Peer participation in Project Northland: a community-wide alcohol use prevention project.
This paper describes the rationale, conceptual framework, and program components of a peer participation program for prevention of alcohol use among young adolescents. The peer participation program was one component of Project Northland, a community-wide program that seeks to prevent or delay onset of alcohol use among a cohort of young adolescents. The peer participation program, implemented in 20 northeastern Minnesota schools when students were in seventh grade, consisted of student groups who planned supervised, alcohol-free activities for themselves and their classmates. Program goals included 1) providing peer leadership and social support for non-use of alcohol, 2) creating opportunities for alternative behaviors to alcohol use, thereby 3) creating a norm of non-use among young adolescents.
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University of Illinois at Chicago, Prevention Research Center 60607-3025.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D008910:Minnesota; D010379:Peer Group; D012944:Social Support