Hecht, Michael L. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5747-1378
Shin, YoungJu
Pettigrew, Jonathan
Miller-Day, Michelle
Krieger, Janice L.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA021670)
Article History
First Online: 28 July 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare a potential financial conflict of interest. Hecht and Miller-Day are co-founders of REAL Prevention, LLC—a business dedicated to training, research, and dissemination of <i>keepin’ it REAL</i> and other allied health promotion programs—and hold intellectual property rights to the <i>keepin’ it REAL</i> curriculum. Pettigrew is a part-time consultant with REAL Prevention but was not remunerated for involvement with this project.
: All study procedures involving human participants were approved by the Penn State Institutional Review Board and in accordance with standards for ethical research practice, including the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments.
: Participants were informed of their rights and parental informed consent coupled with youth assent was obtained prior to any data collection.