Taking School-Based Substance Abuse Prevention to Scale: District-Wide Implementation of Keep a Clear Mind

Autor/inn/en	Jowers, Keri L.; Bradshaw, Catherine P.; Gately, Sherry
Titel	Taking School-Based Substance Abuse Prevention to Scale: District-Wide Implementation of Keep a Clear Mind
Quelle	In: Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 51 (2007) 3, S.73-91 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-1482
Schlagwörter	Substance Abuse; Student Attitudes; Drug Education; Prevention; Focus Groups; Drinking; Measures (Individuals); Program Implementation; Grade 5; Peer Influence; School Districts; Public Schools; Partnerships in Education; Program Effectiveness; Social Attitudes; Parent Child Relationship; Interpersonal Communication; Resistance (Psychology); Smoking; Marijuana; Teacher Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Schülerverhalten; Drogenarbeit; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Trinken; Messdaten; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School district; Schulbezirk; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Resistenz; Rauchen; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	Public schools are under increased pressure to implement evidence-based substance abuse prevention programs. A number of model programs have been identified, but little research has examined the effectiveness of these programs when "brought to scale" or implemented district-wide. The current paper summarizes the application of the Adelman and Taylor's (1997) model for district-wide program implementation to the dissemination of an evidence-based parent-child drug education program called Keep A Clear Mind (KACM; Werch & Young, 1990). In addition to documenting the partnership process used to scale-up the program to a district-level, evaluation results are presented from 2,677 fifth graders in 43 schools who participated in the KACM program. Pre-post comparisons from two consecutive cohorts of students indicated a significant reduction in students' attitudes supporting alcohol use and a significant increase in parent/child communication about prevention, students' perceived ability to resist peer pressure, and their belief that it is "wrong" to use alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana. Focus groups conducted with a subset of the KACM teachers indicated great support for the KACM program, the partnership approach, and the dissemination model. Findings provide support for Adelman and Taylor's (1997) model as a framework for collaborative district-wide implementation of substance-abuse prevention programs. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10