Effects of the Communities That Care system on cross-sectional profiles of adolescent substance use and delinquency.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Adolescent substance use and delinquency are major public health problems. Although community-based prevention strategies have been recommended to produce population-level reductions in rates of substance use and delinquency, few models show evidence of effectiveness.

Purpose

To test the efficacy of a community-based prevention system, Communities That Care (CTC), in reducing community rates of problem behaviors, particularly effects on specific profiles of adolescent substance use and delinquency in eighth- and tenth-graders.

Methods

Twenty-four communities were randomized to CTC intervention or control groups. Data were collected from 14,099 8th- and 10th-grade students in these communities using anonymous cross-sectional surveys in 2004 and 2010 and an

SUBMITTER: Van Horn ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4106992 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature