TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Spillover effects of job skills training on substance misuse among low-income youths with employment barriers: a longitudinal cohort study
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Oh, Sehun
A1  - Dinitto, Diana M.
A1  - Powers, Daniel A.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - <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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305631
ID  - ref1
ER  -