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Prevention
of Young Adult Drug Use in Club Settings
Principal
Investigator: Brenda A. Miller, Ph.D.
This
study will test relationships between three major domains
(host characteristics/ influences, venue/event setting characteristics,
and participant characteristics) associated with young adult
(18-25 years of age) drug use, as well as drug-related and
other problems in cub settings where electronic music dance
events (EMDEs) are held. Subsequently, a competing continuation
application will be submitted to test an environmentally based
prevention approach in club settings with young adult patrons.
Because prevention programs for this age group are mostly
limited to college settings, young adults not in college settings
are missed. Our preliminary work in club settings have tested
our methodologies and yielded findings that support this application.
Specifically, we found that 55% of our attendees at EMDEs
were not students and recent use (within a 24-hour period)
of illegal drugs was 30%, based on our bioassays and self-reports
of drug use. Several problems associated with either drug
use or with the event were reported by attendees (e.g., driving
under the influence, experiencing aggression).
The
specific aims for this application are (1) to determine the
environmental characteristics of venues and events at EMDEs
that are associated with drug use, as well as drug-related
and other problems; (2) to determine the relationships between
characteristics and practices of EMDE hosts (i.e., venue owners,
venue managers, event organizers, event promoters) and attendees'
drug use, as well as drug-related and other problems; (3)
to determine the relationships of attendees' personal characteristics
and history of drug use to their levels of drug/alcohol use
and their drug use/problems risky behaviors; and (4) to determine
the relative contribution of environment, hosts, and participants
to drug use, as well as drug-related and other problems.
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