Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-28-2018
Abstract
This study examined how cultural adaptation and delivery quality of the school-based intervention keepin’ it REAL (kiR) influenced adolescent substance use. The goal of the study was to compare the effectiveness of the multi-cultural, urban (non-adapted) kiR intervention, a re-grounded (adapted) rural version of the kiR intervention and control condition in a new, rural setting. A total of 39 middle schools in rural communities of two states in the USA were randomly assigned to one of three conditions (i.e., control, non-adapted urban kiR, and adapted rural kiR). Data included adolescent self-reported lifetime substance use and observers’ ratings of delivery quality from video recordings of lessons. Ratings of delivery quality were used to create four comparison groups (i.e., low/high delivery quality in non-adapted/urban kiR condition and low/high quality in adapted/rural kiR condition). Controlling for substance use in the 7th grade, findings compared 9th graders’ (N = 2781) lifetime alcohol, cigarette, marijuana, and chewing tobacco use. Mixed model analyses revealed that rural youth receiving the culturally adapted/rural curriculum reported significantly less cigarette use than rural youth in the control condition regardless of delivery quality. In the non-adapted/urban condition, youth receiving high delivery quality delivery reported less marijuana use than those receiving low delivery quality condition. However, substance use outcomes of youth receiving high and low delivery quality in the non-adapted intervention did not differ significantly from those the control group. Findings support the effectiveness of the culturally adapted/rural keepin’ it REAL curriculum for rural youth.
Recommended Citation
Hecht, M.L., Shin, Y., Pettigrew, J., Miller-Day, M., & Krieger, J. L. (2018). Designed cultural adaptation and delivery quality in rural substance use prevention: An effectiveness trial for the Keepin’ it REAL curriculum. Prevention Science. doi: 10.1007/s11121-018-0937-y
Copyright
Society for Prevention Research
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Comments
This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Prevention Science in 2018 following peer review. The final publication is available at Springer via DOI: 10.1007/s11121-018-0937-y.