ERIC Number: EJ768623
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Aug
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0968-7637
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School- And Home-Based Drug Prevention: Environmental, Parent, and Child Risk Reduction
Hahn, Ellen J.; Hall, Lynne A.; Rayens, Mary Kay; Myers, April V.; Bonnel, Galadriel
Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, v14 n4 p319-331 Aug 2007
The study purpose was to test the effect of a school- and home-based alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) prevention program on reducing environmental, parent, and child risk factors for ATOD use. The design was a three-group pretest-posttest with interviews at baseline and 1 and 6 months post-intervention. The sample was 126 parents and their 5- to 6-year-old children from three elementary schools serving high-risk children. The quality of the home environment, parents' depressive symptoms and school activity involvement, and parents' perception of child adjustment were measured. A school- and home-based version of Beginning Alcohol and Addictions Basic Education Studies (BABES) with a parent-child interaction component (BABES Plus) was compared to a classroom-only version of BABES (BABES Only) and a no-treatment control group. The quality of the home environment improved and depressive symptoms decreased over the post-intervention period for the BABES Plus group, but not for the other two groups. The BABES Only group had greater parent involvement in school activities at 6 months post-intervention, compared to the other groups. Children's anxiety/withdrawal decreased and social competence increased over time for all groups. The effect of the BABES Plus intervention was demonstrated at 6 months for environmental and parental risk factors.
Descriptors: Drug Education, Prevention, Intervention, Risk, Parents, Elementary School Students, High Risk Students, Family Environment, Depression (Psychology), Parent Participation, Parent Attitudes, Adjustment (to Environment), Parent Child Relationship, Interpersonal Competence, Anxiety, Control Groups
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Primary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kentucky
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Home Observation for Measurement of Environment; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
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