title: Entrepreneurship education: A strength-based approach to substance use and suicide prevention for American Indian adolescents.
abstract: American Indian (AI) adolescents suffer the largest disparities in substance use and suicide. Predominating prevention models focus primarily on risk and utilize deficit-based approaches. The fields of substance use and suicide prevention research urge for positive youth development frameworks that are strength based and target change at individual and community levels. Entrepreneurship education is an innovative approach that reflects the gap in available programs. This paper describes the development and evaluation of a youth entrepreneurship education program in partnership with one AI community. We detail the curriculum, process evaluation results, and the randomized controlled trial evaluating its efficacy for increasing protective factors. Lessons learned may be applicable to other AI communities.
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tingey
authors.forename: Francene
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Larzelere-Hinton
authors.forename: Novalene
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goklish
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ingalls
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Craft
authors.forename: Feather
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sprengeler
authors.forename: Courtney
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McGuire
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barlow
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D003479:Curriculum; D004493:Education / Q000379:methods*; D016520:Entrepreneurship; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000208:ethnology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013405:Suicide / Q000208:ethnology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention