GRANT TITLE: BRIEF INTERVENTION FOR MINORITY ADOLESCENT DRINKERS (BIMAD)

PROJECT TITLE: ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORS & LIFESTYLE EVALUATION (ABLE)

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:                ERIC. F. WAGNER, PH.D.

CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS:        ANDRES G. GIL, PH.D.

                                                            STACI LEON MORRIS, PSY.D.

                                                            JONATHAN G. TUBMAN, PH.D.

PROJECT COORDINATOR: NACIRE GARCIA, MS, L.M.F.T.

FUNDING AGENCY: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM (NIAAA)

PROJECT PERIOD: 09/24/04-06/30/09

TOTAL BUDGET: $2.3 MILLION

COMMUNITY COLLABORATORS: MIAMI-DADE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
ABLE is a 5 year, $2.3 million grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). ABLE provides school-based individual substance abuse assessment and intervention to minority adolescents across high schools in Dade County. The aim of the study is to examine the efficacy of school-based motivational interviewing for reducing alcohol use and alcohol-related negative consequences among Hispanic adolescents.  Approximately 540 students will participate in the study, and their post-intervention substance use trajectories will be tracked for 9 months.