SynthesisJAMA pediatrics2015
Independent Evaluation of Middle School-Based Drug Prevention Curricula: A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in JAMA pediatrics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05443750 (Digital Motivational Behavioral Economic Intervention to Reduce Risky Drinking Among Community-Dwelling Emerging Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers.
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Digital Motivational Behavioral Economic Intervention to Reduce Risky Drinking Among Community-Dwelling Emerging Adults
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of Middle School Interventions on Alcohol Misuse and Abuse in Mexican American High School Adolescents: Five-Year Follow-up of a Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA psychiatry · 2018Trial
- Steps Towards Alcohol Misuse Prevention Programme (STAMPP): a school-based and community-based cluster randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2018Trial
- Effectiveness of a School-Based Drug Prevention Program: Tú Decides 2.0.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2026Article
- Addressing student substance use in Canadian schools: an exploration of administrators' perspectives.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of a hybrid digital substance abuse prevention approach combining e-Learning and in-person class sessions.Frontiers in digital health · 2022Article
- Evaluating a school-based science program that teaches the physiological effects of nicotine.Addictive behaviors · 2021Article
- Cannabis use and cannabis use disorder.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2021Review
- Methodological Advances in Leveraging Neuroimaging Datasets in Adolescent Substance Use Research.Current addiction reports · 2019Article
- Social Interface Model: Theorizing Ecological Post-Delivery Processes for Intervention Effects.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2018Article
- The discordance between evidence and health policy in the United States: the science of translational research and the critical role of diverse stakeholders.Health research policy and systems · 2018Article
- Studies evaluating of health interventions at schools: an integrative literature review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2018Review
- Impact of cannabis legalization on treatment and research priorities for cannabis use disorder.International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England) · 2018Review
- Prevalence, perceptions, and consequences of substance use in medical students.Medical education online · 2017Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
importanceLack of robust program evaluation has hindered the effectiveness of school-based drug abuse prevention curricula overall. Independently evaluated randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of universal, middle school-based drug abuse prevention curricula are the most useful indicators of whether such programs are effective or ineffective.
objectiveTo conduct a systematic review identifying independently evaluated RCTs of universal, middle school-based drug abuse prevention curricula; extract data on study quality and substance use outcomes; and assess evidence of program effectiveness. EVIDENCE REVIEW: PsycInfo, Educational Resources Information Center, Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews were searched between January 1, 1984, and March 15, 2015. Search terms included variations of drug, alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use, as well as school, prevention, and effectiveness. Studies included in the review were RCTs carried out by independent evaluators of universal school-based drug prevention curricula available for dissemination in the United States that reported alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, or other drug use outcomes. Two researchers extracted data on study quality and outcomes independently using a data extraction form and met to resolve disagreements.
findingsA total of 5071 publications were reviewed, with 13 articles meeting final inclusion criteria. Of the 13 articles, 6 RCTs of 4 distinct school-based curricula were identified for inclusion. Outcomes were reported for 42 single-drug measures in the independent RCTs, with just 3 presenting statistically significant (P < .05) differences between the intervention group and the control group. One program revealed statistically significant positive effects at final follow-up (Lions-Quest Skills for Adolescence). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The results of our review demonstrate the dearth of independent research that appropriately evaluates the effectiveness of universal, middle school-based drug prevention curricula. Independent evaluations show little evidence of effectiveness for widely used programs. New methods may be necessary to approach school-based adolescent drug prevention.
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