Trial reportPrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2017
The #Tamojunto Drug Prevention Program in Brazilian Schools: a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04566627 (Acceptability and Feasibility Study of the Program "Yo Se Lo Que Quiero"), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Acceptability and Feasibility Study of the Program "Yo Se Lo Que Quiero" (Unplugged) Aiming to Reduce Substance Use Among Adolescents in Chile: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Study.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 98 citations in OpenAlex.
- Suicide ideation and psychotropic recreational drug use by adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina · 2024Pooled it
- Primary-level and community worker interventions for the prevention of mental disorders and the promotion of well-being in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Patient-level interventions to reduce alcohol-related harms in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-summary.PLoS medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Six-month follow-up of the 'Mi Mejor Plan' school-based prevention program: a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial among early adolescents in Chile.BMC public health · 2026Trial
- Does the Brazilian version of the strengthening families program (Familias Fortes) reduce adolescent substance use and change parental behavior? Evidence from a 2-year follow-up study.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Acceptability, feasibility and fidelity of the culturally adapted version of Unplugged ("Yo Se Lo Que Quiero"), a substance use preventive program among adolescents in Chile: a pilot randomized controlled study.BMC public health · 2024Trial
- Bullying as a Risk Factor for Eating Disorder Behaviors Among Students: Secondary Analysis for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Child psychiatry and human development · 2023Trial
- Effects of a School-Based Drug Prevention Program on Sexual Risk Behavior Among Adolescents in Brazilian Schools.Archives of sexual behavior · 2021Trial
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- Binge drinking and frequent or heavy drinking among adolescents: prevalence and associated factors.Jornal de pediatriaTrial
- Health Action in ScHools for a Thriving Adolescent Generation (HASHTAG): a feasibility trial of a school-based intervention for mental health promotion and prevention among adolescents in South Africa.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- The power of the social: A systematic review and meta-analysis of social interventions in Global Mental Health.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Effect of Parental Behaviors on Adolescents' Binge Drinking and Externalizing and Internalizing Problems Via Adolescents' Future Orientation.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2025Article
- Methodological characteristics of evaluative studies of drug prevention programs in Brazil: scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2025Article
- Short-term effects of the strengthening families Program (SFP 10-14) in Brazil: a cluster randomized controlled trial.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
- Integrated Theory-Based Health and Development Interventions for Young People: A Global Scoping Review.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2024Article
- Implementation fidelity of a Brazilian drug use prevention program and its effect among adolescents: a mixed-methods study.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2022Article
- Adaptation of the Communities That Care Youth Survey for use in Brazil: A pilot study.Health promotion international · 2022Article
- Prevention of Alcohol Consumption Programs for Children and Youth: A Narrative and Critical Review of Recent Publications.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Unintended Consequences: The Potential for Adolescent Health Interventions to Have Unexpected Effects.Archives of sexual behavior · 2021Article
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Abstract
A randomized controlled trial was conducted in 2014 with 7th and 8th grade students from 72 public schools in 6 Brazilian cities. This trial aimed to evaluate the effects of an adapted European school-based drug prevention program Unplugged, called #Tamojunto in Brazil, which was implemented by the Ministry of Health as part of public policy. The experimental group (n = 3340) attended 12 classes in the #Tamojunto program, and the control group (n = 3318) did not receive a school prevention program. Baseline data were collected prior to program implementation, and follow-up data were collected 9 months later, allowing a matching of 4213 adolescents in both waves. The substances examined were alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, inhalants, cocaine, and crack. Multilevel analyses were used to evaluate the changes in consumption of each drug between time points and between groups. The intervention and control groups had similar baseline characteristics. The mean age of the adolescents was 12.5 ± 0.7 years, and 51.3% were female. The program seemed to increase alcohol use initiation (first alcohol use); students in the experimental group had a 30% increased risk of initiating alcohol use during the 9-month follow-up (aRR = 1.30, 95% confidence interval (95%CI) 1.13-1.49, p < 0.001) compared to the control group. The opposite was found for the first inhalant use: the risk of using inhalants for the first time after baseline was lower in the experimental group (aRR = 0.78, 95%CI 0.63-0.96, p = 0.021) than the control group. The results of the #Tamojunto program suggest that the content and lessons regarding alcohol may enhance curiosity about its use among adolescents. We suggest a re-evaluation of the expansion of the #Tamojunto program in schools while analyzing why the program's effects were inconsistent with those of previous European studies.
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