The Critical Assessment of the T.V. Film “The Drug Takers”

Abstract

Tlie Granada T.V. filtn "The Drug Takers" was made to present fads about drug abuse in an unsemational, rational way. The effects of the film on a sample of school children was assessed using a questionnaire and the main finding was that the fitm had no significant effect on any of the attitudes assessed. Possible reasons for this are examined, which imply a different approach to future educational projects in this field.

Consumer Health Information Technology in the Prevention of Substance Abuse: Scoping Review

“…Most studies included in the review were conducted in the United States. Countries other than the United States were Canada [206-208], Australia [207-212], Brazil [213], the Netherlands [214], New Zealand [29], Norway [209,215,216], the United Kingdom [28,209,217], Germany [207], and Switzerland [218]. Moreover, 1 systematic review included 7 studies from the United States, and 1 from Norway [216].…”

“…Moreover, 1 study in the United Kingdom having subjects from 7 schools included 1 school with predominantly black students and the rest with mostly white students [217]. Another UK school-based study reported their participants were chosen to have a balance between both sexes, residence in rural and urban areas, and varying intellectual abilities [28]. A total of 4 studies specifically evaluated interventions on adolescent girls [220,223,234,235].…”

“…Of the 42 studies included in this review, Table 1 shows the different CHIT platforms used by the studies included. Moreover, 4 studies (Schuman et al, 1971; Milne et al, 1975; Pickens, 1984; and Eiser et al, 1988) looked at the effects of films as a part of educational programs to promote discussion around the areas of substance use [28,29,217,225]. The Schuman et al’s (1971) study was a cross-sectional study conducted to evaluate the results of a field test implemented to emphasize on aspects such as motivations governing drug behaviors as opposed to drug facts [225].…”

“…The Schuman et al’s (1971) study was a cross-sectional study conducted to evaluate the results of a field test implemented to emphasize on aspects such as motivations governing drug behaviors as opposed to drug facts [225]. The Milne et al’s (1975) study used a pre-post study design [28], whereas the Eiser et al’s (1988) study used an RCT design to assess the effectiveness of films as a medium of drug education [217]. The Pickens’ (1984) study was a literature review aimed at assessing the effectiveness of films in drug education compared with other forms of media [29].…”

“…Of the 42 studies reviewed here, 17 studies were in the form of systematic reviews spanning over the past 60 years. Of the remaining 27 studies, 8 studies had a short-term follow-up period of 1 month or less (Schuman et al; Milne et al, 1975; Feingold et al, 1977; Eiser et al, 1988; Moncher et al, 1989; Andrews et al, 2011; Deitz et al, 2011; and Klisch et al, 2013) [26,28,217,219,224,225,236,241]. Most of these studies used a cross-sectional pre-post assessment format.…”