Application of a Cumulative Strategies Model for Drug Abuse Prevention: Exploring Choices for High Risk Children

2000 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly Horn ◽  
Jerome R. Kolbo
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Abuse Prevention ◽  
Drug Abuse Prevention ◽  
High Risk Children

An Outcome Evaluation of Refusal Skills Program as a Drug Abuse Prevention Strategy

1989 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sehwan Kim ◽  
Jonnie H. McLeod ◽  
Carl Shantzis
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Outcome Evaluation ◽  
Prevention Strategy ◽  
Abuse Prevention ◽  
Drug Abuse Prevention ◽  
Refusal Skills ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
Drug Involvement

In recent years successful strategies developed in the antismoking campaign became the basis for widely publicized and federally endorsed antidrug “Just Say No” programs. Similarly, many refusal skills programs have been introduced as a new strategy in adolescent drug abuse prevention. However, none of these programs have been evaluated. While employing a typical refusal skills program entitled “WHOA! A Great Way To Say NO,” the effectiveness of the program was examined. Through this outcome evaluation, it has been learned that the program was not able to impact on the “high-risk” attitudinal syndromes that are closely related to student drug involvement. Unexpectedly, a significantly larger proportion of students in the program felt it was more difficult to say “No” at the time of the posttest than during the time of the pretest. This seems to suggest that the program participants became more attentive to the issues surrounding saying “No” or, perhaps, were more sensitized to the whole issue involving saying “No,” thereby making it more difficult for them to say “No” during the posttest period.

scholarly journals Drug abuse prevention for high-risk African American children and their families: A review and model program

1993 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent B. Van Hasselt ◽  
Mitchel Hersen ◽  
Jane A. Null ◽  
Robert T. Ammerman ◽  
Oscar G. Bukstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Abuse Prevention ◽  
African American Children ◽  
Model Program ◽  
Drug Abuse Prevention ◽  
American Children

Effectiveness of a Universal Drug Abuse Prevention Approach for Youth at High Risk for Substance Use Initiation

2003 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth W. Griffin ◽  
Gilbert J. Botvin ◽  
Tracy R. Nichols ◽  
Margaret M. Doyle
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Abuse Prevention ◽  
Drug Abuse Prevention ◽  
Prevention Approach ◽  
Substance Use Initiation

An Evaluation of the Fidelity of Implementation of a School-Based Drug Abuse Prevention Program: Project toward No Drug Abuse (TND)

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvana Skara ◽  
Louise Ann Rohrbach ◽  
Ping Sun ◽  
Steve Sussman
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Implementation Fidelity ◽  
Abuse Prevention ◽  
Drug Abuse Prevention ◽  
Behavioral Skills ◽  
Continuation High Schools ◽  
High Risk Youth ◽  
Outcome Differences

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.

Issues and Methods in Evaluating Costs, Benefits, and Cost-Effectiveness of Drug Abuse Prevention Programs for High-Risk Youth

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marsha Lillie-Blanton ◽  
◽  
Pinka Chatterji ◽  
Lisa Werthamer ◽  
Claire Fienson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Abuse Prevention ◽  
Drug Abuse Prevention ◽  
High Risk Youth

Relative effectiveness of comprehensive community programming for drug abuse prevention with high-risk and low-risk adolescents.

1990 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Anderson Johnson ◽  
Mary Ann Pentz ◽  
Mark D. Weber ◽  
James H. Dwyer ◽  
Neal Baer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Relative Effectiveness ◽  
Low Risk ◽  
Abuse Prevention ◽  
Drug Abuse Prevention ◽  
Community Programming
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