Evaluation of a junior high school primary prevention program.
A two-year primary prevention program for junior high school students was evaluated. The program consisted of drug education, "alternatives," and affective in- service training for the students' teachers. Students in one junior high school received the intervention and students in another school served as a no-treatment control group. The students were pretested at the beginning of 7th grade and posttested at the end of 8th grade. Positive effects were found for females on several drug-related variables; few effects were found for males. The findings are discussed with regard to the individual prevention strategies.
D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*