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Richard Midford - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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alcohol prevention for school students results from a 1 year follow up of a cluster randomised controlled trial of harm minimisation school Drug Education
Drugs-education Prevention and Policy, 2018Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, David R Foxcroft, Leanne Lester, Robyn Ramsden, Lynne VenningAbstract:Aims: The Drug Education in Victorian Schools (DEVS) programme taught about licit and illicit Drugs over two years (2010–2011), with follow up in the third year (2012). It focussed on minimising ha...
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rejoinder to dennis gorman s critique of preventing alcohol harm early results from a cluster randomised controlled trial in victoria australia of comprehensive harm minimisation school Drug Education
International Journal of Drug Policy, 2015Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, David R Foxcroft, Robyn Ramsden, Leanne LesterAbstract:As researchers seeking to contribute to better alcohol and other Drug prevention we appreciate the need for critical reviews of intervention programs. Gorman's critique of our recent paper is therefore welcome. It does identify some weaknesses in specificity, which in hindsight could have been better addressed. It also provides an opportunity to explain why certain choices were made in terms of reporting findings (Gorman, 2015; Midford et al., 2014).
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alcohol prevention and school students findings from an australian 2 year trial of integrated harm minimization school Drug Education
Journal of Drug Education, 2014Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, David R Foxcroft, Leanne Lester, Robyn Ramsden, Johanna Mitchell, Lynne VenningAbstract:The Drug Education in Victorian Schools program provided integrated Education about licit and illicit Drugs, employed a harm minimization approach that incorporated participatory, critical thinking and skill-based teaching methods, and engaged parental influence through home activities. A cluster-randomized, controlled trial of the program was conducted with a student cohort during Year 8 (13 years) and Year 9 (14 years). Twenty-one secondary schools in Victoria, Australia, were randomly allocated to the Drug Education in Victorian Schools program (14 schools, n = 1,163) or their usual Drug Education program (7 schools, n = 589). This study reports program effects for alcohol. There was a greater increase in the intervention students' knowledge about Drugs, including alcohol; there was a greater increase in communication with parents about alcohol; they recalled receiving more alcohol Education; their alcohol consumption increased less; and they experienced a lesser increase in alcohol-related harms. Among intervention group risky drinkers, consumption and harm increased less. There were no differences between study groups in attitudes toward alcohol or in the proportion of drinkers or risky drinkers. While the program did not stop students taking up drinking, it did reduce their consumption and harm.
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preventing alcohol harm early results from a cluster randomised controlled trial in victoria australia of comprehensive harm minimisation school Drug Education
International Journal of Drug Policy, 2014Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, David R Foxcroft, Leanne Lester, Lynne Venning, Robyn Ramsden, Johanna Mitchell, Michelle PoseAbstract:Abstract Background In Australia, the burden of alcohol-attributable harm falls most heavily on young people. Prevention is important, and schools have long been seen as appropriate settings for pre-emptive interventions with this high risk group. This paper evaluates the effectiveness, in relation to alcohol harm prevention, of the Drug Education in Victorian Schools (DEVS) programme, nine months after implementation. This intervention dealt with both licit and illicit Drugs, employed a harm minimisation approach that incorporated interactive, skill based, teaching methods and capitalised on parental influence through home activities. Methods A cluster randomised, controlled trial of the first ten lessons of the DEVS Drug Education programme was conducted with year eight students, aged 13–14 years. Twenty-one secondary schools in Victoria, Australia were randomly allocated to receive the DEVS programme (14 schools, n =1163) or the Drug Education usually provided by their schools (7 schools, n =589). Self-reported changes were measured in relation to: knowledge and attitudes, communication with parents, Drug Education lessons remembered, proportion of drinkers, alcohol consumption (quantity multiplied by frequency), proportion of student drinkers engaging in risky consumption, and the number of harms experienced as a result of alcohol consumption. Results In comparison to the controls, there was a significantly greater increase in the intervention students' knowledge about Drugs, including alcohol ( p ≤0.001); there was a significant change in their level of communication with parents about alcohol ( p =0.037); they recalled receiving significantly more alcohol Education ( p p =0.011); and they experienced a lesser increase in harms associated with their drinking ( p ≤0.001). There were no significant differences between the two study groups in relation to changes in attitudes towards alcohol or in the proportion of drinkers or risky drinkers. There was, however, a notable trend of less consumption by risky drinkers in the intervention group. Conclusions A comprehensive, harm minimisation focused school Drug Education programme is effective in increasing general Drug knowledge, and reducing alcohol consumption and harm.
