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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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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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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
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1987
This book is a compilation of drug education and drug abuse prevention materials collected by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) along with example of activities carried out by various countries. It opens with four introductory papers by separate authors: (1) "Prevention of Drug Dependence: A Utopian…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Foreign Countries, Prevention
Vuylsteek, K. – 1979
This review presents some examples of health education programs in various countries and serves as a reference for a World Health Organization (WHO) working group on health education for schoolchildren and parents. Details are given on health education programs in relation to smoking, alcoholism, and the nonmedical use of drugs. Program aims,…
Descriptors: Drinking, Drug Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Newman, Ian M.; Deaker, Murray – 1991
This paper chronicles the development of the New Zealand-based Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Education (FADE) and critically reviews this development. FADE's objectives deal with preventing and reducing the use of alcohol and other drugs by young people. FADE chose to operate separately from traditional governmental and nongovernmental alcohol…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Education, Case Studies, Change Agents
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Chen, Huey-Tsyh – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1997
Results from the normative evaluation of an anti-drug abuse program, which attempts to provide counseling services through teachers, indicate a large discrepancy between the program as planned and as delivered, especially with regard to coverage of the target group, quality of treatment, and teacher training. (SLD)
Descriptors: Counseling, Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Evaluation Methods
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Crosswaite, C.; Tooby, J.; Cyster, R. – Health Education Journal, 2004
Objective: To investigate the process, implementation, and short-term outcomes of a drug education programme (SPICED) introduced in Kirklees schools, West Yorkshire. Design: A retrospective evaluation using mixed methods. Setting: Ten primary schools in West Yorkshire. Methods: Interviews with professionals, survey of parents, focus groups with…
Descriptors: Drug Education, School Nurses, Police, Focus Groups
Lowden, Kevin; Powney, Janet – 1994
Two programs on drug, alcohol, and sex education in two Glasgow (Scotland) high schools were evaluated to assess their effectiveness. One was a drugs and alcohol education program at City High School and the other a sexual health program at Clydeside High School. Both schools drew from a local population that included a significant number of…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Course Content, Drug Education, Foreign Countries