Effects of a Stage-Based Alcohol Preventive Intervention for Inner-City Youth

The purpose of this study was to examine first year outcomes of an alcohol preventive intervention within inner-city middle schools. Subjects consisted of 650 sixth grade students from one neighborhood inner-city school (n = 262) and one bused school (n = 388). At posttest, chi-square analyses showe...

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Published in:Journal of drug education 2001-01, Vol.31 (2), p.123-138
Main Authors: Werch, Chudley E., Carlson, Joan M., Owen, Deborah M., Diclemente, Carlo C., Carbonari, Joseph P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Alcohol
Alcohol Drinking - prevention & control
Alcohol use
Alcoholism
Biological and medical sciences
Brief interventions
Chi-square test
Child
Child Behavior - psychology
Drinking
Drug prevention
First year
Florida
Grade 6
Health Education - organization & administration
Health Promotion
Humans
Inner City
Intermediate Grades
Medical sciences
Middle Schools
Neighborhoods
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Prevention
Prevention and actions
Program Effectiveness
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
School Health Services
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
Students
Surveys and Questionnaires
Urban Population
Urban Schools
Urban Youth
Youth Programs
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to examine first year outcomes of an alcohol preventive intervention within inner-city middle schools. Subjects consisted of 650 sixth grade students from one neighborhood inner-city school (n = 262) and one bused school (n = 388). At posttest, chi-square analyses showed that significantly fewer neighborhood intervention students initiated alcohol use, used alcohol during the past seven-day and thirty-day periods, drank heavily during the past thirty days, and drank over any period of time, compared to control students (p's, < .05). Significant group × prior alcohol consequences interaction effects were found for bused students, showing those with past alcohol consequences who received the intervention had less intentions to use alcohol and less frequent use of alcohol (p's < .05). These results suggest that a brief, stage-based preventive intervention may result in significant reductions in alcohol initiation and consumption among some inner-city youth.
ISSN:0047-2379
1541-4159
DOI:10.2190/VEB0-7Y4M-M79W-DNW5