'What Works' in Drug Education and Prevention?

This literature review examines the evidence of effectiveness of different types of drug prevention and education for children and young people.


Footnotes

1. See Annex C.

2. See Chapter 4.

3. http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0050/00508357.pdf

4. http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0050/00508306.pdf

5. http://www.preventionaction.org/archive/prevention-science-all-is-revealed

6. EMCDDA Best Practice Portal - Prevention interventions for school students: http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/best-practice/prevention/school-children

7. Faggiano et al. (2014) use 'social norms' and 'social influence' interchangeably.

8. http://findings.org.uk/PHP/dl.php?file=drug_ed.hot&s=dy

9. This is in contrast to brief interventions, which can have a preventative effect.

10. http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/best-practice/prevention/school-children#Faggiano2014

11. A process evaluation is underway which will report in 2017.

12. http://www.talktofrank.com/

13. http://medicine.cardiff.ac.uk/clinical-study/assist-frank/

14. This guideline is currently being updated and is due to be published in 2017.

15. https://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/substance-misuse-interventions-for-vulnerable-under-25s

16. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/GID-PHG90/consultation/html-content

17. http://findings.org.uk/PHP/dl.php?file=drug_ed.hot&s=dy

18. http://goodbehaviorgame.org/

19. 'PreVenture' is different to other programmes mentioned here in that it is an Indicated rather than Universal prevention programme, targeted at young people at greater risk of co-occurring substance use and other emotional or behavioural disorders.

20. http://www.strengtheningfamiliesprogram.org/

21. http://mentor-adepis.org/cayt/

22. http://nrepp.samhsa.gov

23. http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/themes/best-practice/examples#

24. https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/preventing-drug-abuse-among-children-adolescents-in-brief/chapter-4-examples-research-based-drug-abuse-prevention-programs

25. Drug and Alcohol Findings, Hot topic - Drug education yet to match great (preventive) expectations

26. http://prevention-standards.eu/standards/

27. http://ranzetta.typepad.com/files/the-international-evidence-on-the-prevention-of-drug-and-alcohol-use-summary-and-examples-of-implementation-in-england.pdf

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