@article{46906a9399154bddaecb024af42d7ca8,
title = "Neighborhood effects on the efficacy of a program to prevent youth alcohol use",
abstract = "This study examines how neighborhood characteristics affect program efficacy. Data come from a randomized trial of a substance use prevention program called keepin' it REAL, which was administered to a predominantly Mexican American sample of 4,622 middle school students in Phoenix, Arizona, beginning in 1998. Multilevel models and multiple imputation techniques address clustered data and attrition. Among less linguistically acculturated Latinos, living in poorer neighborhoods and those with many single-mother families decreased program effectiveness in combating alcohol use. High neighborhood immigrant composition increased program effectiveness. Unexpectedly, the program was also more effective in neighborhoods with higher rates of crime. There were no significant effects on program efficacy for the more linguistically acculturated Latinos and non-Hispanic White students. Findings are discussed in light of theories of neighborhood social disorganization, immigrant adaptation, and social isolation.",
keywords = "Acculturation, Adolescents, Latinos, Mexican Americans, Neighborhood effects, Neighborhoods, Prevention, Program efficacy, Social capital, Social cohesion, Social control, Substance use, Treatment",
author = "Scott Yabiku and Stephen Kulis and Flavio Marsiglia and Ben Lewin and Tanya Nieri and Syed Hussaini",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Drug Abuse grants funding the DRS Next Generation project (R01 DA14825) and the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Consortium (R24 DA13937). Funding Information: Flavio F. Marsiglia, Ph.D., received his Ph.D. in 1991 from the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. Since 1994, he has been a member of the faculty of the Arizona State University School of Social Work where he is currently the Distin-guished Foundation Professor of Cultural Diversity and Health and director of the Southwest Interdisciplinary Re-search Center (SIRC). SIRC is a research infrastructure development center funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH/NIDA). In addition, Dr. Marsiglia is the principal investigator of other NIH/NIDA-and CDC-funded research projects studying risk and protective factors associated with health outcomes among Mexican/Mexican American and Native American youth and their families. He is the co-developer of keepin{\textquoteright}it REAL, a culturally grounded drug prevention intervention named a Model Program by SAMSHA. Dr. Marsiglia is the lead instructor for the Diversity and Oppression in the Social Work Context course sequence. He has published numerous research articles and book chapters in his areas of specialization and has coauthored with Stephen Kulis a forthcoming book entitled Culturally Grounded Social Work. Dr. Marsiglia and his SIRC colleagues have presented their research findings at conferences across the nation and at international conferences in numerous countries including Mexico, Canada, Uruguay, Spain, and Italy. Two of their current drug research projects are been conducted in partnership with Mexican and Spanish universities.",
year = "2007",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1080/10826080601094264",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "42",
pages = "65--87",
journal = "Substance Use and Misuse",
issn = "1082-6084",
publisher = "Informa Healthcare",
number = "1",
}