@article{ref1,
title="Spillover effects of job skills training on substance misuse among low-income youths with employment barriers: a longitudinal cohort study",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2020",
author="Oh, Sehun and Dinitto, Diana M. and Powers, Daniel A.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="<i>Objectives.</i> To examine spillover effects of job skills training (vs basic services only [e.g., adult basic education, job readiness training]) on substance misuse among low-income youths with employment barriers.<i>Methods.</i> Data came from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, a longitudinal cohort study of youths born between 1980 and 1984 in the United States. Based on respondents' reports of substance misuse (past-month binge drinking and past-year marijuana and other illicit drug use) from 2000 to 2016, we estimated substance misuse trajectories of job skills training (n = 317) and basic services (n = 264) groups. We accounted for potential selection bias by using inverse probability of treatment weighting.<i>Results.</i> Compared with the basic services group, the job skills training group showed notable long-term reductions in its illicit drug misuse trajectory, translating to a 56.9% decrease in prevalence rates from 6.5% in year 0 to 2.8% in year 16.<i>Conclusions.</i> Job skills training can be an important service component for reducing substance misuse and improving employment outcomes among youths with economic disadvantages and employment barriers. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. Published online ahead of print April 16, 2020: e1-e7. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2020.305631).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="10.2105/AJPH.2020.305631",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305631"
}