Effects of a school-based drug use prevention programme for middle-school students in Taiwan. (February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chang, Fong-Ching; Chang, Yu-Chen; Lee, Ching-Mei; Lung, Chih-Ning; Liao, Hsin-Jung; Lee, Shu-Ching; Miao, Nae-Fang; Lin, Sieh-Hwa; Zeng, Wang-Ting
• Is Part Of: Drugs. Volume 22:Number 1(2015:Feb.)
• Page Start: 43
• Page End: 51
• Publication Date: 2015-02
• Subjects: Health education -- Periodicals; Medical policy -- Periodicals; Substance abuse -- Periodicals; Éducation sanitaire -- Périodiques; Politique sanitaire -- Périodiques; Polytoxicomanie -- Périodiques; 362.291705
• DOI: 10.3109/09687637.2014.952271
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0968-7637

Abstract

<abstract> <title>Abstract</title> <p>This study examined the effects of a school-based drug use prevention programme for middle-school students in Taiwan. The curriculum consisted of 10 lessons and 4 homework assignments involving parent–child activities. A quasi-experimental design was used. The study was conducted in an urban middle-school located in Taipei city and in a middle-school located in a rural area in Taoyuan county. A total of 327 middle-school students in the intervention group and 314 students in the comparison group successfully participated in the baseline (September 2011) and follow-up surveys (November 2011). A mixed-model approach was used to examine the effects. Multivariate analysis results indicated that the school-based drug-prevention programme increased the students' drug-related knowledge, drug-prevention attitudes, enhanced life skills, and improved perceived parental involvement in the prevention of drug use. The results of this study endorse the implementation of school-based drug use prevention programmes that include parent–child activities to enhance youth drug-prevention knowledge, attitudes, and life skills.</p> </abstract>