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Stein MD, Krause C, Rogers E, Silwal A, Helme D, Slater M, Beard D, Lewis N, Luster J, Stephens K, Lefebvre C. Lessons Learned from Developing Tailored Community Communication Campaigns in the HEALing Communities Study. JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION 2023; 28:699-705. [PMID: 37752882 PMCID: PMC10591725 DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2023.2262948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
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This paper outlines lessons learned from tailoring communication campaigns to increase demand for, and reduce stigma toward, evidence-based practices to reduce opioid overdose deaths in 66 communities participating in the HEALing (Helping to End Addiction Long-termSM) Communities Study (HCS). We present nine lessons gathered about how to engage local communities in both virtual and in-person opioid messaging and distribution between February 2019 and June 2022. The research team created four communication campaigns and did extensive, tailored marketing and promotion to assist communities in implementing evidence-based clinical activities to reduce opioid overdose mortality. Various strategies and venues were used to amplify HCS messages, using free and paid outlets for message distribution, focusing primarily on social media due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Increasing the availability of medications for opioid use disorder and naloxone, as HCS attempted, is not enough; getting people to accept and use them depends on communication efforts. This paper focuses on the process of preparing communities for communication campaign activities, which we hope can help guide other communities preparing for opioid or substance-related campaigns in the future.
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- National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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Flora K. A Review of the Prevention of Drug Addiction: Specific Interventions, Effectiveness, and Important Topics. ADDICTION & HEALTH 2022; 14:288-295. [PMID: 37559791 PMCID: PMC10408746 DOI: 10.34172/ahj.2022.1348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/10/2022] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND This study was a narrative review on prevention of addictive behaviors with an effort to clarify the major concepts of prevention and its dimensions. METHODS The PsycInfo and MedInfo databases were used to identify prevention. Α total of 65 articles were found 46 of which were included in the review. Τhe data were analyzed using content analysis. FINDINGS For a better understanding of the results, it was deemed advisable to categorize them into: (a) the types of major interventions and the theoretical approaches on which they were based, (b) the results of the review articles according to (1) variables and factors concerning the prevention proved important through the review and (2) a number of more general important topics which arose in the prevention of addictive behaviors. CONCLUSION The results highlighted the greater effectiveness of community-based programs, applied primarily in broader contexts but also secondarily in high-risk groups. Τhe results were discussed based on the combination of the emerged factors with each other and prevention experience.
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- Katerina Flora
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Western Macedonia, Greece
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Stapinski LA, Nepal S, Guckel T, Grummitt LR, Chapman C, Lynch SJ, Lawler SM, Teesson M, Newton NC. Evaluation of Positive Choices, a National Initiative to Disseminate Evidence-Based Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Strategies: Web-Based Survey Study. JMIR Pediatr Parent 2022; 5:e34721. [PMID: 36018617 PMCID: PMC9463616 DOI: 10.2196/34721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2021] [Revised: 06/26/2022] [Accepted: 07/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To prevent adolescents from initiating alcohol and other drug use and reduce the associated harms, effective strategies need to be implemented. Despite their availability, effective school-based programs and evidence-informed parental guidelines are not consistently implemented. The Positive Choices alcohol and other drug prevention initiative and website was launched to address this research and practice gap. The intended end users were school staff, parents, and school students. An 8-month postlaunch evaluation of the website showed that end users generally had positive feedback on the website's usability, and following its use, most of them would consider the evidence base and effectiveness of drug education resources. This study extends this initial evaluation by examining the effectiveness and impact of the Positive Choices initiative over a 3-year period. OBJECTIVE Guided by the five dimensions of the RE-AIM (reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance) framework, the study assessed the impact of the Positive Choices initiative in increasing awareness and implementation of evidence-based drug prevention. METHODS Data were collected between 2017 and 2019, using web-based evaluation and community awareness surveys. Data from the surveys were merged to examine reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance using descriptive statistics. Google Analytics was used to further understand the reach of the website. The System Usability Scale was used to measure website usability. In addition, inductive analysis was used to assess the participants' feedback about Positive Choices. RESULTS A total of 5 years after launching, the Positive Choices website has reached 1.7 million users. A national Australian campaign increased awareness from 8% to 14% among school staff and from 15% to 22% among parents after the campaign. Following a brief interaction with the website, most participants, who were not already following the recommended strategies, reported an intention to shift toward evidence-based practices. The System Usability Scale score for the website was good for both user groups. The participants intended to maintain their use of the Positive Choices website in the future. Both user groups reported high level of confidence in communicating about topics related to alcohol and other drugs. Participants' suggestions for improvement informed a recent website update. CONCLUSIONS The Positive Choices website has the capacity to be an effective strategy for disseminating evidence-based drug prevention information and resources widely. The findings highlight the importance of investing in ongoing maintenance and promotion to enhance awareness of health websites. With the increased use and acceptability of health education websites, teams should ensure that websites are easy to navigate, are engaging, use simple language, contain evidence-informed resources, and are supported by ongoing promotional activities.
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- Lexine Ann Stapinski
- The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
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- The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia.,SAX Institute, Glebe, Australia
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- The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
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- The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
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- The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
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- The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
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- The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
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- The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
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- The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
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Potterf JE, Unnithan NP. Post-Legalization Drug Communication: Examining a Colorado Cannabis Campaign. Subst Use Misuse 2022; 57:27-35. [PMID: 34693857 DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2021.1981385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Colorado legalized marijuana use for recreational purposes by adults over 21 in 2012. Our goal is to examine the first major communication campaign (called Good-To-Know) mounted by the state government with the objective of informing the public regarding regulatory and safety precautions surrounding newly legal use. Methods: We assess the content of campaign's central messaging qualitatively by comparing its major themes in terms of criteria developed from the literature and the campaign's own goals. Results: With minor exceptions (lack of audience segmentation; limiting the focus to generating knowledge) Colorado's Good-To-Know campaign rates well when assessed against specific criteria for effective drug communication campaigns as well as its own goals. Conclusions: We conclude that although there were minor limitations to this campaign, policy makers and activists should think proactively about messaging content in states where legalization is imminent. And that more research on legal drug use messaging needs to occur.
