Author: Timmy Dane Johnson
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Languages : en
Pages : 242

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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 508

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Author: David J. Hanson
Publisher: Praeger
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Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 184

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In spite of a massive national investment in alcohol education, the evidence clearly demonstrates that our current efforts are overwhelmingly ineffective and are often counterproductive. The assessment of the effectiveness of alcohol programs over the past 15 years reveals that those based on the responsible-use approach tend to be superior to those based on the abstinence approach. Hanson puts the historical relationship between Americans and alcohol into perspective, discusses federal policies on alcohol that are highly ideological and biased, and advocates the development of responsible-use curricula that will prepare students to be, as adults, responsible consumers of alcohol. While alcohol has been praised as a sign of refinement, a source of relaxation, and a complement to good times, it has also been cursed as the cause of disease and death. The temperance movement, which taught that alcohol was poison and that moderation in its use was no more possible than moderation in murder, has greatly influenced American thought and is reflected in our abstinence-oriented approach to alcohol education. Current programs reflect not only these abstinence origins but the inclusion of drug education several decades ago. Hanson finds that, despite good intentions, evidence indicates that this approach has proved ineffective. He considers the strong and often mixed feelings Americans have toward alcohol that are reflected in ever-changing public policy and concludes that the development and evaluation of alcohol education programs should be based on the best scientific evidence available rather than on political ideology. Recommendations for change in alcohol education are presented, with the most important being that we must promote the development and evaluation of diverse responsible-use curricula with the goal of reducing alcohol abuse.

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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Author: Michele Alicia Harmon
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 74

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Author: William DeJong
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Category : Drug abuse
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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The projects featured in this monograph -- Project SPECDA (School Program to Educate and Control Drug Abuse) in New York City and Project DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) in Los Angeles -- are designed to prevent drug abuse among school-aged children by building students' self-esteem, teaching decision-making skills, and guiding them in resisting peer pressure to use drugs. The report outlines the underlying philosophy of police/school substance-abuse prevention programs and research evidence is briefly reviewed to affirm the effectiveness of such an approach. The strength of both projects is the length and scope of the core curriculum for fifth-grade and sixth-grade students. Curriculum content is reviewed, along with the teaching strategies used and audiovisual materials. The monograph also considers the additional educational activities developed by DARE and SPECDA, including 1-day school assemblies, abbreviated programs, DARE's junior high curriculum, and parent meetings. Other topics discussed are program development and implementation, program structure and administration, and the monitoring of program performance. A short-term evaluation of DARE is appended.

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Category : Drug abuse
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education
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Category : Drug abuse
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309046270
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 175

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As the nation's drug crisis has deepened, public and private agencies have invested huge sums of money in prevention efforts. Are the resulting programs effective? What do we need to know to make them more effective? This book provides a comprehensive overview on what we know about drug abuse prevention and its effectiveness, including: Results of a wide range of antidrug efforts. The role and effectiveness of mass media in preventing drug use. A profile of the drug problem, including a look at drug use by different population groups. A review of three major schools of prevention theory-risk factor reduction, developmental change, and social influence. An examination of promising prevention techniques from other areas of health and human services. This volume offers provocative findings on the connection between low self-esteem and drug use, the role of schools, the reality of changing drug use in the population, and more. Preventing Drug Abuse will be indispensable to anyone involved in the search for solutions, including policymakers, anti-drug program developers and administrators, and researchers.

Author: Roberta Dawn Silfen
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Category : Drug abuse
Languages : en
Pages : 79

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