Brief report: the adaptation of Project Northland for urban youth.
OBJECTIVE
Summarizes the research and intervention design of a new trial to evaluate an adaptation of Project Northland, a multicomponent, community-wide alcohol prevention program for culturally diverse youth living in a large city. The original Project Northland was successful in reducing alcohol use among a sample of mostly White, rural adolescents.


METHODS
We highlight the steps taken to adapt the intervention strategies for culturally diverse inner-city youth, families, and neighborhoods. The research design is a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the adapted Project Northland for reducing the early onset and prevalence of alcohol use among young urban adolescents.


CONCLUSIONS
The information gained from this trial, including the process of adaptation of prevention strategies, will be beneficial for alcohol-use prevention efforts within diverse urban communities across the country.
University of Minnesota-Epidemiology, 1300 S. 2nd St., Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA. komro@epi.umn.edu
Kelli A
KA
Komro
Cheryl L
CL
Perry
Sara
S
Veblen-Mortenson
Linda M
LM
Bosma
Bonnie S
BS
Dudovitz
Carolyn L
CL
Williams
Rhonda
R
Jones-Webb
Traci L
TL
Toomey
D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002641:Chicago; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003479:Curriculum; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development; D012107:Research Design; D012572:School Health Services; D014505:Urban Population