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- Jebadiha E Potterf
- Department of Sociology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Sociology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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Pappa E. Teacher’s role in prevention of psychoactive substances use. Examination of the possibility of using “Transformative Learning through Aesthetic Experience” method. JOURNAL OF SUBSTANCE USE 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/14659891.2020.1736661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Eleftheria Pappa
- KETHEA (Therapy Center for Dependent Individuals), Patras, Greece
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Bruno TL, Csiernik R. An Examination of Universal Drug Education Programming in Ontario, Canada’s Elementary School System. Int J Ment Health Addict 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11469-018-9977-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Snijder M, Stapinski L, Lees B, Newton N, Champion K, Chapman C, Ward J, Teesson M. Substance Use Prevention Programs for Indigenous Adolescents in the United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: Protocol for a Systematic Review. JMIR Res Protoc 2018; 7:e38. [PMID: 29391343 PMCID: PMC5814606 DOI: 10.2196/resprot.9012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Indigenous adolescents are at a higher risk of experiencing harms related to substance use compared with their non-Indigenous counterparts as a consequence of earlier onset and higher rates of substance use. Early onset of substance use has been identified as a risk factor for future substance use problems and other health, social, and family outcomes. Therefore, prevention of substance use among adolescents has been identified as a key area to improve health of Indigenous Peoples. Evidence exists for the effectiveness of prevention approaches for adolescents in mainstream populations and, most recently, for the use of computer- and Internet-delivered interventions to overcome barriers to implementation. However, there is currently no conclusive evidence about the effectiveness of these approaches for Indigenous adolescents. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this review is to synthesize the international evidence regarding the effectiveness of substance use prevention programs for Indigenous adolescents in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. METHODS A total of 8 peer-reviewed databases and 20 gray literature databases will be searched, using search terms in line with the aims of this review and based on previous relevant reviews of substance use prevention. Studies will be included if they evaluate a substance use prevention program with Indigenous adolescents (aged 10 to 19 years) as the primary participant group and are published between January 1, 1990 and August 31, 2017. RESULTS A narrative synthesis will be provided about the effectiveness of the programs, the type of program (whether culture-based, adapted, or unadapted), delivery of the program (computer- and Internet-delivered or traditional), and the setting in which the programs are delivered (community, school, family, clinical, or a combination). CONCLUSIONS The study will identify core elements of effective substance use prevention programs among Indigenous adolescents and appraise the methodological quality of the studies. This review will provide researchers, policy makers, and program developers with evidence about the potential use of prevention approaches for Indigenous adolescents.
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- Mieke Snijder
- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Randwick, Australia
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- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Randwick, Australia
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- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Randwick, Australia
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- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Randwick, Australia
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- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Randwick, Australia.,Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
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- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Randwick, Australia
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- South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia.,Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Randwick, Australia
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BACKGROUND Adolescence is a critical phase for the development substance use patterns. We propose that individual competence in dealing with psychoactive substances is crucial for the development of healthy substance use behavior and prevention of substance misuse or addiction. OBJECTIVES We present a new concept of health related skills in dealing with alcohol and other drugs in adolescence, its operationalization and validation. Our conception of risk competence (RICO) consists of the four major factors being Reflective, Informed, Self-Controlled and Life-Oriented, and their sub-facets. METHODS Based on a sample of N = 753 adolescents we used classical test theory as well as item response theory to create a new measure of RICO. Validity was investigated in a new sample of N = 229 with regard to substance use, risk perception, and measures of personality (Big Five, sense of coherence, general self-efficacy). RESULTS RICO contains 7 scales with 28 items that measure independent aspects of risk competence. Cross-sectional criterion validity for most of the scales could be shown. Conclusions/Importance: The new RICO scales are a valid measure of different aspects of risk competence in dealing with psychoactive substances. The questionnaire can be used in general research settings, but may also be applied to assess the effects of interventions.
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- Ede Nagy
- a Center for Psychosocial Medicine , Institute of Medical Psychology, University Hospital Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany
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- a Center for Psychosocial Medicine , Institute of Medical Psychology, University Hospital Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany
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- b Psychological Institute, University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany
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Newton NC, Champion KE, Slade T, Chapman C, Stapinski L, Koning I, Tonks Z, Teesson M. A systematic review of combined student- and parent-based programs to prevent alcohol and other drug use among adolescents. Drug Alcohol Rev 2017; 36:337-351. [PMID: 28334456 DOI: 10.1111/dar.12497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Revised: 07/28/2016] [Accepted: 08/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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ISSUES Alcohol and other drug use among adolescents is a serious concern, and effective prevention is critical. Research indicates that expanding school-based prevention programs to include parenting components could increase prevention outcomes. This paper aims to identify and describe existing combined student- and parent-based programs for the prevention of alcohol and other drug use to evaluate the efficacy of existing programs. APPROACH The PsycINFO, Medline, Central Register of Controlled trials and Cochrane databases were searched in April 2015 and additional articles were obtained from reference lists. Studies were included if they evaluated a combined universal intervention for students (aged 11-18 years old) and their parents designed to prevent alcohol and/or other drug use, and were delivered in a school-based setting. Risk of bias was assessed by two independent reviewers. Because of the heterogeneity of the included studies, it was not possible to conduct a meta-analysis and a qualitative description of the studies was provided. KEY FINDINGS From a total of 1654 screened papers, 22 research papers met inclusion criteria, which included 13 trials of 10 programs. Of these, nine programs demonstrated significant intervention effects in terms of delaying or reducing adolescent alcohol and/or other drug use in at least one trial. CONCLUSION This is the first review of combined student- and parent-based interventions to prevent and reduce alcohol and other drug use. Whilst existing combined student- and parent-based programs have shown promising results, key gaps in the literature have been identified and are discussed in the context of the development of future prevention programs. [Newton NC, Champion KE, Slade T, Chapman C, Stapinski L, Koning I, Tonks Z, Teesson M. A systematic review of combined student- and parent-based programs to prevent alcohol and other drug use among adolescents. Drug Alcohol Rev 2017;36:337-351].
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- Nicola C Newton
- NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia
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- NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia
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- NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia
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- NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia
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- NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia
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- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia
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- NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia
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Merianos AL, Barry AE. Examining the Impact of Alcohol and Other Drug Education Exposure on Student Alcohol Consumption. JOURNAL OF DRUG EDUCATION 2017; 47:3-20. [PMID: 29231038 DOI: 10.1177/0047237917744327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This investigation examined the association between alcohol and other drug (AOD) prevention/education programs and drinking behaviors among students aged 12 to 17 years. We conducted a secondary analysis of the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health ( N = 17,736). AOD prevention/education was assessed in three school settings: special class, regular class, and outside regular class. Outcome variables included past year alcohol use and current heavy episodic drinking. Associations were assessed via one-way analyses of variance and multiple regression models. There was a significant effect of program exposure on alcohol use ( p<.001) and heavy episodic drinking ( p = .002). Regression results found AOD prevention/education exposure ( p = .004) was significant, indicating that exposure decreased past year use. No difference was found based on heavy episodic drinking. Increasing exposure to AOD prevention/education programs is warranted and encouraged.
