# NIH Reporter #1R44AA033865-01A1

Parent resource to improve communication for adolescent substance use prevention

**Recipient:** INNOVATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING, INC.

**Award Amount:** $999,430.00
**Ceiling:** $999,430.00

**Awarded:** August 28, 2026

**Identifier:** 1R44AA033865-01A1

NIH-funded Phase 2 project to develop and evaluate an online parent program designed to improve parent-adolescent communication and prevent or reduce adolescent substance use.

### Description

Funding to complete development and evaluate Media Ready Parent, an interactive, self-paced web-based program intended to help parents communicate with adolescents about substance use and media. The project includes program development and a randomized controlled trial with 400 parent-adolescent dyads.

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