Alcohol Prevention for School Students: Results from a 1-Year Follow up of a Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial of Harm Minimisation School Drug Education

Autor/inn/en	Midford, Richard; Cahill, Helen; Lester, Leanne; Ramsden, Robyn; Foxcroft, David; Venning, Lynne
Titel	Alcohol Prevention for School Students: Results from a 1-Year Follow up of a Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial of Harm Minimisation School Drug Education
Quelle	In: Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 25 (2018) 1, S.88-96 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1465-3370
DOI	10.1080/09687637.2017.1290788
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Drug Education; Alcohol Education; Prevention; Program Effectiveness; Followup Studies; Critical Thinking; Skill Development; Grade 8; Grade 9; Grade 10; Knowledge Level; Drinking; Health Behavior; Intervention; At Risk Students; Secondary School Students; Student Attitudes; Parent Child Relationship; Student Characteristics; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Drogenarbeit; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; Kritisches Denken; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Wissensbasis; Trinken; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Sekundarschüler; Schülerverhalten; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Australien
Abstract	Aims: The Drug Education in Victorian Schools (DEVS) programme taught about licit and illicit drugs over two years (2010-2011), with follow up in the third year (2012). It focussed on minimising harm and employed participatory, critical-thinking and skill-focussed pedagogy. This study evaluated the programme's residual effectiveness at follow up in reducing alcohol-related risk and harm. Methods: A cluster-randomised, controlled trial was conducted with a student cohort during years eight (13-14 years old), nine (14-15 years old) and 10 (15-16 years old). Schools were randomly allocated to the DEVS programme (14 schools, n = 1163), or their usual drug education (7 schools, n = 589). Multi-level models were fitted to the data, which were analysed on an intent-to-treat basis. Statistically significant findings: Over the 3 years, there was a greater increase in intervention students' knowledge about drugs, including alcohol. Their alcohol consumption did not increase as much as controls. Their alcohol-related harms decreased, while increasing for controls. There were fewer intervention group risky drinkers, and they reduced their consumption compared to controls. Similarly, harms decreased for intervention group risky drinkers, while increasing for controls. Conclusions: Skill-focussed, harm minimisation drug education can remain effective, subsequent to programme completion, in reducing students' alcohol consumption and harm, even with risky drinkers. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01