Naslov
An evaluation of the fidelity of implementation of a school- based drug abuse prevention program: Project Toward no Drug Abuse (TND)

Autori
Skara, Silvana ; Rohrbach, Louise Ann ; Sun, Ping ; Sussman, Steve

Izvornik
Journal of Drug Education (0047-2379) 35 (2005), 4; 305-329

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Drug abuse prevention ; implementation evaluation ; process evaluation ; high-risk youth ; self-instruction ; adolescence ; reliability ; curriculum ; outcomes ; alcohol ; tobacco ; impact ; issues ; trial

Sažetak
This article provides an implementation fidelity evaluation of the fourth experimental trial of Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND). Two theoretical content components of the curriculum were examined to increase our understanding of the active ingredients of successful drug abuse prevention programs. A total of 18 senior high schools were randomly assigned by block to receive one of three conditions: cognitive perception information curriculum, cognitive perception information + behavioral skills curriculum, or standard care (control). These curricula were delivered to both regular and continuation high schools students (n = 2331) by trained project health educators and regular classroom teachers. Across all program schools, the two different curricula were implemented as intended, were received favorably by students, and showed significant improvements in knowledge specific to the theoretical content being delivered. This pattern of results suggests that the experimental manipulations worked as intended, and thus, permit the attribution of future behavioral outcome differences between conditions to differences in content of Project TND material provided rather than to differences in the fidelity of delivery, Further, our findings indicate that Project TND can be implemented effectively with low and high risk youth in a general environment as well as with high risk youth in a more specialized environment.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti, Obrazovne znanosti (psihologija odgoja i obrazovanja, sociologija obrazovanja, politologija obrazovanja, ekonomika obrazovanja, antropologija obrazovanja, neuroznanost i rano učenje, pedagoške discipline)

Napomena
Funding agencies: United States Department of Health & Human Services ; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA ; NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

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