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New inroads in preventing adolescent drug use: results from a large-scale trial of project ALERT in middle schools (2003)
(Du nouveau dans la prévention de l'usage de drogue chez les adolescents : bilan du programme expérimental à grande échelle ALERT dans les collèges)
Auteur(s) :
P. L. ELLICKSON ;
D. F. McCAFFREY ;
GHOSH-DASTIDAR B. ;
LONGSHORE D. L.
Article en page(s) :
1830-1836
Refs biblio. :
49
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Thésaurus mots-clés
MILIEU SCOLAIRE
;
PREVENTION
;
EVALUATION
;
PROGRAMME
;
TABAC
;
CANNABIS
;
INITIATION
;
ALCOOL
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
American Journal of Public Health, 2003, 93, (11), 1830-1836
Note de contenu :
fig. ; tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the revised Project ALERT drug prevention program across a wide variety of Midwestern schools and communities. METHODS: Fifty-five South Dakota middle schools were randomly assigned to program or control conditions. Treatment group students received 11 lessons in 7th grade and 3 more in 8th grade. Program effects for 4276 8th-graders were assessed 18 months after baseline. RESULTS: The revised Project ALERT curriculum curbed cigarette and marijuana use initiation, current and regular cigarette use, and alcohol misuse. Reductions ranged from 19% to 39%. Program effects were not significant for initial and current drinking or for current and regular marijuana use. CONCLUSIONS: School-based drug prevention programs can prevent occasional and more serious drug use, help low- to high-risk adolescents, and be effective in diverse school environments. (Review' s abstract)
ENGLISH :
OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the revised Project ALERT drug prevention program across a wide variety of Midwestern schools and communities. METHODS: Fifty-five South Dakota middle schools were randomly assigned to program or control conditions. Treatment group students received 11 lessons in 7th grade and 3 more in 8th grade. Program effects for 4276 8th-graders were assessed 18 months after baseline. RESULTS: The revised Project ALERT curriculum curbed cigarette and marijuana use initiation, current and regular cigarette use, and alcohol misuse. Reductions ranged from 19% to 39%. Program effects were not significant for initial and current drinking or for current and regular marijuana use. CONCLUSIONS: School-based drug prevention programs can prevent occasional and more serious drug use, help low- to high-risk adolescents, and be effective in diverse school environments. (Review' s abstract)
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