Abstract
BackgroundAlcohol and other drug use and misuse is a significant problem amongst Polish youth. The SFP10-14 is a family-based prevention intervention that has positive results in US trials, but questions remain about the generalizability of these results to other countries and settings.Methods/DesignA cluster randomized controlled trial in community settings across Poland. Communities will be randomized to a SFP10-14 trial arm or to a control arm. Recruitment and consent of families, and delivery of the SFP10-14, will be undertaken by community workers. The primary outcomes are alcohol and other drug use and misuse. Secondary (or intermediate) outcomes include parenting practices, parent–child relations, and child problem behaviour. Interview-based questionnaires will be administered at baseline, 12 and 24 months.DiscussionThe trial will provide information about the effectiveness of the SFP10-14 in Poland.Trial registrationInternational Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number: ISRCTN89673828
Highlights
Alcohol and other drug use and misuse is a significant problem amongst Polish youth
Sparse information exists on the extent of social harm in young people, despite the fact that a third of a million (6%) 15–16 year old school students in the European Union (EU) report engaging in fights, and 200,000 (4%) report unprotected sex, due to their own drinking [1]
The Strengthening Families Program 10–14 (SFP10-14) is a United States (US)-developed family-based intervention for preventing alcohol and other drug use and problems amongst young people. It has been evaluated in two large-scale randomized controlled trials in Iowa, United States of America (USA) [12,13,14,15,16] and has informed the development of a family-based intervention for African American families evaluated in a large randomized controlled trial in rural Georgia, USA [17,18,19]
Summary
The European Union (EU) is the heaviest drinking region of the world, drinking 11 litres of pure alcohol per adult each year [1]. Alcohol and other drug use increases markedly between the ages of 11 and 15 years amongst young people in Poland. The Strengthening Families Program 10–14 (SFP10-14) is a US-developed family-based intervention for preventing alcohol and other drug use and problems amongst young people. It has been evaluated in two large-scale randomized controlled trials in Iowa, USA [12,13,14,15,16] and has informed the development of a family-based intervention for African American families evaluated in a large randomized controlled trial in rural Georgia, USA [17,18,19]. The objectives of this trial are: To examine the effectiveness of the SFP10-14 in promoting positive parenting practices in parents of 10–14 year-olds in Poland
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