ATOD use trends in Pomona, particularly in comparison with US trends, showed a slow, but clear and positive shift.

Discussion and conclusion

Though PYFMP interventions might have positively impacted ATOD use among Pomona Youth, the pace of change was slow. Future studies should examine the following factors not investigated in this study: specific community-level factors that might have influenced individual youth ATOD use; the effect of underlying socioeconomic and resource factors on youth ATOD use; and the role of micro-level factors and interventions. Some evaluation lessons learned include involving evaluators in planning, being flexible with plans of analysis, and considering context when interpreting results.

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市青年和家庭总体规划中的青少年酒精、烟草和其他药物（ATOD）使用率

背景和目的本研究的目的是确定波莫纳青年和家庭总体规划（PYFMP）中的社区活动是否可能影响波莫纳青年ATOD使用的变化，并与美国国家司法管辖区进行比较。方法采用事前准实验设计和z检验分析，结合社会认知理论和风险与保护因素的研究思路，对研究进行综合指导。在准实验设计中进行了同一组和独立组内和跨学校年级、干预年份和司法管辖区的比较。基线（2005-06）和随访（2009-10）样本如下：Pomona样本为3967例（2005-06）和2693例（2009-10）；美国的样本是122243（2005-06）和101141（2009-10）。当代和上下文敏感的评估范式塑造了研究的设计、分析计划和结果解释。结果：在研究的五年中，波莫纳的总体青少年吸毒趋势，特别是与美国的趋势相比，显示出缓慢但明显的积极变化。讨论和结论虽然PYFMP干预可能对Pomona青年的ATOD使用产生积极影响，但变化的速度很慢。未来的研究应检查本研究未调查的以下因素：可能影响个别青少年ATOD使用的特定社区水平因素；潜在的社会经济和资源因素对青少年吸毒的影响；以及微观层面因素和干预措施的作用。学到的一些评估经验包括让评估人员参与计划，灵活地使用分析计划，以及在解释结果时考虑上下文。

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Evaluation and Program Planning SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-

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