title: Effects of a brief alcohol preventive intervention for youth attending school sports physical examinations.
abstract: This pilot study examined the feasibility and efficacy of a brief alcohol misuse preventive intervention for 178 7th-9th grade junior high school students attending sports physical examinations at three schools during the Summer of 1997. At 6-month posttest, fewer suburban intervention youth intended to use alcohol during the next 6 months (chi2 = 7.01, 1 df, p = .01), and fewer rural intervention youth used alcohol during the past 30 days (chi2 = 4.65, 1 df, p = .04), compared to control youth. When suburban and rural school samples were collapsed, intervention youth had significantly lower alcohol use on three of four measures than control subjects (p's < .05).
authors.affiliation: Center for Drug Prevention and Health Promotion, University of North Florida, Jacksonville 32224-2645, USA. cwerch@unf.edu
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Werch
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Pappas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Edgemon
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: DiClemente
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010808:Physical Examination; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012572:School Health Services; D013177:Sports