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Strategies for involving parents of high‐risk youth in drug prevention: A three‐year longitudinal study in boys & girls clubs
Author(s) -
St. Pierre Tena L.,
Kaltreider D. Lynne
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6629(199709)25:5<473::aid-jcop7>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - club , intervention (counseling) , drug prevention , positive youth development , psychology , incentive , longitudinal study , developmental psychology , medicine , substance abuse , psychiatry , pathology , economics , anatomy , microeconomics
Involving parents of high‐risk youth in community‐based intervention programs is extremely challenging. This article presents six groups of strategies for recruiting and retaining parents of high‐risk youth in a parent involvement program called the Family Advocacy Network (FAN Club). The FAN Club program accompanied a drug prevention program for the parents' early adolescent children who were members of Boys & Girls Clubs. Strategies presented are based on a longitudinal study that found positive program effects for youth in Boys & Girls Clubs that offered the FAN Club with the three‐year youth drug prevention program and monthly youth activities. Strategies are: (1) identify the right person to lead the program; (2) clearly convey the purpose of the program; (3) build relationships of mutual trust, respect, and equality; (4) create parent ownership and group bonding; (5) provide easy access, incentives, and reminders; and (6) be flexible but persistent. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.