A Field Test of a Web-Based Substance Abuse Prevention Training Program for Health Promotion Professionals

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 396-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy L. McPherson ◽  
Royer F. Cook ◽  
Anita S. Back ◽  
Rebekah K. Hersch ◽  
April Hendrickson
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Field Test ◽  
Substance Abuse Prevention ◽  
Abuse Prevention ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Prevention Training

scholarly journals Does an Interactive Health Promotion Website Facilitate Workplace Peer-to-Peer Substance Abuse Prevention?

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah M. Galvin ◽  
Rebecca S. Spicer ◽  
Les R. Becker ◽  
Ted R. Miller ◽  
Dexter M. Taylor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Early Intervention ◽  
Substance Abuse Prevention ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Employee Assistance Program ◽  
Abuse Prevention ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Specific Content ◽  
Interactive Health

Operation RedBlock, a substance abuse prevention and early intervention program at Amtrak, implemented an interactive health promotion website (On The Right Track, OTRT) for its volunteers, other employees and their families. OTRT was customized from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) -sponsored [email protected] website and implemented with the purpose of facilitating the peer-to-peer substance abuse prevention efforts of Operation RedBlock volunteers. SAMHSA’s GetFit website combines broad health and wellness messages with current substance abuse prevention resources. The OTRT customization adds Amtrak relevant and specific content concerning substance abuse prevention resources and treatment options, drug and alcohol use policies, health care coverage, support group meeting locations and dates, and local Operation RedBlock and Employee Assistance Program contact information. Using a retrospective pretest-posttest design this study evaluates whether and how OTRT facilitated peer-to-peer efforts in substance abuse prevention and early intervention. The evaluation revealed that the website significantly improved access to information and resources that helped Operation RedBlock volunteers’ in their peer-to-peer efforts. Volunteers valued the ready availability of reliable information, the confidential nature, and the ease of use of OTRT. Facilitated access to information and resources may help reduce substance abuse among employees at high risk.

scholarly journals Evaluation of a Web-Based Randomized Controlled Trial Educational Intervention Based on Media Literacy on Preventing Substance Abuse Among College Students, Applying the Integrated Social Marketing Approach: A Study Protocol

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanieh Jormand ◽  
Saeed Bashirian ◽  
Majid Barati ◽  
Forouzan Rezapur-Shahkolai ◽  
Mohammad Babamiri
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Substance Abuse Prevention ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Abuse Prevention ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Marketing Approach

Abstract Background:Substance abuse is the actual psychosocial harm, especially in young people confronted with content marketing in nowadays media environment, a risk factor for experiencing substance abuse. Based on the literature review, education designed based on the cognitive-behavioral model and planning models, such as using a social marketing framework, is the most effective method to prevent addictive substance abuse. Also, Media literacy related to substance abuse and the prototype willingness model is considered a new integrated approach to present the intervention measures' desired results.Methods:The present study evaluates an intervention program based on media literacy on substance abuse prevention among students using an integrated social marketing approach. This study aims to complete the SMART model's sixth and seventh stages, implementing intervention and evaluation. Participants will be students of Hamadan University, Iran. Randomization will occur at the university and school levels, and gather data will appear at two-time (i.e., pre-test and three months follow-up). Intervention group Students will obtain both substance abuse prevention education and substance abuse media literacy (SAML) educations between pre-test and three months post-test. Students in the delayed-intervention will be given this education after study accomplishment; this group will receive their regular courses except for substance abuse prevention and media literacy titles during education intervention. The outcome variables are intentions and substance abuse behavior based on prototype willingness and substance abuse media literacy.Discussion:Evaluation of Substance abuse prevention and substance abuse media literacy education must be careful to ensure that they effectively enable people, especially in youth in the new media ecology and unique 'Infomedia' ecosystems, in the current digital society. The SAML education plan's evaluation has the first web-based education program in universities. No prior research has psychometrically considered SAML in students in the SMART model's sixth and seventh stages. Trial registration: IRCT20200914048719N1

Law Enforcement and Substance Abuse Prevention: Training and Strategy Selection

1982 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-42
Author(s):  
John J. Barbara
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Substance Abuse Prevention ◽  
Law Enforcement Officers ◽  
Drug Prevention ◽  
Abuse Prevention ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Strategy Selection ◽  
Specific Training ◽  
Prevention Training

Law enforcement officers need specific training in several related areas before attempting to do drug prevention. This training will also help them select an appropriate strategy to use. There is more to drug prevention than to say that “drugs are harmful.” A suggested training program and a specific information strategy is offered to insure respectability and responsibility for the police officer who does or is going to do substance abuse prevention.

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