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alcohol prevention what can be expected of a harm reduction focused school Drug Education programme
Drugs-education Prevention and Policy, 2012Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, Leanne Lester, Lynne Venning, Ramsden Ramsden, Gillian Davenport, Bernadette Murphy, Michelle PoseAbstract:Aim: This pilot study investigated what alcohol prevention benefits could be achieved by a harm reduction focused school Drug Education intervention that addressed all Drug use, both licit and illicit.Method: The study population comprised a cohort of 225 students in three intervention secondary schools and 93 students in a matched control school in Victoria, Australia. A classroom Drug Education programme, derived from evidence of effective practice and designed to reduce alcohol and other Drug harm, was provided to the intervention students during years eight (13–14 year olds) and nine (14–15 year olds) by teachers trained in its delivery. The control students received the Drug Education programme normally provided by their school.Findings: The students, who received the intervention, were more knowledgeable about Drug use issues, communicated more with their parents about alcohol, drank less, got drunk less, and experienced fewer alcohol related harms. They also remembered receiving more alcohol lesson...
Helen Cahill - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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alcohol prevention for school students results from a 1 year follow up of a cluster randomised controlled trial of harm minimisation school Drug Education
Drugs-education Prevention and Policy, 2018Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, David R Foxcroft, Leanne Lester, Robyn Ramsden, Lynne VenningAbstract:Aims: The Drug Education in Victorian Schools (DEVS) programme taught about licit and illicit Drugs over two years (2010–2011), with follow up in the third year (2012). It focussed on minimising ha...
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rejoinder to dennis gorman s critique of preventing alcohol harm early results from a cluster randomised controlled trial in victoria australia of comprehensive harm minimisation school Drug Education
International Journal of Drug Policy, 2015Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, David R Foxcroft, Robyn Ramsden, Leanne LesterAbstract:As researchers seeking to contribute to better alcohol and other Drug prevention we appreciate the need for critical reviews of intervention programs. Gorman's critique of our recent paper is therefore welcome. It does identify some weaknesses in specificity, which in hindsight could have been better addressed. It also provides an opportunity to explain why certain choices were made in terms of reporting findings (Gorman, 2015; Midford et al., 2014).
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alcohol prevention and school students findings from an australian 2 year trial of integrated harm minimization school Drug Education
Journal of Drug Education, 2014Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, David R Foxcroft, Leanne Lester, Robyn Ramsden, Johanna Mitchell, Lynne VenningAbstract:The Drug Education in Victorian Schools program provided integrated Education about licit and illicit Drugs, employed a harm minimization approach that incorporated participatory, critical thinking and skill-based teaching methods, and engaged parental influence through home activities. A cluster-randomized, controlled trial of the program was conducted with a student cohort during Year 8 (13 years) and Year 9 (14 years). Twenty-one secondary schools in Victoria, Australia, were randomly allocated to the Drug Education in Victorian Schools program (14 schools, n = 1,163) or their usual Drug Education program (7 schools, n = 589). This study reports program effects for alcohol. There was a greater increase in the intervention students' knowledge about Drugs, including alcohol; there was a greater increase in communication with parents about alcohol; they recalled receiving more alcohol Education; their alcohol consumption increased less; and they experienced a lesser increase in alcohol-related harms. Among intervention group risky drinkers, consumption and harm increased less. There were no differences between study groups in attitudes toward alcohol or in the proportion of drinkers or risky drinkers. While the program did not stop students taking up drinking, it did reduce their consumption and harm.