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- 2 Department of Health and Kinesiology, College of Education and Human Development, 14736 Texas A&M University , College Station, TX, USA
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This paper presents the qualitative process findings from an evaluation of a school-based performing arts programme, ‘Rock Challenge’. Rock Challenge aims to promote healthy life styles ‘by building resilience amongst young people involved’. The research aimed to capture the experiences and perceptions of young people’s involvement in the programme, particularly in relation to the concept of the ‘drug-free high’, support offered throughout the programme and participants’ response to Rock Challenge as a drug-prevention initiative. Findings from the study suggest young people felt very positive about their involvement and, in particular, valued the skills and experiences associated with organising a performance, team-working, developing confidence, friendship, fun and excitement. The excitement felt during dance rehearsals and the live performance was associated with the concept of a ‘drug-free high’, feeling good in the absence of drugs and alcohol, and was seen as a key benefit of the programme. While support from teachers and families was perceived as high, difficulties were identified in the recruitment of males and students vulnerable to substance misuse and recommendations are made for improvement. The health promotion opportunities for school nurses and other public health practitioners and personal, social and health education co-ordinators are highlighted.
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- Faculty of Health and Social Care, UWE, Bristol
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Giannotta F, Weichold K. Evaluation of a Life Skills Program to Prevent Adolescent Alcohol Use in Two European Countries: One-Year Follow-Up. CHILD & YOUTH CARE FORUM 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10566-016-9349-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Segrott J, Rothwell H, Hewitt G, Playle R, Huang C, Murphy S, Moore L, Hickman M, Reed H. Preventing alcohol misuse in young people: an exploratory cluster randomised controlled trial of the Kids, Adults Together (KAT) programme. PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH 2015. [DOI: 10.3310/phr03150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BackgroundInvolvement of parents/carers may increase the effectiveness of primary school-based alcohol-misuse prevention projects. However, few interventions have been designed for pre-adolescent children, or specifically involve parents/carers. The Kids, Adults Together (KAT) programme in primary schools aimed to reduce alcohol misuse through such an approach.ObjectiveTo determine the value and feasibility of conducting an effectiveness trial of KAT.DesignParallel-group cluster randomised exploratory trial with an embedded process evaluation. Schools were the unit of randomisation.SettingPrimary schools (n = 9) in south Wales, UK.ParticipantsPupils in Year 5/6 (aged 9–11 years) and their parents/carers; school staff.InterventionThe Kids, Adults Together programme consisted of (1) classwork addressing the effects of alcohol; (2) a family event for children and parents/carers; and (3) a ‘goody bag’ containing fun items, including a digital versatile disc (DVD) for families to watch together. The intervention comprised KAT plus existing alcohol-related activities and lessons. Control-group schools continued with existing alcohol-related lessons and activities.Main outcome measuresKey outcomes related to the progression criteria for a potential future effectiveness trial. These included the acceptability, participation equity, feasibility and implementation of KAT; the recruitment and retention of research participants; and the acceptability and feasibility of research processes, including data collection methods and outcome measures.ResultsNine schools (free school meal entitlement ranging from 1% to 37.2%) participated. Two of five intervention schools withdrew but all four control schools were retained, and these seven schools facilitated all research data collections. Programme acceptability and participation rates were high in all three intervention schools (parent/carer participation rates ranged from 45.1% to 65.7%), although implementation quality varied. At baseline, approximately 75% of eligible children (n = 418) provided data, of whom 257 also provided data at follow-up. Only 27 parents/carers (estimated response rate 6.5%) completed interviews. Most children were willing to complete questionnaires but measures were not appropriate for this age group. Measures of alcohol consumption produced inconsistent responses. Intermediate outcomes on family communication showed no evidence of intervention effectiveness.ConclusionsIn the three schools that received the KAT intervention, it was found to be acceptable to schools and pupils and there were good levels of participation from parents/carers from across a range of socioeconomic groups. However, two intervention schools withdrew from the trial. Findings from intermediate outcomes on family communication did not support programme theory. In addition, the study highlighted challenges in identifying suitable outcome measures for children aged 9–11 years and the feasibility of long-term follow-up via secondary schools.Future workIt would not be appropriate to proceed to an effectiveness trial of KAT. There are doubts/uncertainties about the potential effects of KAT; suitability of measures; the large number of schools which would be required for an effectiveness trial of KAT, and the cost of this; feasibility of follow-up in secondary schools; and programme implementation and theory. There is a need to develop and validate measures for children aged 9–11 years; to test the feasibility of follow-up data collection methods in secondary schools; and to further consider sample size requirements and feasibility.Trial registrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRCTN80672127.FundingThe exploratory trial of this project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research Public Health Research programme and the process evaluation was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. The work was undertaken with the support of The Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), a UK Clinical Research Collaboration Public Health Research Centre of Excellence. Joint funding (MR/KO232331/1) from the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Economic and Social Research Council, the Welsh Government and the Wellcome Trust, under the auspices of the UK Clinical Research Collaboration, is gratefully acknowledged. This project will be published in full inPublic Health Research; Vol. 3, No. 15. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.
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- Jeremy Segrott
- Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- UKCRC Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- UKCRC Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- UKCRC Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- South East Wales Trials Unit (SEWTU), Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- South East Wales Trials Unit (SEWTU), Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- UKCRC Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- UKCRC Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- UKCRC Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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Ishaak F, de Vries NK, van der Wolf K. Design of study without drugs--a Surinamese school-based drug-prevention program for adolescents. BMC Public Health 2015; 15:1046. [PMID: 26458757 PMCID: PMC4603754 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2374-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to design the content and accompanying materials for a school-based program--Study without Drugs--for adolescents in junior secondary schools in Suriname based on the starting points and tasks of the fourth step of the Intervention Mapping protocol (which consists of six steps). A program based on this protocol should include a combination of theory, empirical evidence, and qualitative and quantitative research. METHODS Two surveys were conducted when designing the program. In Survey I, teachers and students were asked to complete a questionnaire to determine which school year they thought would be most appropriate for implementing a drug-prevention program for adolescents (we completed a similar survey as part of previous research). An attempt was made to identify suitable culturally sensitive elements to include in the program. In Survey II, the same teachers were asked to complete a questionnaire to determine the programs' scope, sequence, structure, and topics as well as the general didactic principles to serve as a basis for program design. After outlining the program plan, lessons, and materials, we conducted a formative pretest evaluation among teachers, students, and parents. That evaluation included measures related to the program's attractiveness, comprehensibility, and usefulness. The resulting lessons were presented to the teachers for assessment. RESULTS The drug-prevention program we developed comprises 10 activities and lasts 2-2.5 months in an actual school setting. The activities take place during Dutch, biology, physical education, art, religion, and social studies lessons. We based the structure of the lessons in the program on McGuire's Persuasion Communication Model, which takes into account important didactic principles. Evaluations of the program materials and lesson plans by students, teachers, and parents were mostly positive. CONCLUSION We believe that using the fourth step of the Intervention Mapping protocol to develop a drug-prevention intervention for adolescents has a produced promising, feasible program.
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- Fariel Ishaak
- Faculty of Social Sciences, Anton de Kom University of Suriname, Leysweg, 86, Suriname.
