VIDEOTAPE METHODS TO INCREASE PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN YOUTH

IN PHASE I, WE WILL DEVELOP, PRODUCE, AND TEST VIDEOTAPED INTERVENTIONS FOR INVOLVING CAMBODIAN, VIETNAMESE, SPANISH-SPEAKING, AND ENGLISH-SPEAKING PARENTS IN PROGRAMS FOR RUNAWAY, HOMELESS, AND AT-RISK YOUTH. THERE ARE FOUR SET OF OBSTACLES TO PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN YOUTH SERVICES PROGRAMS; KNOWLEDGE, CULTURAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND LOGISTICAL. THE PLANNED VIDEOTAPES WILL ADDRESS THESE OBSTACLES IN A CULTURALLY SENSITIVE FASHION. AFTER COMPLETING AND REVISING THE VIDEOTAPE SCRIPTS OUTLINED AND BEGUN IN PHASE I, WE WILL PRODUCE VIDEOTAPES FOR EACH ETHNIC-RACIAL MINORITY GROUP AUDIENCE. THROUGH AGENCIES IDENTIFIED IN PHASE I, WE WILL RECRUIT AND TRAIN COUNSELORS TO DELIVER THE VIDEOTAPES, AND PARENTS TO RECEIVE THE VIDEOTAPES. BEFORE AND AFTER RECEIVING THE VIDEOTAPED INTERVENTION, PARENTS WILL COMPLETE PRE- AND POST-TEST MEASURES OF THEIR INTENTIONS TO BECOME INVOLVED IN PROGRAMS FOR THEIR RUNAWAY, HOMELESS, AND AT-RISK YOUTH. IF VIDEOTAPE MATERIALS ARE SHOWN EFFECTIVE, WE WILL PROCEED TO SUBSEQUENT STAGES OF INTERVENTION DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, AND DISSEMINATION. INITIALLY SUPPORTED WITH FOLLOW-ON FUNDING THROUGH VENTURE CAPITAL, DISSEMINATION WILL UTLIMATELY BECOME SELF-SUPPORTING. THROUGH AN ITERATIVE DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, AND REFINEMENT PROCESS, WE WILL MOVE OUR VIDEOTAPES INTO CAMBODIAN, VIETNAMESE, SPANISH-SPEAKING, AND ENGLISH-SPEAKING COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE.