Historique
Article de Périodique
The American STAR comes to England (2003)
(La vedette américaine arrive en Angleterre)
Auteur(s) :
ASHTON, M.
Année
2003
Page(s) :
21-26
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
38
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
SAN (Santé publique / Public health)
Thésaurus mots-clés
MILIEU SCOLAIRE
;
PREVENTION
;
PROGRAMME
;
ALCOOL
;
TABAC
;
CANNABIS
;
EVALUATION
;
FINANCEMENT
Thésaurus géographique
ROYAUME-UNI
Résumé :
The Midwestern Prevention Project is one of the two models for the English national evaluation of drug education. It combines school, parental, and community mobilisation elements. The project was trialed among first-year secondary school pupils in Kansas City and Indianapolis and found to reduce tobacco, alcohol and cannabis use. There was also some evidence of long-term impact through to early adulthood and of reductions in other forms of illegal drug use. Impacts were most consistent and generally most impressive for cigarette smoking. Non-random allocation of schools in Kansas and incomplete reporting of the randomised Indianapolis evaluation leave doubts over the validity of the findings. Probably the project's impact was partly due to the enthusiasm and flexibility of the schools which opted to take it on and partly to the curriculum which provided a structure for their efforts. Full implementation is expensive and requires community commitment. Areas in greatest need may be least able to implement. Cost and commitment are more justifiable if other youth problems are also addressed. The project provides well-constructed models for orchestrating school and community mobilisation and for evaluating their impact. (Extract of the publication)
Affiliation :
UK
Cote :
Abonnement