title: Where next with theory and research on how the school environment influences young people's substance use?
abstract: Substance use (smoking, drinking and illicit drug use) remains, a serious problem for young people living in industrialised countries. There is increasing interest in interventions to modify the school, environment, addressing the multiple upstream determinants of young, people's health. This article provides an overview of current theory, about how secondary school environments influence young people's, substance use before focusing on the Theory of Human Functioning and, School Organisation. It critically examines the extent to which this, theory is substantiated by quantitative and qualitative evidence and, considers how the theory might be elaborated to better inform future, empirical research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SH, UK. Electronic address: chris.bonell@lshtm.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bonell
authors.affiliation: Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, 1-3 Museum Place, Cardiff CF10 3BD, UK.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Science, UCL Institute of Education, Department of Social Science, 18 Woburn Square, London WC1H 0NR.
authors.forename: Farah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jamal
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, New Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG, UK.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aveyard
authors.affiliation: University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Markham
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012106:Research; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012574:Schools; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology; D012931:Social Environment; D066269:Social Theory; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: Intervention; School; Substance use; Theory; Youth