Implementation and Evaluation of an Intervention for Children in Afghanistan at Risk for Substance Use or Actively Using Psychoactive Substances
The present study examined the impact of a novel intervention for children at risk for substance use or actively using substances that was provided to 783 children between 4 and 18 years of age in Afghanistan. They received the Child Intervention for Living Drug-free (CHILD) protocol while in outpat...
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| description | The present study examined the impact of a novel intervention for children at risk for substance use or actively using substances that was provided to 783 children between 4 and 18 years of age in Afghanistan. They received the Child Intervention for Living Drug-free (CHILD) protocol while in outpatient or residential treatment. CHILD included age-appropriate literacy and numeracy, drug education, basic living safety, and communication and trauma coping skills. A battery of measures examined multiple child health domains at treatment’s start and end and 12 weeks later. For younger children, there were no significant Gender or Gender X Time effects (all p’s > .16 and .35, resp.). The time main effect was significant for all outcomes (all p’s < .00192, the prespecified per-comparison error rate). Post hoc testing showed significant improvements from residential treatment entry to completion for all scales. For older children, a time main effect was significant for (all p’s < .00192, the prespecified per-comparison error rate) all but one outcome. Community follow-up means were significantly lower than residential treatment entry means. CHILD had a positive impact on children, and treatment impact endured from posttreatment to follow-up assessment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b014e185a736406d8a66aea07aca64062025-08-20T03:39:15ZengWileyInternational Journal of Pediatrics1687-97401687-97592017-01-01201710.1155/2017/23829512382951Implementation and Evaluation of an Intervention for Children in Afghanistan at Risk for Substance Use or Actively Using Psychoactive SubstancesAbdul Subor Momand0Elizabeth Mattfeld1Brian Morales2Manzoor Ul Haq3Thom Browne4Kevin E. O’Grady5Hendrée E. Jones6United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Kabul, AfghanistanUnited Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna, AustriaBureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, US Department of State, Washington, DC, USAUnited Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Islamabad, PakistanBureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, US Department of State, Washington, DC, USADepartment of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USAUNC Horizons and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USAThe present study examined the impact of a novel intervention for children at risk for substance use or actively using substances that was provided to 783 children between 4 and 18 years of age in Afghanistan. They received the Child Intervention for Living Drug-free (CHILD) protocol while in outpatient or residential treatment. CHILD included age-appropriate literacy and numeracy, drug education, basic living safety, and communication and trauma coping skills. A battery of measures examined multiple child health domains at treatment’s start and end and 12 weeks later. For younger children, there were no significant Gender or Gender X Time effects (all p’s > .16 and .35, resp.). The time main effect was significant for all outcomes (all p’s < .00192, the prespecified per-comparison error rate). Post hoc testing showed significant improvements from residential treatment entry to completion for all scales. For older children, a time main effect was significant for (all p’s < .00192, the prespecified per-comparison error rate) all but one outcome. Community follow-up means were significantly lower than residential treatment entry means. CHILD had a positive impact on children, and treatment impact endured from posttreatment to follow-up assessment.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2382951 |
| spellingShingle | Abdul Subor Momand Elizabeth Mattfeld Brian Morales Manzoor Ul Haq Thom Browne Kevin E. O’Grady Hendrée E. Jones Implementation and Evaluation of an Intervention for Children in Afghanistan at Risk for Substance Use or Actively Using Psychoactive Substances International Journal of Pediatrics |
| title | Implementation and Evaluation of an Intervention for Children in Afghanistan at Risk for Substance Use or Actively Using Psychoactive Substances |
| title_full | Implementation and Evaluation of an Intervention for Children in Afghanistan at Risk for Substance Use or Actively Using Psychoactive Substances |
| title_fullStr | Implementation and Evaluation of an Intervention for Children in Afghanistan at Risk for Substance Use or Actively Using Psychoactive Substances |
| title_full_unstemmed | Implementation and Evaluation of an Intervention for Children in Afghanistan at Risk for Substance Use or Actively Using Psychoactive Substances |
| title_short | Implementation and Evaluation of an Intervention for Children in Afghanistan at Risk for Substance Use or Actively Using Psychoactive Substances |
| title_sort | implementation and evaluation of an intervention for children in afghanistan at risk for substance use or actively using psychoactive substances |
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