OUTCOMES OF DRUG EDUCATION: FOUR CASE STUDIES

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-251
Author(s):  
Forest S. Tennant ◽  
Sue C. Weaver ◽  
Charles E. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Sixth Graders ◽  
Illegal Drug ◽  
Illegal Drugs ◽  
Drug Education ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Illegal Drug Use ◽  
Trained Teacher

Due to a need to find educational means to prevent drug abuse, drug education programs in one elementary and three secondary schools were studied. Drug education given to three different groups of secondary children could not be definitely shown to decrease illegal drug use among the students. Following two of these programs, available evidence indicates that some students experimented with illegal drugs. In a group of 70 fifth and sixth graders a drug education program given by a specially trained teacher evoked a positive change in attitude in many students who previously intended to smoke cigarettes or use illegal drugs. This program provides cautious encouragement and may indicate that drug education is more effective in grade schools than secondary schools.

Interventions by Students in Friends' Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drug Use

1997 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reginald G. Smart ◽  
Gina Stoduto
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
Illegal Drug ◽  
Illegal Drugs ◽  
Drug Education ◽  
Illegal Drug Use ◽  
At Home

This article investigates self-reported interventions by students in the alcohol, tobacco, illicit drug use, and drinking-driving of their friends. The data came from a study of 1184 students in Ontario schools in grades 7, 9, 11, and 13. We found that about a third of students intervened in friends' illegal drug use and drinking-driving but about half intervened about smoking. Students who intervened were more likely to be older and spend fewer nights at home. They were less likely to use cannabis, but had more friends using cannabis and illegal drugs. Also, they had more exposure to drug education and were more disapproving of drug use. Drug education may give students the knowledge and confidence to intervene in friends' drug use.

A Didactic-Experiential Model for an Inservice Workshop on Drug Abuse Education

1975 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-370
Author(s):  
Norman S. Giddan ◽  
Stephen A. Rollin
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Program Development ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Inservice Training ◽  
Drug Education ◽  
Education Programs

This one-day workshop on drug education program development combined didactic features with innovative group techniques to generate a practical list of needs, resources and possible programs for use in public schools. Participants discovered that by using specialized inservice training and auxiliary paraprofessional personnel, many of the needs of their schools in the area of drug education might be met without relying on the assistance of outside “expert” consultants. The workshop leaders used psychodrama as a vehicle for cognitive exploration of possible resources and obstacles to proposed drug education programs. The closing activity was the establishing of contracts with individuals or teams from the same schools to implement the program ideas generated in the workshop.

Drug Education: What it is and Isn't

1972 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. Grant
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Change Agent ◽  
Drug Abusers ◽  
Drug Education ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Political Implications

Drug education is a term that has many meanings. It is important that the drug educator assess his own values regarding drug use in our society, then share them freely. His values, however, should not dictate or completely overshadow rationality and honesty. Youth particularly need to know where the educator stands. To think that one can develop drug education programs that are value-free is naive. The drug educator's values, coupled with some operational assumptions, will provide the basis and direction of drug education. Drug education content must include the physiological, pharmacological, psychological, legal, moral, spiritual, and political implications of drug use in our society. This content must be presented in a way that utilizes peer values and settings. The use of ex-drug abusers should be approached rationally and humanly. Drug educators aren't going to make any difference at all, in terms of preventing drug abuse, until they view their role as being that of a “change agent.”

Locus of Control of Participants in a Drug Education Program: An Evaluation

1978 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-187
Author(s):  
Vance Stansell ◽  
Stephen D. Carella ◽  
George A. Letchworth
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
Dependent Measure ◽  
Drug Education ◽  
Perceived Locus Of Control

An evaluation study was done to assess changes in perceived locus of control of adults who work in the drug abuse field and participated in a drug abuse training program. Two separate programs were examined with differing results. These outcomes are discussed with regard to composition of the groups and scores on the dependent measure.

A Practical Approach to Drug Education

1976 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 343-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. Chunko
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Drug Education ◽  
Cultural Variables

It is the province of all educators to effectively deal with the tribulations of drug abuse on the highest level possible. This level may simply be termed the “preventive resolution.” A cogent drug education program, factorally suited to age-education, developmental and cultural variables and longitudinally implemented throughout a community educational system, is the preventive resolution.

scholarly journals P1684MULTI-NATIONAL SURVEY AMONG NEPHROLOGISTS AND TRANSPLANT SURGEONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY AND ACCEPTANCE OF MARGINAL LIVE KIDNEY DONORS WITH HEAVY SMOKING OR INTERMITTENT DRUG ABUSE

