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The Unplugged program in Chile ("Yo Sé Lo Que Quiero") for substance use prevention among early adolescents: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Jorge Gaete, Saray Ramírez, Sofía Gana, Daniela Valenzuela, Ricardo Araya

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Article in Trials, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04236999 (Unplugged, a Drug Use Prevention Program), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Unplugged, a Drug Use Prevention Program: Adaptation and Evaluation of Effectiveness Among Students in Chile

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversidad de los Andes, ChileRan2021 to 2023Enrolled8,880ConditionsSubstance UseArmsYo Sé Lo Que Quiero (YSLQQ)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Piloting an Alternative Implementation Modality for a School-Based Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Curriculum.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jorge GaeteUniversidad de los Andes, Research Center for Students Mental Health (ISME), Faculty of Education, Santiago, Chile. jgaete@uandes.cl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6650-6018
Saray RamírezUniversidad de los Andes, Research Center for Students Mental Health (ISME), Faculty of Education, Santiago, Chile.
Sofía GanaUniversidad de los Andes, Research Center for Students Mental Health (ISME), Faculty of Education, Santiago, Chile.
Daniela ValenzuelaUniversidad de los Andes, Research Center for Students Mental Health (ISME), Faculty of Education, Santiago, Chile.
Ricardo ArayaDepartment of Health Service & Population Research, King´s College London, London, UK.

Funding

National Research and Development Agency [ANID] 1181724
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSubstance use is among the main contributors to disease among children and adolescents in the Americas region. The call for effective prevention of substance use among adolescents has resulted in numerous school-based programs, and particularly the Unplugged program has been proved to be successful in reducing the prevalence of different substances in seven European countries. The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of the Unplugged program in Chile ("Yo Sé Lo Que Quiero").

methodsThis is a cluster randomized controlled trial, parallel-group type, where "Yo Sé Lo Que Quiero" is compared to standard school preventive curricula in control schools. A total of 70 schools and 8400 adolescents are expected to be randomized with 1:1 allocation. During formative work, the Unplugged program was culturally adapted to Chile, and the instrument to assess the primary and secondary outcomes was validated. The effectiveness of this program will be assessed using the European Drug Addiction Prevention Trial Questionnaire (EU-Dap), measuring substance use prevalence and risk and protective factors in baseline, post-intervention, and four months after the end of the intervention. DISCUSSION: The proposed study will be the first to test the effectiveness of a school-based substance use prevention program in Chile in a cluster randomized control trial and the first study evaluating the Unplugged program in Spanish-speaking Latin America. A model for disseminating the Unplugged program inside Europe already exists and has been implemented successfully in several countries. Thus, if the effects of the program are positive, wide implementation in Chile and Latin American countries is possible soon.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT04236999 . Registered on January 17, 2020.

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School Health ServicesSubstance-Related DisordersAdolescentChildChileHumansProgram EvaluationRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSchoolsSurveys and QuestionnairesAdolescentsPreventionRandomized control trialSchoolsSubstance use

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