This $610,092 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) will fund the development and testing of a hybrid substance use prevention program for upper elementary school students. The program will incorporate both online e-learning modules and traditional classroom components to teach students about the harms of vaping and prescription drug misuse, while also building protective factors through social and self-regulation skill development. In Phase I, the recipient organization, National Health Promotion Associates, Inc., will create prototypes of the e-learning and classroom materials, gather feedback through focus groups, and refine the program content. In Phase II, the team will conduct a national randomized trial to evaluate the program's effectiveness in changing behaviors, norms, attitudes, and knowledge related to vaping and prescription drug use among the target student population. This research aims to identify an innovative, evidence-based hybrid prevention model that can be widely disseminated to reduce substance use risk among upper elementary school youth.
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