Screening American Indian Youth for Referral to Drug Abuse Prevention and Intervention Services

The development and psychometric properties of a brief screening tool for use with American Indian youth suspected of abusing substances is described. The Indian Health Service-Personal Experience Screening Questionnaire (IHS-PESQ) is a brief questionnaire that screens for drug abuse problem severit...

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Published in:Journal of child & adolescent substance abuse 2006-10, Vol.16 (1), p.39-52
Main Authors: Winters, Ken C., DeWolfe, Jerome, Graham, Donald, St. Cyr, Wehnona
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
American Indians
assessment
Drug Abuse
Drug prevention
Elementary School Students
Intervention
Native North Americans
Prevention
Psychological tests
Psychometrics
Questionnaires
Referral
Risk
Screening Tests
Secondary School Students
Teenagers
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Summary:The development and psychometric properties of a brief screening tool for use with American Indian youth suspected of abusing substances is described. The Indian Health Service-Personal Experience Screening Questionnaire (IHS-PESQ) is a brief questionnaire that screens for drug abuse problem severity, response distortion tendencies, and psychosocial risk factors. The psychometric properties of the problem severity scale are favorable when tested in reservation-based American Indian students (grades 6-12). The paper also describes the role of the IHS-PESQ within a prevention, intervention and treatment referral system designed for American Indian youth.
ISSN:1067-828X
1547-0652
DOI:10.1300/J029v16n01_04