Research Homework

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[STUDENT NAME]

HSC 401 Benchmark #1

How to use the template : Delete or modify all that is highlighted in yellow. Be sure to read all the instructions on Research Paper before completing the assignment. All writing must be paraphrased (in your own words) unless it is a definition (quoted and cited). Submit to the BB drop box, be sure to title your document (using save as) in the following format: LastName_FirstName_BM#1.docx. Do not submit with the name it currently has. Check that your submission has cleared Turnitin before the due date/time.

Student Name: Kyra McCullough

Section/Class time:

Community/Population: African American Teenagers in Low Income Neighborhoods

High Risk Behavior: Binge Drinking Alcohol

Individual Level Intervention

Name the program :

Where is/was the program:

Specific Target population/sample used for program evaluation:

Description: Brief description of the intervention and how it targets the individual risk factors and high-risk behavior. Clearly demonstrate how it is primary prevention.

Risk Factors for High Risk Behavior Briefly list risk factor(s) for the high-risk behavior that this program targets

Effectiveness of action being taken (program evaluation) Provide specific quantitative data on the program’s effectiveness in addressing the risk factor AND behavior give both level (%) and statistical significance (p).

Insert Abstract or other Evidence directly from source (This is cut and paste) put in quotation marks and include in text citation at end (include page or paragraph number) that shows where you got the information used above.

APA Reference List Citation:

Relationship Level Intervention

Name the program :

Where is/was the program: The United States

Specific Target population/sample used for program evaluation: Parents who want to reduce underage drinking

Description:

· Risk Factors for High Risk Behavior

· Uninvolved parents

· Parents who drink often in front of their teens

Effectiveness of action being taken (program evaluation) They are getting the parents more involved in the children’s like regarding underdrinking.

Insert Abstract or other Evidence directly from source “ Of these, ten programs demonstrated positive effects in at least one parent reported outcome measure.”

Other systematic reviews have examined the efficacy of parent alcohol programs on preventing alcohol misuse in adolescents

APA Reference List Citation:

Organizational or Community Level Intervention

Name the program : The CMCA Project

Where is/was the program: It is in different 15 communities in Minnesota and Western Wisconsin.

Specific Target population/sample used for program evaluation: The target population is underage youth

Description: This intervention includes 5 components of the project. These components dealt with the following issues, community policies, community practices, youth alcohol access, youth alcohol consumption, and youth alcohol problems. They used locals to help with this process by having underage decoys monitor alcohol sells at local outlets.

Risk Factors for High Risk Behavior

· Local events with alcohol involved

· The selling of alcohol to youth

· Easy alcohol access

Effectiveness of action being taken (program evaluation) This project was very effective compared to other communities the communities that had CMCA had reductions in the number of DUI arrest between the ages of 18-21. The number of 18-20-year old’s trying to by alcohol went down. The number of consumers selling alcohol to underage teenagers also decreases.

· Insert Abstract or other Evidence directly from source

· “These measures included underage decoy operations with alcohol outlets, citizen monitoring of outlets selling to youth, keg registration, alcohol-free events for youth, policy action to shorten hours of sale for alcohol, responsible beverage service training programs, and educational programs for youth and adults.”

· Attempts by underage youth to purchase alcohol as well as levels of alcohol use and the propensity to provide alcohol to other teens were reduced among the youth (Wagenaar et al. 2000a).

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APA Reference List Citation:

Approaching alcohol problems through local environmental interventions. (n.d.). Retrieved February 26, 2021, from https://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh26-1/35-41.htm

Communities mobilizing for change on Alcohol (cmca). (n.d.). Retrieved February 26, 2021, from https://preventionsolutions.edc.org/services/resources/communities-mobilizing-change-alcohol-cmca

Rev 5/20