Evaluation of a structured alcohol education course in a secondary school system in north Italy.
The authors describe the results of an alcohol education course given to 2166 high school students in the area of Padua, Italy. An evaluation was performed, utilizing a before and after technique: it was shown that baseline knowledge of relevant information on alcohology was similar among younger and older teenagers; also, baseline information and course gain varied according to question content.
D000293:Adolescent; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools