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Andia B. Eisman; Jeffrey Martin; Rebecca E. Hasson; Amy M. Kilbourne – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: Comprehensive health education in schools can effectively prevent drug use and related outcomes, but successful implementation remains challenging. Contextual determinants, including intervention-setting compatibility, focus on the intervention, available resources, and leadership support, influence implementation success. This study…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Comprehensive School Health Education, Drug Use, Drug Education
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Elizabeth Genné-Bacon; Michal Fux; Sara A. Bove; Finn Payne; Georgia Xenakis; John D. Coley; Carol Bascom-Slack – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are an effective method of engaging large numbers of students in authentic research but are associated with barriers to adoption. Short CURE modules may serve as a low-barrier entryway, but their effectiveness in promoting expansion has not been studied. The Prevalence of Antibiotic…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Student Research, Undergraduate Students, Drug Education
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Beamon, Emily R.; Henson, Robert A.; Kelly, Samantha E.; Hansen, William B.; Wyrick, David L. – Prevention Science, 2023
The goal of the current study is to examine the degree to which measures of quality of implementation and student engagement moderate pretest--posttest changes in mediating variables that are targeted by DARE "keepin' it REAL." DARE officers (10 elementary school, five middle school) taught DARE "keepin' it REAL lessons to 1,017…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Drug Education, Police, Program Implementation
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Dawnyéa D. Jackson; Dana E. Wagner; Penny Norman; Gray Abarca; Kim Zambole – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
Similar to national trends, in Illinois, fatal opioid overdoses have risen. Black men (35+) outrank all other racial subgroups for the highest rate of fatal opioid overdoses in the state. To address this, Prevention First and the Illinois Department of Human Services developed a public health education campaign to support increasing enrollment in…
Descriptors: Adults, Males, Blacks, Drug Addiction
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Rigg, Khary K.; Menendez, Kimberly M. – Health Education Journal, 2018
Schools are an important venue for implementing drug prevention programmes. School-based programmes have been shown to be an efficacious and cost-effective method of reducing substance use disorders among youth. There exists lack of consensus, however, regarding who makes the most effective programme providers. Drug prevention programmes are led…
Descriptors: Drug Education, Prevention, Substance Abuse, Program Effectiveness
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Caputi, Theodore L.; McLellan, A. Thomas – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2017
The study investigates the effectiveness and appropriateness of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Keepin' it REAL (KiR) curriculum--America's most prevalent in-school prevention programme--using a modified systematic review procedure as adapted from the Cochrane Handbook. No published studies research the D.A.R.E. version of KiR, and…
Descriptors: Drug Education, Program Implementation, Audiences, Program Evaluation
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Shamblen, Stephen R.; Courser, Matthew W.; Abadi, Melissa H.; Johnson, Knowlton W.; Young, Linda; Browne, Thomas J. – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2014
Introduction: Although Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) has been one of the most commonly used prevention programmes in the United States, few evaluations have shown DARE to be an effective prevention program. DARE (or PROERD) is frequently used in Brazil as well. A central component of DARE is police officers serving as instructors. It was…
Descriptors: Drug Education, Program Evaluation, Prevention, Police School Relationship
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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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Little, Melissa A.; Sussman, Steven; Sun, Ping; Rohrbach, Louise A. – Health Education, 2013
Purpose: The current study aims to examine the influence of contextual and provider-level factors on the implementation fidelity of a research-based substance abuse prevention program. Also, it aims to investigate whether two provider-level factors, self-efficacy and beliefs about the value of the program, statistically moderate and mediate the…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Prevention, Fidelity, Context Effect
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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
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Vincus, Amy A.; Ringwalt, Chris; Harris, Melissa S.; Shamblen, Stephen R. – Journal of Drug Education, 2010
We present the short-term results of a quasi-experimental evaluation of the revised D. A. R. E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) curriculum. Study outcomes examined were D. A. R. E.'s effects on three substances, namely students' lifetime and 30-day use of tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana, as well as their school attendance and academic…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Elementary School Curriculum, Intervention, Drug Education
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Hansen, William B.; Bishop, Dana C.; Jackson-Newsom, Julia – Journal of Drug Education, 2010
Classroom behavior management interventions have been used successfully with drug prevention programs to prevent subsequent antisocial behavior and substance use among youth. This article presents results from implementation of the All Stars Challenge, a classroom-based behavior management component to a drug prevention program for fifth graders.…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Intervention, Antisocial Behavior, Prevention
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Tricker, Raymond; Davis, Lorraine G. – Journal of School Health, 1988
This study examined conditions under which three substance abuse curricula were implemented in three Oregon school districts. Data related to teachers' involvement were collected from interviews of 44 teachers in 21 schools. Information from program coordinators included details of implementation of curricula with 4,325 students. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Evaluation, Drug Education
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Beardsley, Robert S.; And Others – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1981
The need to provide consumer drug education to the elderly has been well-documented. Pharmacists and pharmacy students must learn how to present the material to this population in order to encourage more appropriate use. The Maryland Elder-Ed program represents a unique approach to meeting these needs. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Drug Education, Drug Therapy, Higher Education
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