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preventing alcohol harm early results from a cluster randomised controlled trial in victoria australia of comprehensive harm minimisation school Drug Education
International Journal of Drug Policy, 2014Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, David R Foxcroft, Leanne Lester, Lynne Venning, Robyn Ramsden, Johanna Mitchell, Michelle PoseAbstract:Abstract Background In Australia, the burden of alcohol-attributable harm falls most heavily on young people. Prevention is important, and schools have long been seen as appropriate settings for pre-emptive interventions with this high risk group. This paper evaluates the effectiveness, in relation to alcohol harm prevention, of the Drug Education in Victorian Schools (DEVS) programme, nine months after implementation. This intervention dealt with both licit and illicit Drugs, employed a harm minimisation approach that incorporated interactive, skill based, teaching methods and capitalised on parental influence through home activities. Methods A cluster randomised, controlled trial of the first ten lessons of the DEVS Drug Education programme was conducted with year eight students, aged 13–14 years. Twenty-one secondary schools in Victoria, Australia were randomly allocated to receive the DEVS programme (14 schools, n =1163) or the Drug Education usually provided by their schools (7 schools, n =589). Self-reported changes were measured in relation to: knowledge and attitudes, communication with parents, Drug Education lessons remembered, proportion of drinkers, alcohol consumption (quantity multiplied by frequency), proportion of student drinkers engaging in risky consumption, and the number of harms experienced as a result of alcohol consumption. Results In comparison to the controls, there was a significantly greater increase in the intervention students' knowledge about Drugs, including alcohol ( p ≤0.001); there was a significant change in their level of communication with parents about alcohol ( p =0.037); they recalled receiving significantly more alcohol Education ( p p =0.011); and they experienced a lesser increase in harms associated with their drinking ( p ≤0.001). There were no significant differences between the two study groups in relation to changes in attitudes towards alcohol or in the proportion of drinkers or risky drinkers. There was, however, a notable trend of less consumption by risky drinkers in the intervention group. Conclusions A comprehensive, harm minimisation focused school Drug Education programme is effective in increasing general Drug knowledge, and reducing alcohol consumption and harm.
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alcohol prevention what can be expected of a harm reduction focused school Drug Education programme
Drugs-education Prevention and Policy, 2012Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, Leanne Lester, Lynne Venning, Ramsden Ramsden, Gillian Davenport, Bernadette Murphy, Michelle PoseAbstract:Aim: This pilot study investigated what alcohol prevention benefits could be achieved by a harm reduction focused school Drug Education intervention that addressed all Drug use, both licit and illicit.Method: The study population comprised a cohort of 225 students in three intervention secondary schools and 93 students in a matched control school in Victoria, Australia. A classroom Drug Education programme, derived from evidence of effective practice and designed to reduce alcohol and other Drug harm, was provided to the intervention students during years eight (13–14 year olds) and nine (14–15 year olds) by teachers trained in its delivery. The control students received the Drug Education programme normally provided by their school.Findings: The students, who received the intervention, were more knowledgeable about Drug use issues, communicated more with their parents about alcohol, drank less, got drunk less, and experienced fewer alcohol related harms. They also remembered receiving more alcohol lesson...
Michelle Pose - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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preventing alcohol harm early results from a cluster randomised controlled trial in victoria australia of comprehensive harm minimisation school Drug Education
International Journal of Drug Policy, 2014Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, David R Foxcroft, Leanne Lester, Lynne Venning, Robyn Ramsden, Johanna Mitchell, Michelle PoseAbstract:Abstract Background In Australia, the burden of alcohol-attributable harm falls most heavily on young people. Prevention is important, and schools have long been seen as appropriate settings for pre-emptive interventions with this high risk group. This paper evaluates the effectiveness, in relation to alcohol harm prevention, of the Drug Education in Victorian Schools (DEVS) programme, nine months after implementation. This intervention dealt with both licit and illicit Drugs, employed a harm minimisation approach that incorporated interactive, skill based, teaching methods and capitalised on parental influence through home activities. Methods A cluster randomised, controlled trial of the first ten lessons of the DEVS Drug Education programme was conducted with year eight students, aged 13–14 years. Twenty-one secondary schools in Victoria, Australia were randomly allocated to receive the DEVS programme (14 schools, n =1163) or the Drug Education usually provided by their schools (7 schools, n =589). Self-reported changes were measured in relation to: knowledge and attitudes, communication with parents, Drug Education lessons remembered, proportion of drinkers, alcohol consumption (quantity multiplied by frequency), proportion of student drinkers engaging in risky consumption, and the number of harms experienced as a result of alcohol consumption. Results In comparison to the controls, there was a significantly greater increase in the intervention students' knowledge about Drugs, including alcohol ( p ≤0.001); there was a significant change in their level of communication with parents about alcohol ( p =0.037); they recalled receiving significantly more alcohol Education ( p p =0.011); and they experienced a lesser increase in harms associated with their drinking ( p ≤0.001). There were no significant differences between the two study groups in relation to changes in attitudes towards alcohol or in the proportion of drinkers or risky drinkers. There was, however, a notable trend of less consumption by risky drinkers in the intervention group. Conclusions A comprehensive, harm minimisation focused school Drug Education programme is effective in increasing general Drug knowledge, and reducing alcohol consumption and harm.
