@article{ref1,
title="New Inroads in Preventing Adolescent Drug Use: Results From a Large-Scale Trial of Project ALERT in Middle Schools",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2003",
author="Ellickson, Phyllis L. and McCaffrey, Daniel F. and Ghosh-Dastidar, Bonnie and Longshore, Douglas L.",
volume="93",
number="11",
pages="1830-1836",
abstract="Objectives. We evaluated the revised Project ALERT drug prevention program across a wide variety of Midwestern schools and communities.Methods. Fifty-five South Dakota middle schools were randomly assigned to program or control conditions. Treatment group students received 11 lessons in 7th grade and 3 more in 8th grade. Program effects for 4276 8th-graders were assessed 18 months after baseline.Results. The revised Project ALERT curriculum curbed cigarette and marijuana use initiation, current and regular cigarette use, and alcohol misuse. Reductions ranged from 19% to 39%. Program effects were not significant for initial and current drinking or for current and regular marijuana use.Conclusions. School-based drug prevention programs can prevent occasional and more serious drug use, help low- to high-risk adolescents, and be effective in diverse school environments. (Abstract Adapted from Source: American Journal of Public Health, 1993. Copyright © 1993 by the American Public Health Association)For more information on Project ALERT, a Blueprints for Violence Prevention Promising Program, see VioPro record number 2323.Junior High School StudentGrade 7Grade 8Prevention ProgramPrevention EducationProgram EffectivenessProgram EvaluationBlueprints Promising ReferenceChild Substance UseJuvenile Substance UseSubstance Use PreventionDrug Use PreventionLate ChildhoodEarly AdolescenceSchool BasedTobacco Use PreventionAlcohol Use PreventionSouth Dakota06-04<p />",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}