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- Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Education, Anton de Kom Universiteit, Tammenga, Suriname
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Gewin AM, Hoffman B. Introducing the cultural variables in school-based substance abuse prevention. DRUGS-EDUCATION PREVENTION AND POLICY 2015. [DOI: 10.3109/09687637.2015.1071781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Research has shown that a lack of parental involvement in their children's activities predicts initiation and escalation of substance use. Parental monitoring and supervision, parent-child communication including communication regarding beliefs and disapproval of substance use, positive parenting, and family management strategies, have been shown to protect against adolescent substance abuse and related problems. Family and parenting approaches to preventing and intervening on adolescent substance abuse have received support in the literature. This article discusses the theoretical foundations as well as the application of the Family Check-up, a brief, family-based intervention for adolescent substance use.
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Giannotta F, Vigna-Taglianti F, Rosaria Galanti M, Scatigna M, Faggiano F. Short-term mediating factors of a school-based intervention to prevent youth substance use in Europe. J Adolesc Health 2014; 54:565-73. [PMID: 24332392 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Revised: 10/15/2013] [Accepted: 10/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate factors mediating the effects of a European school-based intervention (Unplugged) based on a social influence approach to youths' substance use. METHODS Schools in seven European countries (n = 143, including 7,079 pupils) were randomly assigned to an experimental condition (Unplugged curriculum) or a control condition (usual health education). Data were collected before (pretest) and 3 months after the end of the program (posttest). Multilevel multiple mediation models were applied to the study of effect mediation separately for tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use. Analyses were conducted on the whole sample, and separately on baseline users and nonusers of each substance. RESULTS Compared with the control group, participants in the program endorsed less positive attitudes toward drugs; positive beliefs about cigarettes, alcohol, and cannabis; and the normative perception of peers using tobacco and cannabis. They also increased in knowledge about all substances and refusal skills toward tobacco. Decreased positive attitudes toward drugs, increase in refusal skills, and reappraisal of norms about peer using tobacco and cannabis appeared to mediate the effects of the program on the use of substances. However, mediating effects were generally weak and some of them were only marginally significant. CONCLUSIONS This study lends some support to the notion that school-based programs based on a social influence model may prevent juvenile substance use through the modification of attitudes, refusal skills, and normative perceptions.
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- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy; Piedmont Centre for Drug Addiction Epidemiology, ASL TO3, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Centre for Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Stockholm Health Care District, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Piedmont Centre for Drug Addiction Epidemiology, ASL TO3, Torino, Italy; Department of Translational Medicine, Avogadro University, Novara, Italy
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Teesson M, Newton NC, Slade T, Chapman C, Allsop S, Hides L, McBride N, Mewton L, Tonks Z, Birrell L, Brownhill L, Andrews G. The CLIMATE schools combined study: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a universal Internet-based prevention program for youth substance misuse, depression and anxiety. BMC Psychiatry 2014; 14:32. [PMID: 24499060 PMCID: PMC3942185 DOI: 10.1186/1471-244x-14-32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Accepted: 01/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Anxiety, depressive and substance use disorders account for three quarters of the disability attributed to mental disorders and frequently co-occur. While programs for the prevention and reduction of symptoms associated with (i) substance use and (ii) mental health disorders exist, research is yet to determine if a combined approach is more effective. This paper describes the study protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the CLIMATE Schools Combined intervention, a universal approach to preventing substance use and mental health problems among adolescents. METHODS/DESIGN Participants will consist of approximately 8400 students aged 13 to 14-years-old from 84 secondary schools in New South Wales, Western Australia and Queensland, Australia. The schools will be cluster randomised to one of four groups; (i) CLIMATE Schools Combined intervention; (ii) CLIMATE Schools - Substance Use; (iii) CLIMATE Schools - Mental Health, or (iv) Control (Health and Physical Education as usual). The primary outcomes of the trial will be the uptake and harmful use of alcohol and other drugs, mental health symptomatology and anxiety, depression and substance use knowledge. Secondary outcomes include substance use related harms, self-efficacy to resist peer pressure, general disability, and truancy. The link between personality and substance use will also be examined. DISCUSSION Compared to students who receive the universal CLIMATE Schools - Substance Use, or CLIMATE Schools - Mental Health or the Control condition (who received usual Health and Physical Education), we expect students who receive the CLIMATE Schools Combined intervention to show greater delays to the initiation of substance use, reductions in substance use and mental health symptoms, and increased substance use and mental health knowledge. TRIAL REGISTRATION This trial is registered with the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials registry, ACTRN12613000723785.
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- Maree Teesson
- NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, 22-32 King Street, Randwick, NSW 2052, Australia
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- NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, 22-32 King Street, Randwick, NSW 2052, Australia
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- NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, 22-32 King Street, Randwick, NSW 2052, Australia
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- NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, 22-32 King Street, Randwick, NSW 2052, Australia
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- National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression, St Vincent’s Hospital, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, 22-32 King Street, Randwick, NSW 2052, Australia
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- NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, 22-32 King Street, Randwick, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression, St Vincent’s Hospital, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression, St Vincent’s Hospital, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Segrott J, Gillespie D, Holliday J, Humphreys I, Murphy S, Phillips C, Reed H, Rothwell H, Foxcroft D, Hood K, Roberts Z, Scourfield J, Thomas C, Moore L. Preventing substance misuse: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 UK (SFP 10-14 UK). BMC Public Health 2014; 14:49. [PMID: 24438460 PMCID: PMC3902023 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2013] [Accepted: 12/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Prevention of alcohol, drug and tobacco misuse by young people is a key public health priority. There is a need to develop the evidence base through rigorous evaluations of innovative approaches to substance misuse prevention. The Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 is a universal family-based alcohol, drugs and tobacco prevention programme, which has achieved promising results in US trials, and which now requires cross-cultural assessment. This paper therefore describes the protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the UK version of the Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 (SFP 10-14 UK). METHODS/DESIGN The trial comprises a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled effectiveness trial with families as the unit of randomisation, with embedded process and economic evaluations. Participating families will be randomised to one of two treatment groups - usual care with full access to existing services (control group), or usual care plus SFP 10-14 UK (intervention group). The trial has two primary outcomes - the number of occasions that young people report having drunk alcohol in the last 30 days, and drunkenness during the last 30 days, both dichotomised as 'never' and '1-2 times or more'. The main follow-up is at 2 years past baseline, and short-term and intermediate outcomes are also measured at 9 and 15 months. DISCUSSION The results from this trial will provide evidence on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an innovative universal family-based substance misuse prevention programme in a UK context. TRIAL REGISTRATION Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN63550893.
