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Abstract
This paper tells the story of the multi-layered translational process of the Drug Resistance Strategies Project. The Drug Resistance Strategies Project provides an exemplar of translational scholarship, translating adolescent narratives about their substance use experiences into an efficacious, substance abuse prevention middle school curriculum. The curriculum, called keepin’ it REAL, was developed using the principle of cultural grounding and translational performances and has been found to reduce adolescent substance use. The authors tell the story of this project from its inception to its current role as a model substance abuse prevention program.
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1. The participants were from 7th grade classes (12–13 years old, on average, with equal numbers of males and females, most of low socioeconomic status (SES); they were of Mexican heritage, with the largest minority groups being whites and blacks).
2. Initially, this curriculum was designed for middle-school students, but after the success of the intervention with this age group, the school district and the research team believed that the effectiveness of the program would be enhanced by targeting an even younger population; therefore, it has more recently been adapted for a fifth-grade population.