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ABSTRACT
This article identifies the interactions among a group of high school students, their teachers, and a university research team as they evolve from an adult-directed to a student-led collaboration that resulted in the creation of a set of culturally grounded prevention messages that effectively prevented or delayed the onset of adolescent drug use. Beginning with an overview of the theoretical triad that served as the project's foundation, we describe the processes used to understand the unfolding dynamics within the collaboration and provide a checklist for those who might wish to replicate the collaborative process.
1. We would be remiss if we did not pay homage to Michael Hecht, who served as principal investigator of the Drug Resistance Strategies Project (NIDA Grant R01-DA-05629-05A1); the National Institute on Drug Abuse for funding not only the project, but also this effort to contribute to the knowledge about effective prevention messages for adolescents; and Robert Leighninger, who generously provided editing advice and content suggestions as we honed, refined, and revised this manuscript.
Notes
All quoted data are retrieved from field notes compiled by Reeves and Tapia in NIDA-funded R01-DA-05629-05A1 study. See References for complete citations.
Reeves, L. (1998). [Field notes from pilot video experiment]. Unpublished raw data.
Tapia, N. (1998). [Field notes from pilot video field experiment]. Unpublished raw data.