Brief intervention for substance use among at-risk adolescents: a pilot study.
This pilot study demonstrates that it is feasible to administer brief individualized interventions on alternative high school campuses to students who are at risk of substance abuse. Students actively participated in brief motivational interviews and showed some improvement in five of nine outcomes at three-month follow-ups.
Grenard
Jerry L
JL
Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. grenard@usc.edu
Ames
Susan L
SL
Wiers
Reinout W
RW
Thush
Carolien
C
Stacy
Alan W
AW
Sussman
Steve
S
D000293:Adolescent; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D015141:Los Angeles / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*