November 2007
EDC Researchers to Speak at Leading Public Health Conference Experts will address substance abuse, violence, and health challenges to urban and immigrant communities Public health researchers and practitioners from EDC will be among those presenting at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting. Held in November in Washington, D.C., the conference is the oldest and largest gathering of public health professionals in the world. Health professionals attending the annual meeting address current and emerging health science, policy, and practice issues in an effort to prevent disease and promote health. EDC staff will present on a wide range of topics:
Sunday, November 4 Starting Early: Preliminary Findings of Effectiveness from the Especially for Daughters Study of Parent-Mediated HIV and Alcohol Prevention for Urban Girls Especially for Daughters is an audio-CD parent education intervention that aims to provide urban parents with information and skills that will help their young adolescent daughters make healthy choices and, specifically, choose not to drink alcohol or engage in early sexual risk taking. The presentation discusses the link between initiation of alcohol use and early sexual initiation among urban, economically disadvantaged girls and their connection to reproductive health and risks of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections; lists advantages of a brief media-based parent-mediated HIV and alcohol prevention approach; and describes the intervention and its positive benefits for improving parenting practices and supporting young adolescents’ healthy alcohol and sexual choices. Monday, November 5 Alcohol Use Among Older Adults: Using Data to Bring the Problem to Light Traditionally, alcohol prevention efforts have been limited to younger populations, failing to reach growing numbers of older adults (over age 65). This presentation will consider potential data sources and inclusion of substance abuse indicators for older adults in states’ decision-making processes for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Strategic Prevention Framework funds and beyond. The presentation will examine profiles from eleven states in the Northeast Region to determine whether relevant indicators of alcohol use consequence and consumption patterns are included for aging populations. Parent Influences on Urban Young Adolescent Girls’ Reports of Alcohol Use and Precursors to Sexual Intercourse Although parental involvement is important throughout adolescence, parents of young teens may underestimate not only the risks their daughters are exposed to, but also the considerable influence they still have over what decisions their daughters make with regard to both alcohol use and sex. This presentation describes the link between alcohol use and early sexual risk taking among young adolescent females, identifies the relationship between parenting practices and young adolescent females’ alcohol use and sexual risk taking, and discusses implications of findings for parent education and prevention programs. Read a feature article about the work that inspired this presentation Tuesday, November 6 Parenting Practices, Acculturation, and Access to Substance Abuse Services Among Immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean This presentation examines the relationship between parenting practices, acculturation and access to and utilization of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) services among immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean living in New Jersey. It describes the role that acculturation plays in tailoring/designing ATOD interventions for immigrant families; identifies common and group specific cultural themes that capture the most important parental concerns that can be integrated into ATOD interventions; and to aid in the design of more culturally sensitive and responsive ATOD services, it describes immigrant perspectives regarding access to and availability of ATOD programs. Read a feature article about the work that inspired this presentation Related Web site: Piloting Voices Against Violence, a Middle-School Violence Prevention Program to Promote Positive Bystander Action Voices Against Violence uses brief video-based stories drawn from real-life situations to explore dilemmas faced by middle school students, their parents, and school staff when they are bystanders to violent or potentially violent situations. Based on the pilot test of this program, this presentation will discuss strategies on evaluating community-based violence prevention initiatives, implementing violence prevention programs in community-based settings, and influencing policy decisions to decrease violence. Read a feature article about the work that inspired this presentation Testing a Federal Initiative Designed to Improve Evaluation of Innovative and Emerging Local Substance Abuse Prevention Programs This study examines the implementation and adoption of more rigorous evaluation practices through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Service to Science Initiative. It describe those factors that inhibit and facilitate diffusion of evidence-based prevention practices at the local level, identifies which innovative programs are more likely to succeed in the Service to Science technical assistance initiative, and offers implementation strategies for promoting wider dissemination of evidence-based prevention practices. Using Voices Against Violence Vignettes to Clarify Students’ Attitudes About Bystander Behaviors in a Violence Prevention Program As part of the Voices Against Violence middle-school prevention program, four hypothetical vignettes were developed to promote discussion about the roles of bystanders in preventing violence. Students were asked what actions they would take as a bystander if they witnessed violence or had information about potential violence. This presentation identifies common situations that involve youth and adults as bystanders to actual and potential school violence; discusses youths’ attitudes about what they think is appropriate to do and what they think adults would want them to do, and how these attitudes may influence bystander actions; and explains how vignettes can be used both to promote schools discussions and evaluate school violence prevention strategies. Read a feature article about the work that inspired this presentation Wednesday, November 7 Urban Young Women’s Experiences of Family, Community, and Structural Violence and Subsequent Intimate Partner Violence Involvement Using longitudinal data from the Reach for Health study, in which a sample of 508 urban African American and Latina females was followed from middle school into high school and young adulthood, this session discusses the interrelationships and shared risk factors for different forms of intimate partner violence, along with implications for family violence prevention programs. These include the importance of addressing community health, as well as individual and family factors, associated with multiple forms of violence victimization and perpetration. Read a feature article about the work that inspired this presentation
Learn more about APHA: http://www.apha.org/meetings/
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