THE EFFECT OF A CULTURALLY TAILORED SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION INTERVENTION WITH PLAINS INDIAN ADOLESCENTS.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the effects of incorporating tribal specific cultural beliefs into a tailored substance abuse prevention intervention for at risk rural Oklahoma Native American Indian (NAI) Plains adolescents.


METHODS
The 10 hour Native American Talking Circle Intervention, a school-based, group substance abuse prevention program, was implemented over a 8.5 week period and evaluated using a one group, pretest-posttest design. Measurements were from the Native Self-Reliance Questionnaire and the Substance Problems Scale from Global Appraisal of Individual Needs-Quick (GAIN-Q).


RESULTS
One-tailed, paired sample t-tests demonstrated significant increase in self-reliance, from 86.227 to 92.204 (t (43) = -2.580, p = .007) and a decrease in substance abuse/use, from 2.265 to 1.265 (t (33) = 1.844, p = .007).


CONCLUSIONS
The Native Talking Circle Intervention based on tribal-specific values and beliefs was shown to be effective with substance abuse/use at-risk NAI Plains tribal adolescents.
Beverly A
BA
Patchell
Leslie K
LK
Robbins
John A
JA
Lowe
Mary M
MM
Hoke
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000208:ethnology*; D008297:Male; D009825:Oklahoma / Q000208:ethnology; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*