Drug Abuse Prevention Research Research Articles

Culturally competent substance abuse prevention research among rural Native American communities.

Substance abuse is seen as the major contributing factor to the disarray of many rural Indian communities. The majority of rural Native American communities exist either within the boundaries of tribal trust lands, commonly referred to as reservations, or in close proximity to reservations; these communities are often made up of members from a common tribal population. These tribal-specific populations are very diverse in terms of cultural norms, language, and, as studies have found, in their degree of illegal drug use (Beauvais and LaBoueff 1985; May 1992; Oetting et al. 1983).

Methodological and Substantive Issues in Substance Abuse Prevention Research

This article summarizes current issues in drug abuse prevention research through integration of other articles in this journal and by heeding historical trends in prevention science. Recommendations are made for future research directions. For prevention to advance, iterative processes are needed involving both quasi-experimental and experimental designs and involving both small, simple units and large, complex, interactive units. Accuracy of measurement and replication are of paramount importance.

Special Article: Drug Abuse Prevention Policies and Research in Europe: notes for a future agenda

Special Article: Drug Abuse Prevention Policies and Research in Europe: notes for a future agenda

Theoretical Orientations in Drug Abuse Prevention Research

While there is a world wide recognition that efforts should be primarily directed toward prevention, in no area of drug abuse research is the lack of systematic development of theory more apparent than in the educational strategies toward prevention of substance abuse. This article examines the most prominent theoretical developments in the area of drug education and prevention that have occurred in the past twenty years These developments fall within three distinct theoretical orientations, so-called here: (1) the informative-communicational model; (2) the humanistic model and; (3) the cognitive-behavioral perspectives. For each model, a description of the main preventive strategies and its rationale is presented. Attention is also given to the results of evaluation studies concerning the impact of these strategies on attitudes and drug related behaviors.

Community‐based substance abuse prevention research: rhetoric and reality

AddictionVolume 88, Issue 12 p. 1613-1616 Free Access Community-based substance abuse prevention research: rhetoric and reality Brian Hyndman, Brian Hyndman Social Evaluation and Research Department Addiction Research Foundation, 33 Russell Street 5-T, Toronto, Ontario M5S-251, CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorNorman Giesbrecht, Norman Giesbrecht Social Evaluation and Research Department Addiction Research Foundation, 33 Russell Street 5-T, Toronto, Ontario M5S-251, CanadaSearch for more papers by this author Brian Hyndman, Brian Hyndman Social Evaluation and Research Department Addiction Research Foundation, 33 Russell Street 5-T, Toronto, Ontario M5S-251, CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorNorman Giesbrecht, Norman Giesbrecht Social Evaluation and Research Department Addiction Research Foundation, 33 Russell Street 5-T, Toronto, Ontario M5S-251, CanadaSearch for more papers by this author First published: December 1993 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1993.tb02035.xCitations: 1AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume88, Issue12December 1993Pages 1613-1616 ReferencesRelatedInformation

Communication and Drug Abuse Prevention Research

Communication and Drug Abuse Prevention Research

Drug Abuse Prevention Evaluation Methodology: A Bright Future

Drug abuse prevention research findings have been inconsistent. These inconsistencies can be related to several issues including study design and methodology. This article presents consensus recommendations developed to enhance drug abuse prevention evaluation research by a group of prevention researchers and practitioners who met at the National Institute on Drug Abuse in Rockville, Maryland during May 1989. As noted by the number of consensus statements, there was a high level of agreement. After exploring various aspects of evaluating prevention interventions, that agreement was reflected in specific recommendations which are directed to modifying prevention approaches; integrating epidemiologic, etiologic and intervention research methods; and expanding prevention research utilization.

Attrition in Substance Abuse Prevention Research

A meta-analysis of substance abuse prevention studies revealed that the mean proportion of subjects retained dropped from 81.4% at 3-month to 67.5% at 3-year follow-ups. Time from pretest alone accounted for less than 5% of the variance. Other available predictors of retention were not significant. Researchers are encouraged to interpret their results in light of these normative data and to adopt second-effort strategies to reduce attrition.

Obtaining Active Parental Consent via Telephone in Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention Research

There is ongoing concern among prevention researchers about how best to obtain parental consent for participation of minors in prevention trials involving confidential, but not anonymous, data collection from longitudinal panels of subjects. The requirement of written active parental consent leads to an inordinate level of case loss and very high costs in follow-up efforts to obtain consent. Passive consent procedures have been questioned and denied by many institutional review boards. This article reports on one solution to this problem-the acceptance of verbal active parental consent, obtained by telephone as a follow-up to mailings requesting written consent. Using this approach, we were able to contact a parent for 96% of the nearly 3,000 students being recruited for the Healthy for Life evaluation.

School-Based Substance

Abstract Recent reviews of school-based substance abuse prevention research indicate that a variety of prevention activities have been inplemented in schools throughout the country. This review classifies prevention programs into one of five educational domains: cognitive, affective/interpersonal, behavioral, environmental and therapeutic. Research findings for each domain are discussed.

Substance abuse prevention research: recent developments and future directions.

Substance abuse continues to be one of the most serious problems facing communities throughout the United States. Existing school-based prevention programs have produced disappointing results when carefully evaluated. However, promising research has been conducted during the past eight years with two new prevention models that focus on the psychosocial factors believed to promote substance abuse. One, the social influence model, is designed to increase adolescents' ability to resist social influences to smoke, drink, or use drugs. The other model, though also designed to increase adolescents' resistance to pro-substance use social influences, focuses primary attention on the development of an array of cognitive-behavioral personal and social skills. More than 20 research studies testing programs based on these two prevention models have demonstrated significant reductions in substance use. Though future research is clearly needed, the results of these studies provide considerable cause for optimism.

Preventing Substance Abuse Among American Indian and Alaska Native Youth

Research on the prevention of substance abuse among American Indian and Alaska Native youth offers challenges and demands careful methods. This paper describes such challenges in terms of philosophical, political, and cultural issues surmundiig substance abuse prevention research with American Indian and Alaska Native people. The authors suggest how social work researchers can address these issues through strategies of community 'collaboration, goal sening, and cultural sensitivity. The paper discusses the limits, implications, and future applications of the described strategies for research on the prevention of alcohol and drug abuse among American Indian and Alaska Native youth.

Review of Drug Abuse Prevention Research: Research Issues 33.

Review of Drug Abuse Prevention Research: Research Issues 33.

Research design in drug abuse prevention: review and recommendations.

This paper highlights the strengths and notes the deficits in recent drug abuse prevention research design. Then it recommends that future studies include: (1) a longer follow-up period than 2 years, (2) a population "at risk" for drug abuse, (3) a "natural setting," (4) random assignment to program and nonprogram groups, and (5) objective drug use interviews along with unotrusive measures of the correlates of drug abuse. The rationale behind each recommendation is discussed.