Evaluating the Lions-Quest “Skills for Adolescence” drug education program: First-year behavior outcomes

Thirty-four schools ( n=7426 consented sixth graders, 71% of the eligible population) were randomized to conditions to test the hypothesis that “Skills for Adolescence” (SFA) is more effective than standard care in deterring and delaying substance use through middle school. One-year posttest data we...

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Published in:Addictive behaviors 2002-07, Vol.27 (4), p.619-632
Main Authors: Eisen, Marvin, Zellman, Gail L, Massett, Holly A, Murray, David M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Children & youth
Drug addiction
Drug prevention
Drug use
Evaluation
Female
Health Education
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Prevention
Program Evaluation
Psychology, Adolescent
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotropic Drugs
School-based
Substance use
Substance-Related Disorders - ethnology
Substance-Related Disorders - prevention & control
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Time Factors
United States
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Summary:Thirty-four schools ( n=7426 consented sixth graders, 71% of the eligible population) were randomized to conditions to test the hypothesis that “Skills for Adolescence” (SFA) is more effective than standard care in deterring and delaying substance use through middle school. One-year posttest data were collected from 6239 seventh graders (84% of those eligible). Initiation of “ever” and “recent” use of five substances for baseline nonusers and changes in recent use for baseline users by experimental condition were compared using mixed model regression to control for school clustering. For pretest nonusers, recent cigarette smoking was lower for SFA than controls ( P
ISSN:0306-4603
1873-6327
DOI:10.1016/S0306-4603(01)00197-6