An Undergraduate Student-Led Neuroscience Outreach Program Shows Promise in Shifting Teen Attitudes about Drugs

Autor/inn/en	Lichtenberg, Nina T.; Thompson, Andrew B.; Iguchi, Martin Y.; Evans, Christopher J.; Romero-Calderón, Rafael
Titel	An Undergraduate Student-Led Neuroscience Outreach Program Shows Promise in Shifting Teen Attitudes about Drugs
Quelle	In: Mind, Brain, and Education, 14 (2020) 4, S.387-399 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lichtenberg, Nina T.) ORCID (Evans, Christopher J.) ORCID (Romero-Calderón, Rafael)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1751-2271
DOI	10.1111/mbe.12261
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Drug Education; Outreach Programs; Risk; Drug Addiction; Drug Abuse; High School Students; Student Attitudes; Neurosciences; Physiology; Neurology; Biology; Program Descriptions; Program Evaluation; Instructional Materials; College School Cooperation; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Attitude Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drogenarbeit; Jobcoaching; Risiko; Drug dependence; Drug consomption; Drogenabhängigkeit; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Neuroscience; Neurowissenschaften; Neurowissenschaft; Physiologie; Neurologie; Biologie; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung
Abstract	Drug Outreach, Promoting Awareness (DOPA) is an undergraduate outreach program for local high school students designed to convey the neurobiological basis, risks, and addictive potential of commonly abused drugs. Here we describe DOPA and evaluate the program, including its impact on high school student attitudes about drug harm risk and addiction. Undergraduate neuroscience students versed in the neurobiology, physiology, and policy of drugs are trained in active learning methods, enabling them to create engaging and interactive classroom-based educational materials. Survey results showed that participation in DOPA increased high school student perceptions of the addictive potential and harm risk of drugs, which studies have shown to be inversely correlated with drug-taking. High school students also responded positively to the interactive nature of the program. These findings demonstrate how extensively trained undergraduates who are close peers to high school students can effectively lead science outreach initiatives and shift adolescent attitudes about drugs. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01