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alcohol prevention what can be expected of a harm reduction focused school Drug Education programme
Drugs-education Prevention and Policy, 2012Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, Leanne Lester, Lynne Venning, Ramsden Ramsden, Gillian Davenport, Bernadette Murphy, Michelle PoseAbstract:Aim: This pilot study investigated what alcohol prevention benefits could be achieved by a harm reduction focused school Drug Education intervention that addressed all Drug use, both licit and illi...
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alcohol prevention what can be expected of a harm reduction focused school Drug Education programme
Drugs-education Prevention and Policy, 2012Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, Leanne Lester, Lynne Venning, Ramsden Ramsden, Gillian Davenport, Bernadette Murphy, Michelle PoseAbstract:Aim: This pilot study investigated what alcohol prevention benefits could be achieved by a harm reduction focused school Drug Education intervention that addressed all Drug use, both licit and illicit.Method: The study population comprised a cohort of 225 students in three intervention secondary schools and 93 students in a matched control school in Victoria, Australia. A classroom Drug Education programme, derived from evidence of effective practice and designed to reduce alcohol and other Drug harm, was provided to the intervention students during years eight (13–14 year olds) and nine (14–15 year olds) by teachers trained in its delivery. The control students received the Drug Education programme normally provided by their school.Findings: The students, who received the intervention, were more knowledgeable about Drug use issues, communicated more with their parents about alcohol, drank less, got drunk less, and experienced fewer alcohol related harms. They also remembered receiving more alcohol lesson...
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Drug Education in victorian schools devs the study protocol for a harm reduction focused school Drug Education trial
BMC Public Health, 2012Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, David R Foxcroft, Leanne Lester, Lynne Venning, Robyn Ramsden, Michelle PoseAbstract:This study seeks to extend earlier Australian school Drug Education research by developing and measuring the effectiveness of a comprehensive, evidence-based, harm reduction focused school Drug Education program for junior secondary students aged 13 to 15 years. The intervention draws on the recent literature as to the common elements in effective school curriculum. It seeks to incorporate the social influence of parents through home activities. It also emphasises the use of appropriate pedagogy in the delivery of classroom lessons.
Leanne Lester - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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alcohol prevention for school students results from a 1 year follow up of a cluster randomised controlled trial of harm minimisation school Drug Education
Drugs-education Prevention and Policy, 2018Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, David R Foxcroft, Leanne Lester, Robyn Ramsden, Lynne VenningAbstract:Aims: The Drug Education in Victorian Schools (DEVS) programme taught about licit and illicit Drugs over two years (2010–2011), with follow up in the third year (2012). It focussed on minimising ha...
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rejoinder to dennis gorman s critique of preventing alcohol harm early results from a cluster randomised controlled trial in victoria australia of comprehensive harm minimisation school Drug Education
International Journal of Drug Policy, 2015Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, David R Foxcroft, Robyn Ramsden, Leanne LesterAbstract:As researchers seeking to contribute to better alcohol and other Drug prevention we appreciate the need for critical reviews of intervention programs. Gorman's critique of our recent paper is therefore welcome. It does identify some weaknesses in specificity, which in hindsight could have been better addressed. It also provides an opportunity to explain why certain choices were made in terms of reporting findings (Gorman, 2015; Midford et al., 2014).
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alcohol prevention and school students findings from an australian 2 year trial of integrated harm minimization school Drug Education
Journal of Drug Education, 2014Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, David R Foxcroft, Leanne Lester, Robyn Ramsden, Johanna Mitchell, Lynne VenningAbstract:The Drug Education in Victorian Schools program provided integrated Education about licit and illicit Drugs, employed a harm minimization approach that incorporated participatory, critical thinking and skill-based teaching methods, and engaged parental influence through home activities. A cluster-randomized, controlled trial of the program was conducted with a student cohort during Year 8 (13 years) and Year 9 (14 years). Twenty-one secondary schools in Victoria, Australia, were randomly allocated to the Drug Education in Victorian Schools program (14 schools, n = 1,163) or their usual Drug Education program (7 schools, n = 589). This study reports program effects for alcohol. There was a greater increase in the intervention students' knowledge about Drugs, including alcohol; there was a greater increase in communication with parents about alcohol; they recalled receiving more alcohol Education; their alcohol consumption increased less; and they experienced a lesser increase in alcohol-related harms. Among intervention group risky drinkers, consumption and harm increased less. There were no differences between study groups in attitudes toward alcohol or in the proportion of drinkers or risky drinkers. While the program did not stop students taking up drinking, it did reduce their consumption and harm.