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- Jeremy Segrott
- Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, 1-3 Museum Place, CF10 3BD Cardiff, UK
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- South East Wales Trials Unit, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Neuadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, CF14 4YS Cardiff, UK
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- Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, 1-3 Museum Place, CF10 3BD Cardiff, UK
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- Swansea Centre for Health Economics; College of Health and Human Sciences, Swansea University, Singleton Park, SA2 8PP Swansea, UK
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- Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, 1-3 Museum Place, CF10 3BD Cardiff, UK
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- Swansea Centre for Health Economics; College of Health and Human Sciences, Swansea University, Singleton Park, SA2 8PP Swansea, UK
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- Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, 1-3 Museum Place, CF10 3BD Cardiff, UK
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- Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, 1-3 Museum Place, CF10 3BD Cardiff, UK
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Jack Straw’s Lane, OX3 0FL Oxford, UK
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- South East Wales Trials Unit, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Neuadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, CF14 4YS Cardiff, UK
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- Institute of Primary Care and Public Health, Cardiff University, Neuadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, CF14 4YS Cardiff, UK
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- Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, CF10 3WT Cardiff, UK
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- Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, 1-3 Museum Place, CF10 3BD Cardiff, UK
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- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, 4 Lilybank Gardens, G12 8RZ Glasgow, UK
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Shamblen SR, Courser MW, Abadi MH, Johnson KW, Young L, Browne TJ. An international evaluation of DARE in São Paulo, Brazil. DRUGS-EDUCATION PREVENTION AND POLICY 2013. [DOI: 10.3109/09687637.2013.779640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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An Attachment Parenting Intervention to Prevent Adolescents’ Problem Behaviors: A Pilot Study in Italy. CHILD & YOUTH CARE FORUM 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s10566-012-9189-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Gabrhelik R, Duncan A, Miovsky M, Furr-Holden CDM, Stastna L, Jurystova L. "Unplugged": a school-based randomized control trial to prevent and reduce adolescent substance use in the Czech Republic. Drug Alcohol Depend 2012; 124:79-87. [PMID: 22266087 PMCID: PMC6039228 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2011] [Revised: 12/12/2011] [Accepted: 12/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The Czech Unplugged Study, inspired by the European Drug Addiction Prevention Trial, is a prospective, school-based, randomized controlled prevention trial designed to reduce the risk of alcohol, tobacco, inhalant, and illegal drug use in 6th graders in the Czech Republic. The intervention uses the comprehensive social influence model to affect alcohol and drug using norms among primary school students. METHODS Descriptive statistics and chi-square analyses were used to assess differences between the experimental and control groups on demographic characteristics and study outcomes. Multilevel techniques were used to take the hierarchical structure of the data into account. Prevalence odds ratios using the Bonferroni correction were calculated to assess the differences between the experimental (N = 914) and control (N = 839) groups on each outcome 1, 3, 12, 15, and 24 months after the end of the intervention. RESULTS Multilevel analysis using the Bonferroni correction showed statistically significant intervention effects at the final follow-up for any smoking (OR = 0.75, 99.2% CI 0.65-0.87), daily smoking (OR = 0.62, 99.2% CI 0.48-0.79), heavy smoking (OR = 0.48, 99.2% CI 0.28-0.81), any cannabis use (OR = 0.57 99.2% CI 0.42-0.77), frequent cannabis use (OR = 0.57, 99.2% CI 0.36-0.89), and any drug use (OR = 0.78, 99.2% CI 0.65-0.94). CONCLUSIONS This study adds new evidence on the effectiveness of the Unplugged school-based prevention program for primary school students in the Czech Republic.
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- Roman Gabrhelik
- Center for Addictology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Prague, Ke Karlovu 11, 120 00 Praha 2, Czech Republic.
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Bröning S, Kumpfer K, Kruse K, Sack PM, Schaunig-Busch I, Ruths S, Moesgen D, Pflug E, Klein M, Thomasius R. Selective prevention programs for children from substance-affected families: a comprehensive systematic review. SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PREVENTION AND POLICY 2012; 7:23. [PMID: 22691221 PMCID: PMC3490747 DOI: 10.1186/1747-597x-7-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2011] [Accepted: 05/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Children from substance-affected families show an elevated risk for developing own substance-related or other mental disorders. Therefore, they are an important target group for preventive efforts. So far, such programs for children of substance-involved parents have not been reviewed together. We conducted a comprehensive systematic review to identify and summarize evaluations of selective preventive interventions in childhood and adolescence targeted at this specific group. From the overall search result of 375 articles, 339 were excluded, 36 full texts were reviewed. From these, nine eligible programs documented in 13 studies were identified comprising four school-based interventions (study 1–6), one community-based intervention (study 7–8), and four family-based interventions (study 9–13). Studies’ levels of evidence were rated in accordance with the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) methodology, and their quality was ranked according to a score adapted from the area of meta-analytic family therapy research and consisting of 15 study design quality criteria. Studies varied in program format, structure, content, and participants. They also varied in outcome measures, results, and study design quality. We found seven RCT’s, two well designed controlled or quasi-experimental studies, three well-designed descriptive studies, and one qualitative study. There was preliminary evidence for the effectiveness of the programs, especially when their duration was longer than ten weeks and when they involved children’s, parenting, and family skills training components. Outcomes proximal to the intervention, such as program-related knowledge, coping-skills, and family relations, showed better results than more distal outcomes such as self-worth and substance use initiation, the latter due to the comparably young age of participants and sparse longitudinal data. However, because of the small overall number of studies found, all conclusions must remain tentative. More evaluations are needed and their quality must be improved. New research should focus on the differential impact of program components and delivery mechanisms. It should also explore long-term effects on children substance use, delinquency, mental health, physical health and school performance. To broaden the field, new approaches to prevention should be tested in diverse cultural and contextual settings.
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- Sonja Bröning
- Center for Psychosocial Medicine, German Center for Addiction Research in Childhood and Adolescence, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, Hamburg, Germany.
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Cultural Adaptation of the Strengthening Families Program 10–14 to Italian Families. CHILD & YOUTH CARE FORUM 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s10566-011-9170-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Effectiveness of a Culturally Adapted Strengthening Families Program 12–16 Years for High-Risk Irish Families. CHILD & YOUTH CARE FORUM 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s10566-011-9168-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Kumpfer KL, Magalhães C, Xie J. Cultural adaptations of evidence-based family interventions to strengthen families and improve children's developmental outcomes. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2011.639225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Rothwell H, Segrott J. Preventing alcohol misuse in young people aged 9-11 years through promoting family communication: an exploratory evaluation of the Kids, Adults Together (KAT) Programme. BMC Public Health 2011; 11:810. [PMID: 22004185 PMCID: PMC3214894 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2011] [Accepted: 10/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Alcohol misuse by young people is an important public health issue, and has led to the development of a range of prevention interventions. Evidence concerning the most effective approaches to intervention design and implementation is limited. Parental involvement in school-based interventions is important, but many programmes fail to recruit large numbers of parents. This paper reports findings from an exploratory evaluation of a new alcohol misuse prevention programme--Kids, Adults Together (KAT), which comprised a classroom component, engagement with parents through a fun evening for families with children aged 9-11 years, and a DVD. The evaluation aimed to establish the programme's theoretical basis, explore implementation processes and acceptability, and identify plausible precursors of the intended long-term outcomes. METHODS Documentary analysis and interviews with key personnel examined the programme's development. Classroom preparation and KAT family events in two schools were observed. Focus groups with children, and interviews with parents who attended KAT family events were held immediately after programme delivery, and again after three months. Interviews with head teachers and with teachers who delivered the classroom preparation were conducted. Follow-up interviews with programme personnel were undertaken. Questionnaires were sent to parents of all children involved in classroom preparation. RESULTS KAT achieved high levels of acceptability and involvement among both children and parents. Main perceived impacts of the programme were increased pro-social communication within families (including discussions about harmful parental alcohol consumption), heightened knowledge and awareness of the effects of alcohol consumption and key legal and health issues, and changes in parental drinking behaviours. CONCLUSIONS KAT demonstrated promise as a prevention intervention, primarily through its impact on knowledge and communication processes within families, and its ability to engage with large numbers of parents. A key programme mechanism was the classroom preparation's facilitation of parental involvement in the family fun evening. The programme also incorporated features identified in the literature as likely to increase effectiveness, including a focus on harm reduction, interactive delivery, and targeting primary-school-age children. Further research is needed to test and develop programme theory through implementation in different school contexts, and to examine potential longer-term impacts, and the feasibility of large scale delivery.