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (Supplement_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziad Arabi ◽  
Abdullah Hamad ◽  
Kaysi Saleh ◽  
Mohammad Bukhari
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Illegal Drug ◽  
Illegal Drugs ◽  
Kidney Donor ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Kidney Donors ◽  
Heavy Smoking ◽  
Illegal Drug Use ◽  
Active Smoker ◽  
Alternative Donor

Abstract Background and Aims Potential kidney donors who actively smoke heavily or had intermittent illegal drug use (IIDU) are mostly excluded from donating a kidney. Tobacco use in kidney donor has been linked to worse outcomes for donors and while less evidence exists for IIDU as they mostly excluded from donation. We conducted a short survey about the suitability of these marginal living kidney donors. The purpose of this survey is to form a consensus on live kidney donor with using smoking or illegal drugs. Method This is a cross-sectional survey of nephrologists and transplant surgeons about suitability and acceptance of marginal live kidney donors. We asked physicians about accepting kidney donors who are actively smoking or using illegal drugs. The survey was mainly distributed through AST and ERA-EDTA. The role of these organization is limited to facilitate the distribution of the survey as an external study. We excluded in-training nephrologists or transplant surgeons. Results One hundred twenty-two physicians from 22 countries (80% nephrologists and 20% transplant surgeons (TS)) participated in the survey. Most physicians were experienced in pre-transplant evaluation (72% over 6 years’ experience and 68.5% of responders perform donors’ evaluation on weekly or monthly bases). Interestingly, most physicians would allow donation in active smoker with advice to quit later (56.2%) (62% of nephrologists versus only 29% of TS (p=0.002). TS would decline active smoker patients than nephrologists (42% versus 25%, p=0.09). Less physicians considered donors with IDU (after psychiatric counselling) than active smoking (30% versus 56.2%, p=0.00003). There was no difference in acceptance rate for donors with IIDU between TS and nephrologists (33.3% versus 29% respectively, p=NS) or in declining these donors (37.5% versus 45.3%, p=0.4). TS would accept more active smokers to donate if no alternative donor available than nephrologists (29.2% vs. 12.3%, p=0.04) but not IDU (29.2% vs. 25.8%, p=ns). Conclusion Active heavy smoking and intermittent illegal drug use are not viewed as solo contraindications for kidney donation by most physicians. Nephrologists and TS did not differ in attitude regarding donors with IIDU. Nephrologist seems more confident to accept donors who are actively smoking with advice to quit afterward while TS would accept them more if no alternative donor available or would decline them completely.

Education about Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs—A Challenge to Our Schools

1971 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seymour Eiseman
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Instructional Program ◽  
The Other ◽  
Drug Education ◽  
Curriculum Framework ◽  
Dynamic Programs

The author describes the most serious problem of drug abuse in the nation's schools. He attempts to describe the role of the school and its responsibility as a preventive agent or deterrent to youthful drug abuse. The epidemic proportions of drug abuse in our schools could be effectively diminished with the necessary ingredients for successful results. These ingredients should include such items as thought, inquiry, analysis, evaluation and decision-making. The writer further describes how health education classes with realistic and dynamic programs of instruction can also serve as effective deterrents to youthful drug abuse. He further describes a method in which the other disciplines that make up the instructional program of a school can reinforce the health and drug education program, thus building up a total educational thrust within the existing curriculum framework.

Will Classroom Instruction Change Attitudes toward Drug Abuse?

1977 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 973-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. T. Vogt
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Classroom Instruction ◽  
Drug Education

A classroom drug-education program was evaluated in the field to determine if it changed attitudes toward the abuse of marijuana, stimulants, depressants, LSD, and heroin. The subjects were 80 7th graders from middle-class homes. The results indicated that the program did not significantly change drug-abuse attitudes.

Lessons Learned: The Evaluation of a Drug Education Program

1982 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Royse ◽  
Stephen Keller ◽  
James L. Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Drug Education ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Instrument Selection ◽  
Mental Health Funding ◽  
Health Funding ◽  
Funding Body

In an evaluation of a mass drug education program involving over 1,000 students, a mental health funding body in southwestern Ohio learned a number of lessons which should prove useful to anyone engaging in, or planning to engage in, evaluations of drug education programs. Problems such as instrument selection, logistical constraints and data analysis are discussed. Suggestions are given as to how the present study could have been improved and recommendations for future evaluations are made.

Parental Awareness: Knowledge and Attitudes toward Drug Use

1972 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Ritter
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Factual Knowledge ◽  
Drug Education ◽  
Parental Awareness ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes

The purpose of the article was to investigate parents' knowledge and attitudes concerning drug abuse. The results of the study suggest that factual knowledge and “liberal-conservative” attitudes toward drugs is significantly related to age. Sex of parent was also found to be a factor as was level of educational attainment. It was concluded that a comprehensive drug education program should include “education” of parents as well as children.

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