GRANT TITLE: TREATING GIRLS’ PROBLEMS WITH ALCOHOL AND OTHER   DRUGS

PROJECT TITLE: GUIDED INTERVENTION FOR REAL LIFE SKILLS (GIRLS)

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:                MARILYN J. MONTGOMERY, PH.D.

CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS:        ERIC WAGNER, PH.D

                                                            ANDRES G. GIL, PH.D

                                                            JONATHAN G. TUBMAN, PH.D.

PROJECT COORDINATOR: MICHELLE M. HOSPITAL, M.S.

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

PROJECT PERIOD: 09/01/05-8/31/07

TOTAL BUDGET: $350,000

COMMUNITY COLLABORATORS: MIAMI-DADE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
GIRLS is a 2 year, $350,000 grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). The GIRLS program provides school-based individual substance abuse assessment and intervention to at-risk adolescent girls across high schools in Dade County. The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of a brief school-based individual therapy program (5 to 6 weeks) using a combination of Motivational Interviewing and Guided Self Change protocaols for reducing adolescent girls’ problems with alcohol and drug use.   Approximately 164 students will participate in the study, and their post-intervention substance use trajectories will be tracked for 6 months.