National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA/NIH) | The Strong African American Families Program Improves Lives of Rural African American Youth @NIDANIH | Uploaded December 2019 | Updated October 2024, 18 hours ago.
The Strong African American Families Program (SAAF), developed by Dr. Gene Brody and his team at the University of Georgia, is a prevention program targeted at 10- to 14-year-old rural African American youths and their families. Numerous studies have shown that the program can improve supportive parenting practices as well as reduce the adolescents’ high-risk behaviors, conduct problems, health risks, and risk of continued poverty.
This study was supported by NIH grant DA027827
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The Strong African American Families Program (SAAF), developed by Dr. Gene Brody and his team at the University of Georgia, is a prevention program targeted at 10- to 14-year-old rural African American youths and their families. Numerous studies have shown that the program can improve supportive parenting practices as well as reduce the adolescents’ high-risk behaviors, conduct problems, health risks, and risk of continued poverty.
This study was supported by NIH grant DA027827
This video can also be viewed at:
drugabuse.gov/videos/strong-african-american-families-program-improves-lives-rural-african-american-youth
Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: drugabuse.gov/comment-policy
