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McKay, Michael T.; Sumnall, Harry R.; Harvey, Séamus A.; Cole, Jon C. – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2018
The present study sought the views of stakeholders, including school leaders and statutory stakeholders, on the content and evaluation of a classroom-based alcohol education intervention in a Randomised Controlled Trial in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Purposive sampling was used to ensure that schools from both the Intervention and Control…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Course Content, Intervention, Foreign Countries
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Carreon, Amie Klein; Peoples, JaNiene; Shipley, Meagan; Wilson, Kelly; Ramirez, Cameron – Health Educator, 2016
Excessive drinking among college students, which is influenced by an array of factors ranging from campus norms to membership in student organizations, has been linked to consequences including motor vehicle accidents, cognitive deficits, arrests, overdoses, assaults, and death. Considering the severity of consequences related to drinking,…
Descriptors: College Students, Drinking, Social Media, Health Promotion
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Milroy, Jeffrey J.; Orsini, Muhsin Michael; Wyrick, David L.; Fearnow-Kenney, Melodie; Wagoner, Kimberly G.; Caldwell, Rebecca – American Journal of Health Education, 2015
Background: School-based alcohol and other drug use prevention remains an important national strategy. Collaborative partnerships between universities and high schools have the potential to enhance prevention programming; however, there are challenges to sustaining such partnerships. Purpose: The purpose of this commentary is to underscore…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Drinking, Drug Abuse, Prevention
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Kumaran, Muthusami; Fogarty, Kate; Fung, Whitney M.; Terminello, Amanda – Journal of Extension, 2015
This article discusses a qualitative evaluation of the Florida 4-H Health Rocks! program aimed at youth alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use prevention. A questionnaire was distributed to Extension professionals across Florida to gain insight into the strengths and barriers they faced with programming. Programmatic strengths included targeting a…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Extension Education, Alcohol Abuse, Smoking
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Kanu, Mohamed; Hepler, Nancy; Labi, Halima – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2015
Background: Since 1984, Students Taking a Right Stand (STARS) Nashville has implemented Student Assistance Programs (SAPs) in the middle Tennessee area, to include 14 counties and 16 school districts. STARS Nashville serves K-12 with a focus in middle and high schools. Methods: The current study reviewed studies that utilized quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Middle Schools, High Schools, Meta Analysis
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Hunter, Barbara; MacLean, Sarah; Berends, Lynda – Qualitative Report, 2012
The purpose of this paper is to show how "realist synthesis" methodology (Pawson, 2002) was adapted to review a large sample of community based projects addressing alcohol and drug use problems. Our study drew on a highly varied sample of 127 projects receiving funding from a national non-government organisation in Australia between 2002…
Descriptors: Evidence, Drug Use, Program Implementation, Foreign Countries
Lynch, Sarah; Styles, Ben; Poet, Helen; White, Richard; Bradshaw, Sally; Rabiasz, Adam – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2015
This summary reports the findings from two cluster-randomised trials of Drinkaware's school-based In:tuition life skills and alcohol education intervention: one trial of the programme for 10-11 year olds in primary schools, and another for 12-13 year olds in secondary schools. The trials have been carried out by the National Foundation for…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Alcohol Education, Intervention, Prevention
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Geidne, Susanna; Eriksson, Charli – Health Education, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse the implementation by a non-governmental organization (NGO) of an intervention with two different strategies--one employing confrontational approaches, the other cooperative ones--aiming to reduce the rate of successful purchase attempts (PAs) of medium-strength beer in Sweden.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Nongovernmental Organizations, Foreign Countries, Alcohol Education