A cluster randomised trial of a school-based resilience intervention to decrease tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use in secondary school students: study protocol

BMC Public Health

Study Protocol

Karen Gillham¹  Paula Wye²  John Wiggers²  Megan Freund²  Rebecca K Hodder²  Elizabeth Campbell²  Luke Wolfenden²  Jenny Bowman³  Trevor Hazell⁴ 

[1] Hunter New England Population Health, Hunter New England Local Health District, Locked Bag 10, 2287, Wallsend, NSW, Australia;Hunter Medical Research Institute, Locked Bag 1, 2310, Hunter Region Mc, NSW, Australia;Hunter New England Population Health, Hunter New England Local Health District, Locked Bag 10, 2287, Wallsend, NSW, Australia;The University of Newcastle, 2308, Callaghan, NSW, Australia;Hunter Medical Research Institute, Locked Bag 1, 2310, Hunter Region Mc, NSW, Australia;The University of Newcastle, 2308, Callaghan, NSW, Australia;Hunter Medical Research Institute, Locked Bag 1, 2310, Hunter Region Mc, NSW, Australia;The University of Newcastle, 2308, Callaghan, NSW, Australia;Hunter New England Area Health Service, Hunter Institute of Mental Health, Locked Bag 10, 2287, Wallsend, NSW, Australia;

关键词: Illicit Drug;    Positive Youth Development;    Control School;    Adoption Strategy;    Health Promote School;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-12-1009

 received in 2012-09-26, accepted in 2012-11-06,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundWhilst schools provide a potentially appropriate setting for preventing substance use among young people, systematic review evidence suggests that past interventions in this setting have demonstrated limited effectiveness in preventing tobacco, alcohol and other drug use. Interventions that adopt a mental wellbeing approach to prevent substance use offer considerable promise and resilience theory provides one method to impact on adolescent mental well-being. The aim of the proposed study is to examine the efficacy of a resilience intervention in decreasing the tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use of adolescents.MethodsA cluster randomised controlled trial with schools as the unit of randomisation will be undertaken. Thirty two schools in disadvantaged areas will be allocated to either an intervention or a control group. A comprehensive resilience intervention will be implemented, inclusive of explicit program adoption strategies. Baseline surveys will be conducted with students in Grade 7 in both groups and again three years later when the student cohort is in Grade 10. The primary outcome measures will include self-reported tobacco, alcohol, marijuana and other illicit drug use. Comparisons will be made post-test between Grade 10 students in intervention and control schools to determine intervention effectiveness across all measures.DiscussionTo the authors’ knowledge this is the first randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive school-based resilience intervention, inclusive of explicit adoption strategies, in decreasing tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use of adolescents attending disadvantaged secondary schools.Trial registrationACTRN12611000606987

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