Naslov
Project Towards No Drug Abuse: Long-term substance use outcomes evaluation

Autori
Sun, Wei ; Skara, Silvana ; Sun, Ping ; Dent, Clyde W. ; Sussman, Steve

Izvornik
Preventive Medicine (0091-7435) 42 (2006), 3; 188-192

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

Ključne riječi
Long-term maintenance effects ; school-based prevention ; project TND ; prevention program ; risk ; school ; alcohol ; tobacco ; trial

Sažetak
Objectives. This paper presents up to 5 years post- program outcomes of Project Towards No Drug Abuse (Project TND), a drug abuse prevention program conducted in South California alternative high school system during years 1994-1999. Methods. The effects of a 9-session health motivation- social skills-decision-making curriculum were evaluated. Twenty-one schools recruited were randomly assigned to standard care (control), classroom only, or a classroom plus semester-long school-as-community component. Last 30-day use of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, and hard drugs were assessed at three time intervals: short- term (year 1), middle-term (years 2 or 3), and long-term (years 4 or 5). Multilevel random coefficients modeling were employed to estimate the adjusted levels of substance use. Results. Among 1578 baseline subjects, follow-up data were available for 68% (year 1), 66% (years 2 or 3), and 46% (years 4 or 5) of subjects, respectively. Results revealed significant positive long-term program effects for hard drug use at year 4 or 5 for the two program interventions (P = 0.02). Conclusions. Project TND reduced hard drug use in the 46% who were successfully followed. It is the first program to demonstrate long-term self-reported behavioral effects on hard drug use among high-risk youth by using a school-based, limited-session model.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Psihologija, Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti

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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