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preventing alcohol harm early results from a cluster randomised controlled trial in victoria australia of comprehensive harm minimisation school Drug Education
International Journal of Drug Policy, 2014Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, David R Foxcroft, Leanne Lester, Lynne Venning, Robyn Ramsden, Johanna Mitchell, Michelle PoseAbstract:Abstract Background In Australia, the burden of alcohol-attributable harm falls most heavily on young people. Prevention is important, and schools have long been seen as appropriate settings for pre-emptive interventions with this high risk group. This paper evaluates the effectiveness, in relation to alcohol harm prevention, of the Drug Education in Victorian Schools (DEVS) programme, nine months after implementation. This intervention dealt with both licit and illicit Drugs, employed a harm minimisation approach that incorporated interactive, skill based, teaching methods and capitalised on parental influence through home activities. Methods A cluster randomised, controlled trial of the first ten lessons of the DEVS Drug Education programme was conducted with year eight students, aged 13–14 years. Twenty-one secondary schools in Victoria, Australia were randomly allocated to receive the DEVS programme (14 schools, n =1163) or the Drug Education usually provided by their schools (7 schools, n =589). Self-reported changes were measured in relation to: knowledge and attitudes, communication with parents, Drug Education lessons remembered, proportion of drinkers, alcohol consumption (quantity multiplied by frequency), proportion of student drinkers engaging in risky consumption, and the number of harms experienced as a result of alcohol consumption. Results In comparison to the controls, there was a significantly greater increase in the intervention students' knowledge about Drugs, including alcohol ( p ≤0.001); there was a significant change in their level of communication with parents about alcohol ( p =0.037); they recalled receiving significantly more alcohol Education ( p p =0.011); and they experienced a lesser increase in harms associated with their drinking ( p ≤0.001). There were no significant differences between the two study groups in relation to changes in attitudes towards alcohol or in the proportion of drinkers or risky drinkers. There was, however, a notable trend of less consumption by risky drinkers in the intervention group. Conclusions A comprehensive, harm minimisation focused school Drug Education programme is effective in increasing general Drug knowledge, and reducing alcohol consumption and harm.
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alcohol prevention what can be expected of a harm reduction focused school Drug Education programme
Drugs-education Prevention and Policy, 2012Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, Leanne Lester, Lynne Venning, Ramsden Ramsden, Gillian Davenport, Bernadette Murphy, Michelle PoseAbstract:Aim: This pilot study investigated what alcohol prevention benefits could be achieved by a harm reduction focused school Drug Education intervention that addressed all Drug use, both licit and illicit.Method: The study population comprised a cohort of 225 students in three intervention secondary schools and 93 students in a matched control school in Victoria, Australia. A classroom Drug Education programme, derived from evidence of effective practice and designed to reduce alcohol and other Drug harm, was provided to the intervention students during years eight (13–14 year olds) and nine (14–15 year olds) by teachers trained in its delivery. The control students received the Drug Education programme normally provided by their school.Findings: The students, who received the intervention, were more knowledgeable about Drug use issues, communicated more with their parents about alcohol, drank less, got drunk less, and experienced fewer alcohol related harms. They also remembered receiving more alcohol lesson...
Lynne Venning - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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alcohol prevention for school students results from a 1 year follow up of a cluster randomised controlled trial of harm minimisation school Drug Education
Drugs-education Prevention and Policy, 2018Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, David R Foxcroft, Leanne Lester, Robyn Ramsden, Lynne VenningAbstract:Aims: The Drug Education in Victorian Schools (DEVS) programme taught about licit and illicit Drugs over two years (2010–2011), with follow up in the third year (2012). It focussed on minimising ha...
