[The effects of preventative interventions targeting the use of stimulants].
Numerous prevention programs aimed at reducing the use of stimulants (tobacco, alcohol, drugs) have been developed and examined during the past few decades. Most research has been conducted into school-based prevention programs. School-based prevention programs have been found to reduce the use of drugs to a certain extent, provided they use interactive methods where the focus is not on didactic presentations but on peer discussions, role-playing, and interaction between students. Promising interventions, but which have as yet been insufficiently researched for broad-scale dissemination, include family-based programs (courses for parents of adolescents), mass media campaigns and community interventions in which a combined package of interventions is organised within a specific region or town.
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Trimbos-instituut, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Postbus 725, 3500 AS Utrecht. pcuijpers@trimbos.nl
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000517:prevention & control; D003256:Community Participation; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media; D010379:Peer Group; D012572:School Health Services; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D020340:Tobacco Use Cessation; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000517:prevention & control*