An eight session program of alcohol education for parents developed by the U. S. National Council on Alcohol Education was field tested by staff of the Addiction Research Foundation in six Western Ontario communities in 1981. The program, entitled “Decisions and Drinking: The Power of Positive Parenting,” consists of a series of structured learning experiences for parents of young children. Its purpose is to prevent the development of alcohol-related problems in young children by instructing their parents regarding the importance of role-modelling, decision-making, and parental alcohol use. The evaluation was focussed on the effects of the program on the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of the participants with respect to parenting and alcohol use. It was found that the program increased the alcohol knowledge of participants, and influenced their attitudes toward parenting in an undesirable direction. Difficulties in field-testing and implications for further evaluation or program implementation are discussed.
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