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- Heather Rothwell
- Cardiff Institute of Society and Health, Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, 1-3 Museum Place, Cardiff, UK
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- Cardiff Institute of Society and Health, Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, 1-3 Museum Place, Cardiff, UK
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Barry AE, Chaney B, Chaney JD. The impact of truant and alcohol-related behavior on educational aspirations: a study of US high school seniors. THE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH 2011; 81:485-492. [PMID: 21740434 DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2011.00618.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Truancy and alcohol use are quality indicators of academic achievement and success. However, there remains a paucity of substantive research articulating the impact these deviant behaviors have on an adolescent's educational aspirations. The purpose of this study is to assess whether recent alcohol use and truancy impact students' educational aspirations among a nationally representative sample of US high school seniors. METHODS This study conducted a secondary data analysis of the Monitoring the Future project data, 2006. Logistic regression was conducted to assess how alcohol use and truancy affected educational aspirations. Subsequent interaction effects were assessed in the final multivariable model. Demographic variables such as age, sex, race, and father and mother's educational level were included as covariates in the regression model. RESULTS Results indicate that as students engage in increased alcohol use and/or truancy, educational aspirations decrease. Thus, students who indicated a desire to attend a 4-year college/university were less likely to engage in high-risk drinking behavior and/or truancy. Moreover, in testing the interaction between truancy and alcohol use, as it relates to educational aspirations, the logistic regression model found both of these independent variables to be statistically significant predictors of the likelihood students would attend a 4-year college/university. CONCLUSIONS To ensure that adolescents further their education and maximize their potential life opportunities, school and public health officials should initiate efforts to reduce alcohol consumption and truancy among students. Furthermore, future research should examine the risk and protective factors that may influence one's educational aspirations.
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- Adam E Barry
- Department of Health Education & Behavior, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
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AIM Substance use by young people has long been a concern of western society, but opinion is mixed as to which prevention approach offers the greatest benefit, and whether indeed there is any benefit at all. This paper reviews the nature of prevention programmes, the research evidence that underpins these programmes and the prevention objectives against which effectiveness is measured. The aim of this is to create better understanding of the elements that maximize programme effectiveness, what can be achieved by prevention programmes and how programmes can be improved. FINDINGS There is a range of prevention approaches for which there is evidence of effectiveness. Some are classroom-based; some focus upon parenting; some have substantial whole-of-school and community elements; and some target risk and protective factors in early childhood. All, however, are based substantially on the social influence model. In an attempt to improve practice lists of effective programmes have been developed, but there are concerns about the science behind selection. On balance, there is consistent evidence that social influence prevention programmes do have a small, positive effect on drug use, but this then raises the question as to whether harm, rather than use, would be the more worthwhile target for prevention. Prevention that seeks to reduce harm has been demonstrably effective, but has found little support in some jurisdictions. CONCLUSION Research has created a progressively better understanding of how to optimize programme effectiveness and what can be achieved realistically by even the most effective programmes. However, further research is required to identify which, if any, particular approach offers greater promise. The effectiveness of harm reduction should be compared with more traditional abstinence and the additional effects of whole of school, parent and community elements need to be measured more accurately. Contemporary social influence prevention programmes are flawed, but the approach is still the best way of influencing drug use behaviour in young people as a whole. Evidence-based refinement is the best option for greater benefit.
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P. Karlsson: Inherent problems in universal information-based prevention interventions This paper discusses inherent problems in universal information-based drug prevention interventions which in part may explain why such interventions often fail. The discussion centers around three main points: (1) that there must be room for change in people's risk perceptions for information interventions to be potentially effective, (2) that the recipients must trust the information for it to have effect, and (3) that there are variations in risk perception levels at baseline among recipients. While the first two criteria must be satisfied for an intervention to be potentially effective, they often stand in a contradictory relationship with each other. Recipients with low risk perceptions often do not trust the information (i.e., only the first criterion satisfied), whereas those who trust the information often already have high risk perceptions (i.e., only the second criterion satisfied). Variations in risk perception levels among recipients further suggest there exist no optimal level at which the risk message may be set. If the risk message is set high many will dismiss it; if it is set low it may decrease risk perceptions in some groups. It is concluded that information interventions targeting specific groups may overcome some of these problems.
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- Patrik Karlsson
- Institutionen för socialt arbete Stockholms universitet S–106 91 Stockholm, Sverige
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Swendsen J, Conway KP, Degenhardt L, Glantz M, Jin R, Merikangas KR, Sampson N, Kessler RC. Mental disorders as risk factors for substance use, abuse and dependence: results from the 10-year follow-up of the National Comorbidity Survey. Addiction 2010; 105:1117-28. [PMID: 20331554 PMCID: PMC2910819 DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.02902.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 330] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS The comorbidity of mental disorders and substance dependence is well documented, but prospective investigations in community samples are rare. This investigation examines the role of primary mental disorders as risk factors for the later onset of nicotine, alcohol and illicit drug use, abuse and dependence with abuse. DESIGN The National Comorbidity Survey (NCS) was a nationally representative survey of mental and substance disorders in the United States carried out in 1990-92. The NCS-2 re-interviewed a probability subsample of NCS respondents in 2001-03, a decade after the baseline survey. PARTICIPANTS A total of 5001 NCS respondents were re-interviewed in the NCS-2 (87.6% of baseline sample). RESULTS Aggregate analyses demonstrated significant prospective risks posed by baseline mental disorders for the onset of nicotine, alcohol and illicit drug dependence with abuse over the follow-up period. Particularly strong and consistent associations were observed for behavioral disorders and previous substance use conditions, as well as for certain mood and anxiety disorders. Conditional analyses demonstrated that many observed associations were limited to specific categories of use, abuse or dependence, including several mental disorders that were non-significant predictors in the aggregate analyses. CONCLUSIONS Many mental disorders are associated with an increased risk of later substance use conditions, but important differences in these associations are observed across the categories of use, abuse and dependence with abuse. These prospective findings have implications for the precision of prevention and treatment strategies targeting substance use disorders.
