We will develop, test, and disseminate a high school alcohol abuse prevention program. The programstudents identified as peer opinion leaders as members of a Student Improvement Team. Team members wand trained to complete three tasks. First, they will actively identify and comment fellow… More

School-based substance abuse prevention efforts have advanced significantly during the past two decgrowing evidence of the effectiveness of approaches that address social influences. A crucial unmetbased delivery of effective prevention services. Previous projects have attempted to prevent… More

Not Available The objective of this SBIR effort is develop a LADAR Scene Projector to meet the demands of closed-loop weapon testing in a Hardware-In-The-Loop simulation environment. The goal of the Phase I research is to develop a conceptual design of the LADAR Scene Projector, which, at a… More

DESCRIPTION (Provided by applicant): Existing high school drug abuse prevention programs primarily target youths who already have defined drug use problems. Effective research-based prevention programs that target a universal audience are not yet widely available. This Phase II… More

DESCRIPTION (Provided by applicant): Existing high school drug abuse prevention programs primarily target youths who already have defined drug use problems. Effective research-based prevention programs that target a universal audience are not yet widely available. This Phase II… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): The aim of this project is to expand a theoretically- and empirically-grounded substance abuse prevention curriculum, All Stars. This middle school program emphasizes norm setting and other motivational strategies. It does not… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): To achieve fidelity in the delivery of prevention programs, teachers need training to help them gain a mastery of research-based concepts and methods. This project will develop a training system to provide instruction tailored to a… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): There is a need for late onset drug prevention and early cessation in high schools. The primary opportunity for universal prevention in high schools occurs during required health courses. However, several barriers to the implementation of research-based… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): The goal of this Phase II SBIR project is to further develop and test an elementary school drug abuse prevention program, All Stars, Jr. This program is designed to prepare students to participate in an existing middle school program, the All Stars Core… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): The goal of this Phase II SBIR project is to further develop and test an elementary school drug abuse prevention program, All Stars, Jr. This program is designed to prepare students to participate in an existing middle school program, the All Stars Core… More

The success of research-based prevention programs depends in large part on the degree to which they are implemented with fidelity. The purpose of this Phase I project is to enhance the quality of All Stars, an empirically-driven drug abuse prevention program, by integrating innovative web-based… More

Alcohol abuse among college students remains a serious public health problem. Concerted efforts to reduce alcohol abuse and the associated consequences have been made by most colleges and universities, with varying degrees of success. This project capitalizes on the latest research in college… More

Alcohol abuse among college students remains a serious public health problem. Concerted efforts to reduce alcohol abuse and the associated consequences have been made by most colleges and universities, with varying degrees of success. This project capitalizes on the latest research in college… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Alcohol use increases when students transition from high school to college, making the late high school years a critical window of opportunity for intervention. This project will develop an intervention that targets high school juniors and seniors and their… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): Research-based drug abuse prevention programs are now widely disseminated; however, adopting and implementing a research-based program does not, by itself, guarantee that desired outcomes will be achieved. Research on fidelity of implementation reveals that… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): Research-based drug abuse prevention programs are now widely disseminated; however, adopting and implementing a research-based program does not, by itself, guarantee that desired outcomes will be achieved. Research on fidelity of implementation reveals that… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Teens are using Ecstasy (MDMA) and other "party drugs" such as Ketamine, Rohypnol, and GHB at younger ages and in contexts that extend beyond the rave or dance party venues. Polydrug use is the norm and consequences include damage to brain cells, physiological… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this Phase II STTR is to complete the development of a web-based training system, the All Stars Online Community. This system is designed to improve teachers' delivery of All Stars, an adolescent substance use prevention program. The goal of… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Drug abuse among adolescents remains a serious public health problem. Efforts to reduce drug abuse and the associated consequences have been made by most elementary and middle schools. In contrast, there is a dearth of research-based programs for high schools.… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is a need for late onset drug prevention and early cessation in high schools. The primary opportunity for universal prevention in high schools occurs during required health courses. However, several barriers to the implementation of research-based programs… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The success of research-based prevention programs depends on the degree to which they are implemented with fidelity. This Phase II project will enhance All Stars, a drug abuse prevention program, by integrating web-based and multimedia technologies. Enhancements… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Adolescent drug use continues to be a major public health problem. The need for late onset drug prevention and early cessation in high schools is great, yet few universal programs exist that target alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among high school students.… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this project is to develop an online tool that uses text and video messages to promote high quality implementation of school-based prevention programs. The Phase I research design will demonstrate the feasibility of creating an online application… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this Phase I SBIR project is to develop and establish the feasibility of an evidence-based drug abuse prevention program for use with late elementary school-aged children (8-11) in community and after-school settings. Activities will be designed to 1)… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Quality of delivery is known to moderate the effectiveness of drug abuse prevention programs. As research-based programs become widely disseminated, having tools for assessing quality of delivery becomes important for d ocumenting and understanding the conditions… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Schools, communities, and service providers are beginning to implement programs with proven or promising potential. As part of this dissemination effort, local implementers are often required to conduct local evaluation s. These evaluations, however, are often… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this project is to develop an online tool that uses text and video messages to promote high quality implementation of school-based prevention programs. The Phase I research demonstrated the feasibility of creating an online application for… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this STTR Phase I proposal is to develop a searchable Internet database of prevention lessons called Prevention Buffet. The database will allow middle school teachers to customize prevention efforts in their classrooms to the needs of their students,… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Quality of delivery is known to moderate the effectiveness of drug abuse prevention programs. As research-based programs become widely disseminated, having tools for assessing quality of delivery becomes important for d ocumenting and understanding the conditions… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this SBIR is to develop an online tool, Synthetic Controls, to help local evaluators and others charged with demonstrating evidence of effectiveness of drug prevention programs obtain evidence for assessingthe effectiveness of their interventions.… More