Influence of a substance-abuse-prevention curriculum on violence-related behavior.
OBJECTIVE
To test the impact of a school-based substance-abuse-prevention program, Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND), on risk for violence.


METHODS
Logistic regression analyses tested whether victimization, perpetration, or weapon carrying differed for intervention students relative to control students within a sample of 850 continuation high school students followed over 12 months.


RESULTS
We observed a higher risk for victimization (OR=1.57) among male control students. No intervention effect was observed for female students or for perpetration among males.


CONCLUSIONS
The findings provide limited support for a generalization of TND's preventive effect.
Simon
Thomas R
TR
Behavioral Scientist, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724, USA. tsimon@cdc.gov
Sussman
Steve
S
Dahlberg
Linda L
LL
Dent
Clyde W
CW
D000293:Adolescent; D002140:California; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D012306:Risk; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data