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- Joel Swendsen
- National Scientific Research Center, Bordeaux, France.
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Bjarnason T, Steriu A, Kokkevi A. Cannabis supply and demand reduction: Evidence from the ESPAD study of adolescents in 31 European countries. DRUGS: EDUCATION, PREVENTION AND POLICY 2010. [DOI: 10.3109/09687630802419155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Swendsen J, Conway KP, Degenhardt L, Dierker L, Glantz M, Jin R, Merikangas KR, Sampson N, Kessler RC. Socio-demographic risk factors for alcohol and drug dependence: the 10-year follow-up of the national comorbidity survey. Addiction 2009; 104:1346-55. [PMID: 19549055 PMCID: PMC2794245 DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02622.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS Continued progress in etiological research and prevention science requires more precise information concerning the specific stages at which socio-demographic variables are implicated most strongly in transition from initial substance use to dependence. The present study examines prospective associations between socio-demographic variables and the subsequent onset of alcohol and drug dependence using data from the National Comorbidity Survey (NCS) and the NCS Follow-up survey (NCS-2). DESIGN The NCS was a nationally representative survey of the prevalence and correlates of DSM-III-R mental and substance disorders in the United States carried out in 1990-2002. The NCS-2 re-interviewed a probability subsample of NCS respondents a decade after the baseline survey. Baseline NCS socio-demographic characteristics and substance use history were examined as predictors of the first onset of DSM-IV alcohol and drug dependence in the NCS-2. PARTICIPANTS A total of 5001 NCS respondents were re-interviewed in the NCS-2 (87.6% of baseline sample). FINDINGS Aggregate analyses demonstrated significant associations between some baseline socio-demographic variables (young age, low education, non-white ethnicity, occupational status) but not others (sex, number of children, residential area) and the subsequent onset of DSM-IV alcohol or drug dependence. However, conditional models showed that these risk factors were limited to specific stages of baseline use. Moreover, many socio-demographic variables that were not significant in the aggregate analyses were significant predictors of dependence when examined by stage of use. CONCLUSIONS The findings underscore the potential for socio-demographic risk factors to have highly specific associations with different stages of the substance use trajectory.
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- Joel Swendsen
- National Scientific Research Center (CNRS 5231), Bordeaux, France.
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Hahn EJ, Hall LA, Rayens MK, Myers AV, Bonnel G. School- and home-based drug prevention: Environmental, parent, and child risk reduction. DRUGS-EDUCATION PREVENTION AND POLICY 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/09687630601157618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Kreeft PVD, Wiborg G, Galanti MR, Siliquini R, Bohrn K, Scatigna M, Lindahl AM, Melero JC, Vassara M, Faggiano F, The Eu-Dap Study Group. ‘Unplugged’: A new European school programme against substance abuse. DRUGS-EDUCATION PREVENTION AND POLICY 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/09687630701731189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Cuijpers P. Prevention programmes for children of problem drinkers: A review. DRUGS-EDUCATION PREVENTION AND POLICY 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/09687630500337162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Diamond S, Schensul JJ, Snyder LB, Bermudez A, D'Alessandro N, Morgan DS. Building Xperience: a multilevel alcohol and drug prevention intervention. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2009; 43:292-312. [PMID: 19381797 DOI: 10.1007/s10464-009-9230-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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"Xperience" is an innovative alcohol and drug prevention program that has adopted a multilevel, community-based strategy to promote drug-and-alcohol free social activities, venues and norms among urban youth ages 14-20. The intervention aims to strengthen protective factors and reduce risk factors for alcohol and other substance use among high school age youth by addressing multiple factors at the individual, peer, community and city level. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the process of building the different levels of this intervention during the 3-year formative phase. We will explain: (1) Why we chose to adopt a multilevel and participatory strategy, (2) Formative research leading to the intervention model, (3) The theoretical framework underlying the methodology, (4) Pilot intervention development (Years One and Two), (5) Current program methods and outcome goals, and lastly, (6) Some of the lessons learned, goals achieved, and plans for the future. This descriptive account of building a multilevel intervention aims to serve as a useful guide for others wishing to develop similar approaches, and for theorizing about some of the common challenges involved in this process.
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- Sarah Diamond
- The Institute for Community Research, 2 Hartford Square West, Suite 100, Hartford, CT 06106-5128, USA.
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Newton NC, Andrews G, Teesson M, Vogl LE. Delivering prevention for alcohol and cannabis using the Internet: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Prev Med 2009; 48:579-84. [PMID: 19389420 DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2008] [Revised: 04/07/2009] [Accepted: 04/11/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To establish the efficacy of an internet based prevention program to reduce alcohol and cannabis use in adolescents. METHOD A cluster randomised controlled trial was conducted with 764 13-year olds from ten Australian secondary schools in 2007-2008. Half the schools were randomly allocated to the computerised prevention program (n=397), and half to their usual health classes (n=367). The Climate Schools: Alcohol and Cannabis prevention course is facilitated by the internet and consists of novel, evidence-based, curriculum consistent lessons aimed at reducing alcohol and cannabis use. Participants were assessed at baseline, immediately post, and at six months following the intervention. RESULTS Compared to the control group, students in the intervention group showed significant improvements in alcohol and cannabis knowledge at the end of the course and the six month follow-up. In addition, the intervention group showed a reduction in average weekly alcohol consumption and frequency of cannabis use at the six month follow-up. No differences between groups were found on alcohol expectancies, cannabis attitudes, or alcohol and cannabis related harms. CONCLUSIONS The course is acceptable, scalable and fidelity is assured. It increased knowledge regarding alcohol and cannabis, and decreased use of these drugs.
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- Nicola C Newton
- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia.
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Karlsson P, Bergmark A. Nya Grepp i Preventionsarbetet? – En Granskning av Alkoholkommitténs och Mobilisering mot Narkotikas Massmediekampanjer. NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS 2009. [DOI: 10.1177/145507250902600102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Aims To analyze how “pleasure” and similar recreational motives for drug use permeate and are handled in contemporary drug preventive massmedia campaigns in Sweden. Design Three campaigns were included in the analysis. Two campaigns were developed by the Alcohol Committee (entitled “Basic course for you who like to be drunk” and “The Party Method”) and one campaign by Mobilization against Narcotics (entitled “There are many reasons not to try narcotics”). Results Recreational motives for drug use are recognized in all three campaigns. The reason for this, it seems, is to facilitate the overall trustworthiness of the campaigns. No campaign attempts to counteract the validity of the positive sides of drug use. Instead, they try to make people aware that the negative sides of drug use far outweigh positive sides. Conclusion The campaigns partly employ a novel approach to dealing with drug problems but their “core” content resembles traditional elements in drug preventive interventions.
