@article{ref1,
title="Preventing drug use among sexual-minority youths: findings from a tailored, web-based intervention",
journal="Journal of Adolescent Health",
year="2015",
author="Schwinn, Traci Marie and Thom, Bridgette and Schinke, Steven Paul and Hopkins, Jessica Elizabeth",
volume="56",
number="5",
pages="571-573",
abstract="PURPOSE: Rates of drug use among sexual-minority youths are disproportionately high. Yet, expressly designed prevention programs targeting this population are absent. This study developed and tested a web-based drug abuse prevention program for sexual-minority youths. <br><br>METHODS: A sample (N = 236) of sexual-minority youths was recruited via Facebook. Online, all youths completed pretests; youths randomly assigned to the intervention received a 3-session prevention program; and all youths completed posttest and 3-month follow-up measurements. <br><br>RESULTS: At 3-month follow-up and compared to youths in the control arm, intervention-arm youths reported less stress, reduced peer drug use, lower rates of past 30-day other drug use, and higher coping, problem solving, and drug-use refusal skills. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Outcome data suggest the potential of tailored intervention content to address sexual-minority youths' drug use rates and related risk factors. Moreover, study procedures lend support to the feasibility of using the Internet to recruit sexual-minority youths, collect data, and deliver intervention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1054-139X",
doi="10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.12.015",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.12.015"
}