The Action Plan--a new instrument to collect data on interventions in secondary prevention in adolescents.
It is difficult to draw causal conclusions about the effectiveness of secondary prevention programs for adolescents at risk, when the programs use a variety of different interventions. The Action Plan is an instrument that is designed to make collection of such data possible. This allows calculating different kinds of intervention patterns for each participant and program, which, in combination with outcome measures, gives an estimate of successful vs. less successful interventions. The study compared intervention patterns from 12 different sites in a national intervention program in Switzerland. The program, called supra-f (www.supra-f.ch), started in 1999 and will end in 2005. Results are presented from the ongoing study with approximately 600 adolescents. We calculated effect sizes (ES) to compare interventions with outcome measures. Effect sizes (ES) are presented on well being, coping, self-esteem, delinquency, and substance use (cigarettes, alcohol, cannabis) in relation to intervention packages, risk groups (low, moderate, high), and age (two groups: 11-15 and 16-20 years of age) using data collected from 1999-2002.
Hüsler
Gebhard
G
University of Fribourg, Center of Rehabilitation and Health Psychology Research, Granges-Paccot, Switzerland. Gebhard.Huesler@unifr.ch
Werlen
Egon
E
Rehm
Jürgen
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008385:Marijuana Smoking / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012649:Self Concept; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013557:Switzerland