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A Parent-Targeted Intervention for Adolescent Substance Use Prevention: Lessons Learned.
Deborah A Cohen1, Janet C Rice
1assistant professor with the Departments of Health Systems Research and Public Health and Medicine at the Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans.
Evaluation Review
|September 28, 2011
Summary
Parental monitoring and strong relationships protect teens from substance use. Future drug prevention programs should focus on these protective factors, not just risk factors, for better adolescent health outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Adolescent Health
- Substance Use Prevention
- Parenting Interventions
Background:
- Adolescent tobacco and alcohol use remain significant public health concerns.
- Parent-targeted interventions are explored to mitigate adolescent substance use.
- Previous interventions have focused on parental control of risk factors.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate a parent-targeted drug prevention intervention.
- To determine the effect of parental intervention in adolescent risk factors for substance use.
- To identify factors that protect adolescents from tobacco and alcohol use.
Main Methods:
- A controlled intervention study involving two student cohorts.
- Encouraging parents to intervene in specific risk factors (e.g., peer associations, alcohol access).
- Assessing student substance use and parental involvement in risk and protective factors.
Main Results:
- Poor parent participation limited the intervention's reach.
- No significant impact on adolescent substance use was observed through controlling risk factors.
- Parental monitoring of whereabouts, high rapport, and respectful relationships showed protective effects.
- Parents often lacked awareness of their children's peer associations.
Conclusions:
- Controlling risk factors alone is insufficient for adolescent drug prevention.
- Parental monitoring and positive parent-child relationships are key protective factors.
- Future interventions should prioritize strengthening protective factors in parent-targeted programs.
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