title: Unintended Effects of an Intervention Supporting Mexican-Heritage Youth: Decreased Parent Heavy Drinking.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the impact of a parenting intervention,Familias: Preparando la Nueva Generación(FPNG), intended to support children, on parents heavy drinking. We hypothesized that parent participants of FPNG would reduce their heavy drinking at 1-year follow-up.
  
  
  METHODS
  Parents (N= 281) of middle school children from a large, low-income metropolitan area in the Southwest United States participated in a randomized control trial over 2 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A logistic regression analysis using the maximum likelihood test determined that at Wave 3, parents receiving FPNG reduced heavy drinking behaviors compared to parents in the youth-only condition (odds ratio = .86,p< .05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Participating in the parenting program can effectively curb heavy drinking behaviors in parents-an important mechanism through which one may expect changes in youth risk behavior. The practice, policy, and research implications of these unintended findings are promising to the overall effectiveness of a parenting intervention for Mexican-heritage families.
authors.affiliation: SIRC Faculty Affiliate, School of Social Work Tucson Component, Arizona State University, Tucson, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Lela Rankin
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center (SIRC), School of Social Work, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Flavio F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Marsiglia
authors.affiliation: Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center (SIRC), School of Social Work, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Adrienne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baldwin
authors.affiliation: Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center (SIRC), School of Social Work, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ayers
keywords: alcohol use; community-based participatory research; early adolescence; parent intervention; randomized control trial