Intervention program helps prevent high-school dropouts

Sunday, October 26, 2014 - 03:31 in Health & Medicine

A family-focused intervention program for middle-school Mexican American children leads to fewer drop-out rates and lower rates of alcohol and illegal drug use. This research is especially significant since Mexican American youth face significant barriers that lead them to have one of the highest high-school drop-out rates in the nation.

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