Trial reportBMC public health2012
A feasibility trial to examine the social norms approach for the prevention and reduction of licit and illicit drug use in European University and college students.
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- Effects of a Brief Web-Based "Social Norms"-Intervention on Alcohol, Tobacco and Cannabis Use Among German University Students: Results of a Cluster-Controlled Trial Conducted at Eight Universities.Frontiers in public health · 2021Trial
- The GOOD life: Study protocol for a social norms intervention to reduce alcohol and other drug use among Danish adolescents.BMC public health · 2016Trial
- Outcome and process evaluation of a social norms approach intervention on nonmedical use of prescription stimulants for study performance among Flemish university students: a quasi-experimental study.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- The Effectiveness of Universal Educational Interventions for Prevention of Illicit Drug Use among University Students: A Systematic Review.Iranian journal of public health · 2024Review
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- Exploring the experiences of clients receiving opioid use disorder treatment at a methadone clinic in Kenya: a qualitative study.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2022Article
- Negative Consequences of Substance Use in European University Students: Results from Project SNIPE.European addiction research · 2021Article
- How Czech Adolescents Perceive Active Commuting to School: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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- Online Interventions for the Selective Prevention of Illicit Drug Use in Young Drug Users: Exploratory Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Does Level of Received Intervention Dose Have an Impact on the Effectiveness of the Social Norms Alcohol Prevention ProgramFrontiers in public health · 2019Article
- Effects of the social norms interventionPreventive medicine reports · 2018Article
- A Critical Appraisal of the Social Norms Approach as an Interventional Strategy for Health-Related Behavior and Attitude Change.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Review
- Development and evaluation of the efficacy of a web-based 'social norms'-intervention for the prevention and reduction of substance use in a cluster-controlled trial conducted at eight German universities.BMC public health · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundIncorrect perceptions of high rates of peer alcohol and tobacco use are predictive of increased personal use in student populations. Correcting misperceptions by providing feedback has been shown to be an effective intervention for reducing licit drug use. It is currently unknown if social norms interventions are effective in preventing and reducing illicit drug use in European students. The purpose of this paper is to describe the design of a multi-site cluster controlled trial of a web-based social norms intervention aimed at reducing licit and preventing illicit drug use in European university students. METHODS/
designAn online questionnaire to assess rates of drug use will be developed and translated based on existing social norms surveys. Students from sixteen universities in seven participating European countries will be invited to complete the questionnaire. Both intervention and control sites will be chosen by convenience. In each country, the intervention site will be the university that the local principal investigator is affiliated with. We aim to recruit 1000 students per site (baseline assessment). All participants will complete the online questionnaire at baseline. Baseline data will be used to develop social norms messages that will be included in a web-based intervention. The intervention group will receive individualized social norms feedback. The website will remain online during the following 5 months. After five months, a second survey will be conducted and effects of the intervention on social norms and drug use will be measured in comparison to the control site. DISCUSSION: This project is the first cross-national European collaboration to investigate the feasibility of a social norms intervention to reduce licit and prevent illicit drug use among European university students. FINAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: DRKS00004375 on the 'German Clinical Trials Register'.
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