caa a22 4500 606153705 CHVBK 20210128100555.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11121-014-0515-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11121-014-0515-x Resident Assistant Training Program for Increasing Alcohol, Other Drug, and Mental Health First-Aid Efforts [Elektronische Daten] [Dennis Thombs, Jennifer Gonzalez, Cynthia Osborn, Matthew Rossheim, Sumihiro Suzuki] In college and university residence halls, resident assistants (RAs) are expected to serve as first-aid providers to students who may have alcohol, other drug, mental health, and academic problems. Despite this responsibility, evidence-based, first-aid programs have not been developed and tested for the RA workforce. The current study examined effects of an investigational first-aid program designed specifically for RAs. The online Peer Hero Training program is a novel approach to RA training in its use of interactive video dramatizations of incidents involving substance-using or distressed residents. A 9-month randomized trial conducted on eight US campuses compared RAs who participated in the Peer Hero Training program to RAs who received training-as-usual. Participation in the Peer Hero Training program significantly increased RA first-aid efforts for residential students who may have had alcohol, other drug, mental health, or academic problems 6months after baseline. Compared with those in the training-as-usual condition, RAs in the Peer Hero Training program made more than 10 times as many first-aid efforts for possible alcohol problems, almost 14 times the number of first-aid efforts for possible drug use, almost 3 times the number of first-aid efforts for possible mental health problems, and 3 times the number of first-aid efforts for academic problems. There was no evidence that measured RA attitudes mediated the effects of the intervention. Results of this preliminary evaluation trial suggest that online training using interactive video dramatizations is a viable approach to strengthening RAs' ability to provide alcohol, other drugs, and mental health first-aid to undergraduates. Society for Prevention Research, 2014 Resident assistants nationallicence Alcohol and other drugs nationallicence Mental health first-aid nationallicence Longitudinal research nationallicence Intervention evaluation nationallicence Thombs Dennis Department of Behavioral and Community Health, Texas Prevention Institute, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 76107-2699, Fort Worth, TX, USA aut Gonzalez Jennifer Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas Regional Campus, Dallas, TX, USA aut Osborn Cynthia Counseling and Human Development Services, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA aut Rossheim Matthew Department of Behavioral and Community Health, Texas Prevention Institute, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 76107-2699, Fort Worth, TX, USA aut Suzuki Sumihiro Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Forth Worth, TX, USA aut Prevention Science Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 16/4(2015-05-01), 508-517 1389-4986 16:4<508 2015 16 11121 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-014-0515-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-014-0515-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thombs Dennis Department of Behavioral and Community Health, Texas Prevention Institute, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 76107-2699, Fort Worth, TX, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gonzalez Jennifer Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas Regional Campus, Dallas, TX, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Osborn Cynthia Counseling and Human Development Services, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rossheim Matthew Department of Behavioral and Community Health, Texas Prevention Institute, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 76107-2699, Fort Worth, TX, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Suzuki Sumihiro Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Forth Worth, TX, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Prevention Science Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 16/4(2015-05-01), 508-517 1389-4986 16:4<508 2015 16 11121