title: Methodological challenges in designing efficacious drug abuse and HIV preventive interventions for Hispanic adolescent subgroups.
abstract: This article focuses on designing and evaluating drug abuse and HIV prevention interventions for subgroups of Hispanic adolescents. It describes the need for preventive interventions designed or adapted specifically for Hispanic adolescents and offers a rationale for subgrouping Hispanic adolescents based on risk and protective factor profiles rather than demographic indices. This subgrouping method is based on intrapersonal and ecodevelopmental domains of risk and protection. Finally, the article presents methods for designing, adapting, and evaluating "flexible" interventions for use with Hispanic adolescent subgroups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Center for Family Studies, University of Miami, FL 33136, USA. hpantin@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: Hilda
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pantin
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prado
authors.forename: Seth J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Summer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D035841:Behavioral Research / Q000379:methods*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D011322:Primary Prevention; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D012107:Research Design; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States