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alcohol prevention and school students findings from an australian 2 year trial of integrated harm minimization school Drug Education
Journal of Drug Education, 2014Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, David R Foxcroft, Leanne Lester, Robyn Ramsden, Johanna Mitchell, Lynne VenningAbstract:The Drug Education in Victorian Schools program provided integrated Education about licit and illicit Drugs, employed a harm minimization approach that incorporated participatory, critical thinking and skill-based teaching methods, and engaged parental influence through home activities. A cluster-randomized, controlled trial of the program was conducted with a student cohort during Year 8 (13 years) and Year 9 (14 years). Twenty-one secondary schools in Victoria, Australia, were randomly allocated to the Drug Education in Victorian Schools program (14 schools, n = 1,163) or their usual Drug Education program (7 schools, n = 589). This study reports program effects for alcohol. There was a greater increase in the intervention students' knowledge about Drugs, including alcohol; there was a greater increase in communication with parents about alcohol; they recalled receiving more alcohol Education; their alcohol consumption increased less; and they experienced a lesser increase in alcohol-related harms. Among intervention group risky drinkers, consumption and harm increased less. There were no differences between study groups in attitudes toward alcohol or in the proportion of drinkers or risky drinkers. While the program did not stop students taking up drinking, it did reduce their consumption and harm.
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preventing alcohol harm early results from a cluster randomised controlled trial in victoria australia of comprehensive harm minimisation school Drug Education
International Journal of Drug Policy, 2014Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, David R Foxcroft, Leanne Lester, Lynne Venning, Robyn Ramsden, Johanna Mitchell, Michelle PoseAbstract:Abstract Background In Australia, the burden of alcohol-attributable harm falls most heavily on young people. Prevention is important, and schools have long been seen as appropriate settings for pre-emptive interventions with this high risk group. This paper evaluates the effectiveness, in relation to alcohol harm prevention, of the Drug Education in Victorian Schools (DEVS) programme, nine months after implementation. This intervention dealt with both licit and illicit Drugs, employed a harm minimisation approach that incorporated interactive, skill based, teaching methods and capitalised on parental influence through home activities. Methods A cluster randomised, controlled trial of the first ten lessons of the DEVS Drug Education programme was conducted with year eight students, aged 13–14 years. Twenty-one secondary schools in Victoria, Australia were randomly allocated to receive the DEVS programme (14 schools, n =1163) or the Drug Education usually provided by their schools (7 schools, n =589). Self-reported changes were measured in relation to: knowledge and attitudes, communication with parents, Drug Education lessons remembered, proportion of drinkers, alcohol consumption (quantity multiplied by frequency), proportion of student drinkers engaging in risky consumption, and the number of harms experienced as a result of alcohol consumption. Results In comparison to the controls, there was a significantly greater increase in the intervention students' knowledge about Drugs, including alcohol ( p ≤0.001); there was a significant change in their level of communication with parents about alcohol ( p =0.037); they recalled receiving significantly more alcohol Education ( p p =0.011); and they experienced a lesser increase in harms associated with their drinking ( p ≤0.001). There were no significant differences between the two study groups in relation to changes in attitudes towards alcohol or in the proportion of drinkers or risky drinkers. There was, however, a notable trend of less consumption by risky drinkers in the intervention group. Conclusions A comprehensive, harm minimisation focused school Drug Education programme is effective in increasing general Drug knowledge, and reducing alcohol consumption and harm.
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alcohol prevention what can be expected of a harm reduction focused school Drug Education programme
Drugs-education Prevention and Policy, 2012Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, Leanne Lester, Lynne Venning, Ramsden Ramsden, Gillian Davenport, Bernadette Murphy, Michelle PoseAbstract:Aim: This pilot study investigated what alcohol prevention benefits could be achieved by a harm reduction focused school Drug Education intervention that addressed all Drug use, both licit and illicit.Method: The study population comprised a cohort of 225 students in three intervention secondary schools and 93 students in a matched control school in Victoria, Australia. A classroom Drug Education programme, derived from evidence of effective practice and designed to reduce alcohol and other Drug harm, was provided to the intervention students during years eight (13–14 year olds) and nine (14–15 year olds) by teachers trained in its delivery. The control students received the Drug Education programme normally provided by their school.Findings: The students, who received the intervention, were more knowledgeable about Drug use issues, communicated more with their parents about alcohol, drank less, got drunk less, and experienced fewer alcohol related harms. They also remembered receiving more alcohol lesson...
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alcohol prevention what can be expected of a harm reduction focused school Drug Education programme
Drugs-education Prevention and Policy, 2012Co-Authors: Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, Leanne Lester, Lynne Venning, Ramsden Ramsden, Gillian Davenport, Bernadette Murphy, Michelle PoseAbstract:Aim: This pilot study investigated what alcohol prevention benefits could be achieved by a harm reduction focused school Drug Education intervention that addressed all Drug use, both licit and illi...
