The primary purpose of this ongoing National Institute on Drug Abuse funded research is to test the feasibility and effectiveness of innovative drug abuse prevention strategies using positive career and personal development messages for young people who are transitioning from high school into careers and college.

The long-term objective of this project is to reduce marijuana, cigarette, and alcohol abuse and problems, while improving personal development and health promotion habits, among high-risk adolescents moving from adolescence into adulthood.

Preliminary results from this study indicate that brief image-based positive youth development interventions are feasible and have the potential to significantly impact multiple problem and positive behaviors among high risk adolescents transitioning into adults.

This is the first time a brief career planning intervention has targeted health risk and promoting behaviors for older adolescents preparing to graduate high school.

The primary purpose of this ongoing National Institute on Drug Abuse funded research is to test the validity, feasibility and efficacy of brief, innovative screening and preventive interventions using fitness and positive image communications for high-risk older adolescents in a university primary health care setting.

The long-term objective of this project is to reduce marijuana, cigarette and alcohol abuse, and problems among college-aged adolescents while improving physical activity, nutrition and stress management behaviors.

Preliminary results from this study indicate that brief interventions based on the Behavior-Image Model are acceptable to college students, can be feasibly implemented in a university setting, and have the potential to significantly impact multiple health promoting and risk habits of college-age youth.

This is the first time a brief intervention has addressed the co-morbidity of lack of physical activity and substance misuse among college students.

The primary aim of this planned project is to test the efficacy of innovative, brief alcohol abuse prevention strategies in the form of an interpersonal consultation, parent communication materials, and a combined strategy, which integrate positive youth development messages and health risk messages for substance-using adolescents in diverse high school settings.

The long-term objective of this project is to reduce alcohol abuse and problems, and enhance health promoting habits among older high-risk adolescents.

The primary aims of this planned project are to further develop and pilot test an interactive CD-ROM version of innovative, brief alcohol abuse prevention strategies which integrate positive youth development messages and health risk messages for adolescents.

The long-term objective of this project is to reduce alcohol abuse and problems, and promote health enhancing habits among high school-aged adolescents who are significantly higher at risk for substance abuse than younger adolescents, but often are ignored in prevention research and services.