@article{ref1,
title="Effects of a school-based drug use prevention programme for middle-school students in Taiwan",
journal="Drugs: education, prevention, and policy",
year="2015",
author="Chang, Fong-Ching and Chang, Yu-Chen and Lee, Ching-Mei and Lung, Chih-Ning and Liao, Hsin-Jung and Lee, Shu-Ching and Miao, Nae-Fang and Lin, Sieh-Hwa and Zeng, Wang-Ting",
volume="22",
number="1",
pages="43-51",
abstract="This study examined the effects of a school-based drug use prevention programme for middle-school students in Taiwan. The curriculum consisted of 10 lessons and 4 homework assignments involving parent-child activities. A quasi-experimental design was used. The study was conducted in an urban middle-school located in Taipei city and in a middle-school located in a rural area in Taoyuan county. A total of 327 middle-school students in the intervention group and 314 students in the comparison group successfully participated in the baseline (September 2011) and follow-up surveys (November 2011). A mixed-model approach was used to examine the effects. Multivariate analysis results indicated that the school-based drug-prevention programme increased the students' drug-related knowledge, drug-prevention attitudes, enhanced life skills, and improved perceived parental involvement in the prevention of drug use. The results of this study endorse the implementation of school-based drug use prevention programmes that include parent-child activities to enhance youth drug-prevention knowledge, attitudes, and life skills.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0968-7637",
doi="10.3109/09687637.2014.952271",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2014.952271"
}