Citation

Nelson-Simley K, Erickson L. J. Sch. Health 1995; 65(2): 49-53.

Affiliation

Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Council of Nebraska, Lincoln 68508, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, American School Health Association, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7776631

Abstract

This paper describes Nebraska's six-year experience with a successful prevention program to form and maintain local drug-free youth groups. More than 4,500 youth were involved at the time of a six-year evaluation survey. Nearly 91% of group members who responded reported being alcohol-free in the previous 30 days and almost all (97%) reported being tobacco-free. Thirty-eight percent of members met one or more of the federal criteria for "high-risk" youth. Sixty-eight percent of responding high-risk youth who previously used alcohol credited group membership with helping them quit or reduce use. The program appears to assist in delaying onset of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use for youth in the program, and to assist in decreasing or eliminating use of alcohol and tobacco by adolescents who used before participating.

Language: en