Clinic tools to help families prevent teen substance use
Clinical Decision Supports to Prevent Teen Substance Use in Pediatric Primary Care
This project will build clinic-based prompts and referral supports to help pediatric teams link pre-teens and their families with family-focused programs that lower the risk of teen substance use.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Yale University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (New Haven, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11362049 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
From your perspective as a parent or caregiver, the team will work with families, pediatric clinicians, and health center leaders to design easy-to-use clinic prompts and referral links that identify pre-adolescents who could benefit from prevention programs. The first phase focuses on co-designing these decision supports with community partners at federally qualified health centers. The next phase pilots the tools in primary care visits to see whether more families are connected to evidence-based family programs that teach protective parenting skills. The study tracks how often the prompts are used, how many families follow through, and what barriers or supports matter most.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal participants are pre-adolescents (and their caregivers) receiving care at participating federally qualified health centers, especially families of 9–12 year olds seen in pediatric primary care.
Not a fit: People not seen at participating clinics, older adolescents already in substance-use treatment, or adults without caregiving responsibilities are unlikely to benefit directly from this project.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, more families could access preventive parenting programs that reduce their child's risk of later substance use.
How similar studies have performed: Family-focused prevention programs have previously reduced adolescent substance use, but using clinic-based decision supports to link families into these programs is a relatively new, pilot-tested approach.
Where this research is happening
New Haven, United States
- Yale University — New Haven, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Camenga, Deepa R — Yale University
- Study coordinator: Camenga, Deepa R
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.