Do We Need Primary Prevention Programs for “Tweens”?
Keryn E. Pasch, PhD, MPH Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, pasch{at}umn.edu’ + u + ‘@’ + d + ”//–> Cheryl L. Perry, PhD, MA Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living, School of Public Health, University of Texas, Austin Regional Campus Melissa H. Stigler, PhD, MPH Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living, School of Public Health, University of Texas, Austin Regional Campus Kelli A. Komro, PhD, MPH Epidemiology & Health Policy Research and Institute for Child Health Policy, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville Young adolescent alcohol users drink at higher rates than their peers throughout adolescence and appear to be less amenable to intervention. This study compares those who reported alcohol use in the past year to those who reported no use in a multiethnic, urban sample of sixth graders in 61 schools in Chicago in 2002 (N = 4,150). Demographic, beha
