title: A review of guidelines on home drug testing web sites for parents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To update and extend prior work reviewing Web sites that discuss home drug testing for parents, and assess the quality of information that the Web sites provide, to assist them in deciding when and how to use home drug testing.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a worldwide Web search that identified 8 Web sites providing information for parents on home drug testing. We assessed the information on the sites using a checklist developed with field experts in adolescent substance abuse and psychosocial interventions that focus on urine testing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  None of the Web sites covered all the items on the 24-item checklist, and only 3 covered at least half of the items (12, 14, and 21 items, respectively). The remaining 5 Web sites covered less than half of the checklist items. The mean number of items covered by the Web sites was 11.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Among the Web sites that we reviewed, few provided thorough information to parents regarding empirically supported strategies to effectively use drug testing to intervene on adolescent substance use. Furthermore, most Web sites did not provide thorough information regarding the risks and benefits to inform parents' decision to use home drug testing. Empirical evidence regarding efficacy, benefits, risks, and limitations of home drug testing is needed.
authors.affiliation: From the Treatment Research Institute (YW, JFC, E Ball, E Bresani, BLC, KCK), Philadelphia, PA; Department of Psychology, Drexel University (JFC), Philadelphia, PA; Department of Psychological, Organizational, and Leadership Studies, Temple University (HC), Philadelphia, PA; Prevention Research Center, University of Maryland School of Public Health (AMA), College Park, MD.
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Washio
authors.forename: Jaymes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fairfax-Columbo
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ball
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cassey
authors.forename: Amelia M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Arria
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bresani
authors.forename: Brenda L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.forename: Kimberly C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Kirby
mesh_terms: D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000592:standards; D010290:Parents; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000379:methods*