Social Validity of the Strengthening Families Program in Northeastern Brazil: the Voices of Parents, Adolescents, and Fa
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Social Validity of the Strengthening Families Program in Northeastern Brazil: the Voices of Parents, Adolescents, and Facilitators Sheila Giardini Murta 1 & Larissa de Almeida Nobre-Sandoval 1 & Viviane Paula Santos Rocha 1 & Ana Aparecida Vilela Miranda 1 & Karina Damous Duailibe 1 & Danielle Aranha Farias 1 & Jordana Calil Lopes de Menezes 1 & Ingrid Gomes Abdala 1 & Maria do Socorro Mendes Gomes 1 & Luis Gustavo do Amaral Vinha 2 Accepted: 25 September 2020 # Society for Prevention Research 2020
Abstract In 2013, Brazil’s Ministry of Health adopted the Strengthening Families Program (SFP 10–14), developed internationally for preventing drug abuse by enhancing family bonds. The social validity of the objectives, procedures, and perceived impacts of the program were investigated for participants and facilitators in northeastern Brazil. Focus groups with parents/guardians (N = 199), adolescents (N = 111), and facilitators (N = 100) were implemented. Content analysis revealed that the program’s objectives were considered socially relevant and that there was a positive short-term perceived impact on family cohesion, authoritative parenting style, adolescent life skills, and the facilitators’ professional capacity. The parents/guardians and adolescents presented a positive perception of the appropriateness of the program’s methodology, while facilitators indicated the need to adapt it to vulnerable families and improve its implementation conditions. Future studies may benefit from these findings when developing similarly viable and scalable interventions in low-resource settings. Brazilian Trial Register RBR-7q9xh5. Registered 5 August 2017, http://www.ensaiosclinicos.gov.br/rg/RBR-7q9xh5/ Keywords Health promotion . Family health . Adolescent health . Program evaluation . Substance-related disorders
Substance abuse is recognized as an important health risk factor. According to the III National Survey on Drug Use by the Brazilian Population, for the 12- to 65-year-old group, approximately 2.3 million people had an alcohol dependence problem in the 12 months preceding the survey, and in the same period, around 1.2 million individuals were physically dependent on some illegal substance (Bastos et al. 2017). Results of this study pointed out harmful consequences of substance abuse for the health of Brazilians, especially injuries and deaths from traffic accidents, violence-related perpetration, and victimization. Young people between 18 and
* Sheila Giardini Murta [email protected] 1
Department of Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Brasília, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, DF 70910-900, Brazil
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Department of Statistics, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
24 years old were the most involved in violent episodes, compared with other age groups. In addition, with regard to the adolescent public, 814,000 adolescents had consumed illicit drugs in their lifetime and 468,000 in the last 12 months. The concomitant use of alcohol and tobacco in the 12 months preceding the study was reported by
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