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Bailey, William J. – Journal of School Health, 1985
A questionnaire was administered to university and high school students enrolled in drug education programs to survey the credibility of various message sources. Doctoral-level university-trained professionals with relevant experience were found to be the message source deemed most credible by both groups of students. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: Credibility, Drug Education, Health Education, Higher Education
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Rickett, Mary; Sheppard, Margaret A. – Journal of Drug Education, 1988
Teaching students decision-making skills is integral to many drug education programs. Conducted series of studies examining elementary and secondary school students' attitudes toward making decisions. Found different age groups perceived making decisions differently. Suggests practitioners need to take maturational levels into consideration when…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Decision Making
Miller, Richard E.; Kitzerow, Leslie J. – 1982
Attempts at providing drug information and drug education to resident students, Residence Directors (RD's), and Residence Student Advisors (RSA's) at Kent State Universtiy (Ohio) had three major objectives: (1) provide substance abuse awareness to residence hall students by disseminating drug information; (2) supplement the training of RD's and…
Descriptors: College Students, Dormitories, Drug Education, Drug Use
Knight, K.; And Others – 1990
To attempt to incorporate the perceptions of consumers of alcohol education programs about topic relevance and importance, a modified version of a methodology that extracts, evaluates, and combines information from novices and experts to determine commonly held scripts and schema was used. In the first of two studies, 37 students at Texas…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Attitude Measures, College Students, Data Collection
Sabatino, Melissa – 1996
The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities (SDFSC) Act of 1986 provides funding to school districts to supplement local efforts to eliminate drug and alcohol use by their students. In 1995-96, its ninth year of funding, the Austin Independent School District (AISD) (Texas) received $363,720 from the SDFSC grant plus a sum carried over from…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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