@article{ref1,
title="Effective alcohol, tobacco and other drug intervention and prevention using online game-based, e-learning: an evidence-informed program that works",
journal="International journal on e-learning",
year="2014",
author="Schweizer, Heidi and Hayslett, Carrianne and Bansal, Naveen and Ronco, Sharron and Schafer, Richard",
volume="13",
number="3",
pages="335-373",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The host of costly individual and societal consequences of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) use underscores the importance of ATOD prevention education. &quot;It's Up 2U&quot; is an evidence-informed, game-based, e-learning ATOD prevention program developed by Children's Health Education Center (CHEC) targeting middle school students. <br><br>PURPOSE: That &quot;It's Up 2U&quot; provides the benefits of an engaging e-learning simulation is of little value if it is not effective in appropriately changing ATOD-related attitudes and behavior. This study investigates the overall efficacy of &quot;It's Up 2U,&quot; with a focus on students evidencing a number of protective and risk characteristics. <br><br>METHODS: A pre-experimental, pretest-posttest within-subjects design. <br><br>DISCUSSION: Findings support the overall efficacy of &quot;It's Up 2U.&quot; Specifically, participation in &quot;It's Up 2U&quot; was associated with a decrease in reported ATOD use and misperceptions about ATOD use. &quot;It's Up 2U&quot; shows particular promise for decreasing student misperceptions regardless of risk, exposure or protective characteristics. Though a similar association could not be established between ATOD use and risk, exposure or protection factors, additional study with a larger sample is warranted. Translation to Health Education Practice: The relationship of these findings to bystander intervention in bullying education and implications for health education practice are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1537-2456",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}