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- Patrik Karlsson
- Addiction Research Group Institutionen för socialt arbete Stockholms universitet 106 91 Stockholm, Sverige
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- Addiction Research Group Institutionen för socialt arbete Stockholms universitet 106 91 Stockholm, Sverige
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Swendsen J, Anthony JC, Conway KP, Degenhardt L, Dierker L, Glantz M, He J, Kalaydjian A, Kessler RC, Sampson N, Merikangas KR. Improving targets for the prevention of drug use disorders: sociodemographic predictors of transitions across drug use stages in the national comorbidity survey replication. Prev Med 2008; 47:629-34. [PMID: 18926848 PMCID: PMC2933380 DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2007] [Revised: 09/16/2008] [Accepted: 09/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Models of drug use etiology and prevention require precise information concerning the expression of population-based risk factors across the continuum of drug use. However, the majority of previous epidemiologic research on this topic has not addressed transitions between specific drug stages. The present investigation examined the sociodemographic predictors of progression across six stages of drug use in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R), a nationally representative household survey of the U.S. population conducted between February, 2001 and April, 2003. METHODS Lifetime history of opportunity to use illicit substances, initial drug use, and DSM-IV drug use disorders were collected using in-person structured diagnostic interviews. RESULTS The median age of first opportunity to use drugs as well as drug use, abuse and dependence each occurred prior to age 20, while the median remission from abuse and dependence occurred at 26 and 30 years, respectively. Most sociodemographic variables, in particular sex and ethnicity, demonstrated highly differential associations with transitions depending on the stage examined. CONCLUSIONS The findings may partially explain the effectiveness of strategies designed to reduce drug use, abuse and dependence, and indicate that increased correspondence is needed between available epidemiologic data and existing models of etiology or prevention.
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- Joel Swendsen
- National Scientific Research Center (CNRS 5231), University of Bordeaux, 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux, France.
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Lee RD, Rasinski KA. Five grams of coke: Racism, moralism and White public opinion on sanctions for first time possession. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2006.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Werch CC, Grenard JL, Burnett J, Watkins JA, Ames S, Jobli E. Translation as a function of modality: the potential of brief interventions. Eval Health Prof 2006; 29:89-125. [PMID: 16510881 DOI: 10.1177/0163278705284444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The purpose of this article is to examine the potential of brief intervention (BI) as a modality for translating health behavior intervention research into practice. We discuss common definitions of BI, applications within common models of translation research, effects of BI on a range of health behaviors and across various populations, current and potential mechanisms, and uses for dissemination to practice. A number of advantages of BI suggest they are well suited for translating behavioral research. In addition, findings from 13 systematic reviews of BI effects show their potential versatility. Basic research on motivation, decision making, and persuasion may be applied to the design of BIs (Type 1 translation). Suggestions for translating BI research into practice are discussed (Type 2 translation). The article concludes that efforts to use BIs to translate research into practice are currently underdeveloped. Recommendations are provided for using BI in translating research into practice.
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- Chudley Chad Werch
- Addictive & Health Behaviors Research Institute, University of Florida, USA.
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Adolescent perceptions of the risks associated with the use of licit and illicit substances have important implications for policy and research. However, the methodological properties of the most popular risk measures in school surveys in Europe and the United States are not well understood. This study examines the potential contrast effects of risk measures of "heavy" and frequent substance use on perceived risks of occasional, moderate, and "experimental" use. Responses to 11 measures of the perceived risk of occasional smoking, moderate drinking, and experimental use of illicit substances were compared between two question forms administered to a split-half sample of all Icelandic ninth (14-15 years of age) and tenth (15-16 years of age) grade students present in class on the day of administration in March 2003 (N = 7099). In one form, only these 11 questions were used, while the other form also contained 13 questions on the perceived risk of heavy smoking, heavy drinking, and regular use of illicit substances. The longer form is found to decrease response rates and suppress estimates of perceived risk of experimental illicit substance use. Question form and perceived risks of heavy and regular use generally do not affect the multivariate effects of perceived risks of occasional, moderate, and experimental substance use on lifetime abstinence from each substance. It is argued that measures of perceived risks of heavy and regular substance use are less useful for prevention policy and research than are corresponding measures of occasional, moderate, and experimental substance use, and including the former in the same instrument may adversely affect the measurement of the latter constructs.
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Jones M, Murphy S, Salmon D, Kimberlee R, Orme J. Implementing The Rock Challenge: teacher perspectives on a performing arts programme. HEALTH EDUCATION 2004. [DOI: 10.1108/09654280410564123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The Rock Challenge is a school‐based performing arts programme that that aims to promote healthy lifestyles amongst secondary school students. This paper reports on teacher perspectives on the implementation of The Rock Challenge in nine English schools. This study highlights how performing arts programmes, such as The Rock Challenge, are unlikely to have a simple relationship between guidance and practice in spite of their being popular and sustainable.
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Randolph W, Viswanath K. Lessons learned from public health mass media campaigns: marketing health in a crowded media world. Annu Rev Public Health 2004; 25:419-37. [PMID: 15015928 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.25.101802.123046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 279] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Every year, new public health mass media campaigns are launched attempting to change health behavior and improve health outcomes. These campaigns enter a crowded media environment filled with messages from competing sources. Public health practitioners have to capture not only the attention of the public amid such competition, but also motivate them to change health behaviors that are often entrenched or to initiate habits that may be new or difficult. In what ways are public health mass media campaigns now attempting to succeed in a world crowded with media messages from a myriad of sources? What are the conditions that are necessary for a media campaign to successfully alter health behaviors and alter outcomes in the long term? To what extent can the successes and failures of previous campaigns be useful in teaching important lessons to those planning campaigns in the future? In this chapter we attempt to answer these questions, drawing from recent literature on public health mass media campaigns.
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- Whitney Randolph
- Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Division of Cancer Prevention, 6130 Executive Blvd., Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7368, USA.
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Reinert B, Carver V, Range LM. Anti-Tobacco Education in Vacation Bible School in Mississippi: The Morality of Tobacco Prevention. INTERNATIONAL QUARTERLY OF COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION 2003. [DOI: 10.2190/cdpg-prm3-mc30-6qxj] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Knowledge, attitudes, and behavior regarding the morality of tobacco use of 355 mostly African-American youth in Mississippi, were measured before and after tobacco prevention lessons in summer vacation Bible school. Knowledge and behavioral intentions were strong initially and did not change. Two attitudes improved: youth favored anti-tobacco policy and activism even more after the lessons compared to before. One attitude deteriorated: youth favored banning young people from tobacco less strongly after the lessons compared to before. Educational implications for introducing tobacco prevention, which may seem to be a secular topic, into a religious setting such as summertime Bible school, include covering important topics such as the perniciousness of tobacco companies, the negative influence of tobacco advertisements, the benefits of anti-tobacco policies, and ways to increase young people's personal comfort with anti-tobacco activism.
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