Project Towards No Drug Abuse: Long-term substance use outcomes evaluation

Sun, Wei; Skara, Silvana; Park, Sun; Dent, Clyde W.; Sussman, Steve

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2005.11.011

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“…The present paper describes the first effectiveness trial of Project Towards No Drug Abuse [TND], a high school-based program that has been shown to be effective in reducing adolescent substance use (Dent, Sussman, McCuller, & Stacy, 2001;Sun, Skara, Sun, Dent, & Sussman, 2006;Sussman, Dent, & Stacy, 2002). The aim of the study was to compare program delivery within the same schools by regular classroom teachers and (outside) program specialists.…”

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Fidelity of Implementation in Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND): A Comparison of Classroom Teachers and Program Specialists

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This paper presents the results of an effectiveness trial of Project Towards No Drug Abuse [TND], in which we compared program delivery by regular classroom teachers and program specialists within the same high schools. Within 18 schools that were randomly assigned to the program or control conditions, health classrooms were assigned to program delivery by teachers or (outside) specialists. Classroom sessions were observed by pairs of observers to assess three domains of implementation fidelity: adherence, classroom process, and perceived student acceptance of the program. Pre-and immediate posttest survey data were collected from 2331 students. Of the four composite indexes of implementation fidelity that were examined, only one (quality of delivery) showed a difference between specialists and teachers, with marginally higher ratings of specialists (p < .10). Both teachers and program specialists achieved effects on three of the five immediate outcome measures, including program-specific knowledge, addiction concern, and social selfcontrol. Students' posttest ratings of the program overall and the quality of program delivery failed to reveal differences between the teacher-and specialist-led classrooms. These results suggest that motivated, trained classroom teachers can implement evidence-based prevention programs with fidelity and achieve immediate effects.

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“…La reducción en el inicio del consumo de estas sustancias puede reflejarse en el menor consumo de sustancias ilegales que producen a corto plazo un mayor impacto negativo en la vida de los consumidores (7,25). La principal fortaleza de este estudio fue contar con una muestra representativa de la población adulta colombiana y valorar el consumo de sustancias mediante una entrevista estructurada.…”

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Puerta de Entrada al Consumo de Sustancias Ilegales en Colombia: Infracciones a la Norma de Inicio

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Campo‐Arias³

2009

Rev. salud pública

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RESUMENObjetivo Establecer la frecuencia de la infracción a la norma del inicio de sustancias ilegales con el uso de alcohol o nicotina en adultos colombianos de la población general. Métodos Se realizó un estudio descriptivo con adultos de la población general de Colombia. Se determinaron las frecuencias de inicio de consumo de sustancias ilegales con sustancias distintas a alcohol o nicotina. Resultados En un total de 4 426 adultos participaron en la investigación y se observó que 127 personas (3,3 %) iniciaron el consumo de sustancias ilegales con el uso de sustancias diferentes a alcohol o nicotina: 2,3 % otra sustancia ilegal antes que marihuana; 0,6 % marihuana antes que alcohol o nicotina; y 0,4 % otra sustancia ilegal antes que alcohol o nicotina. Conclusiones Un número reducido de consumidores de sustancias ilegales en Colombia inicia con sustancias distintas a alcohol o nicotina. Es necesario investigar los factores asociados con este inicio.Palabras Clave: Trastornos relacionados con sustancias, epidemiología, prevalencia, población adulta, salud pública (fuente: DeCS, BIREME). ABSTRACTObjective Establishing the frequency of gateway illegal substance use with alcohol or nicotine being violated amongst Colombian adults in the general population. Methods A descriptive study was carried out on adults from the general Colombian population. Gateway frequencies were determined for illegal substance use regarding substances other than alcohol or nicotine. Results A total of 4,426 adults participated in this research. A group of 127 people (3.3%) reported that they had started illegal substance use before using alcohol or nicotine; 2.3% of them had used other illegal substance before using cannabis, 0,6 % had smoked cannabis before using alcohol or nicotine and 0,4 % had used other illegal substances before using alcohol or nicotine.

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“…Strong effectiveness is defined as statistically significant reductions in substance use at the time of follow-up study compared with the baseline study. For instance, results of Project TND revealed significant positive long-term program effects for hard drug use at year 4 or 5 for the program interventions (p 5 .02) among 1,578 baseline subjects (Sun et al, 2006). The results of Project Northland indicate that at the end of 3 years, students in the intervention school districts report less onset and prevalence of alcohol use that student in the reference districts (Perry et al, 1996).…”

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“…(Plus) (Perry et al, 2003), Healthy for Life (Piper, Moberg, & King, 2000), Native American Project (Schinke, Tepavac, & Cole, 2000), Project Towards No Drug (TND; Sun, Skara, Sun, Dent, & Sussman, 2006;Sussman, Dent, Stacy, & Craig, 1998), Project SixTeen (Biglan, Ary, Smolkowski, Duncan, & Black, 2000), Across Age (LoSciuto, Rajala, Townsend, & Taylor, 1996), Project Northland (Perry et al, 1996), and Yunnan Project (Wu, Detels, Zhang, Li, & Li, 2002).…”

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Best practices in community‐based prevention for youth substance reduction: towards strengths‐based positive development policy

Cheon

2008

Journal Community Psychology

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Substance use among youth remains a major public health and safety concern. One fundamental way to address youth substance use prevention is to keep young people on a positive trajectory by engaging them in positive activities from early years of their childhood. In this article, the author offers a best practice analysis of systematic review about 12 selected community‐based preventions, and proposes policy changes towards incorporating a strengths perspective. A substantive, methodological, and value‐based critical analysis of the strongly effective preventions was conducted. A strengths‐based positive youth development perspective is specified as one feasible needed improvement and subsequent policy changes in the school district as well as in the local, state, and federal levels are proposed along with the suggestion of a mandated community youth participation strategy. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Project Towards No Drug Abuse: Long-term substance use outcomes evaluation

Cited by 66 publications

References 16 publications

Fidelity of Implementation in Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND): A Comparison of Classroom Teachers and Program Specialists

Fidelity of Implementation in Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND): A Comparison of Classroom Teachers and Program Specialists

Puerta de Entrada al Consumo de Sustancias Ilegales en Colombia: Infracciones a la Norma de Inicio

Best practices in community‐based prevention for youth substance reduction: towards strengths‐based positive development policy

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