title: Initial assessment of a culturally tailored substance abuse prevention program and applicability of the risk and protective model for adolescents of Hawai'i.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cultural interventions to decrease substance abuse must be introduced and evaluated.
  
  
  METHODS
  Change in risk and protective factor ratings from a brief cultural school-based program were measured.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Students demonstrated significant improvements in school commitment, self esteem, and perceived harm of drugs. These changes correlated with decreased report of drug use.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Ponocurriculum demonstrated effectiveness using the risk and protective factor model.
authors.affiliation: The Catalyst Group, LLC, 770 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 414 Honolulu, HI 96813, USA. rkim@tcgoc.com
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kelley
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Withy
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Leah
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sekaguchi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006254:Hawaii / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D044468:Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander / Q000523:psychology*; D011340:Problem Solving; D015397:Program Evaluation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012572:School Health Services; D012649:Self Concept; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires