This study will examine the effectiveness of two family programs that have shown promising results in the past for the prevention of alcohol and other drug use among adolescents. The programs are Family Matters and Iowa Strengthening Families. The current study will measure whether there are differential recruitment and retention rates or differential outcomes when families are allowed to choose one program over the other as compared to when they are assigned a particular program. Families will be selected from Kaiser Permanente medical centers in Northern California. The health care system is an important new setting for delivering adolescent alcohol and drug use prevention programs to families. The study will provide a real world test of how well the program can be implemented and how feasible it is to deliver to a range of families. The study will also test whether being given the opportunity to choose a treatment based on personal preferences will make it more likely that the program will prevent adolescent alcohol and other drug use.

 

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