A school-based resilience intervention to decrease tobacco, alcohol and marijuana use in high school students

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Rebecca K Hodder¹  Justine Daly²  John Wiggers³  Megan Freund³  Jenny Bowman⁴  Trevor Hazell⁵ 

[1] Hunter New England Population Health, Hunter New England Area Health Service, New South Wales, Australia;The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia;Hunter Medical Research Institute, New South Wales, Australia;Hunter New England Population Health, Hunter New England Area Health Service, New South Wales, Australia;The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia;Hunter Medical Research Institute, New South Wales, Australia;Hunter Institute of Mental Health, Hunter New England Area Health Service, New South Wales, Australia;Hunter New England Population Health, Hunter New England Area Health Service, New South Wales, Australia;The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia;Hunter Medical Research Institute, New South Wales, Australia;Newcastle Institute of Public Health, New South Wales, Australia;The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia;Hunter Medical Research Institute, New South Wales, Australia;The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia;Hunter Medical Research Institute, New South Wales, Australia;Hunter Institute of Mental Health, Hunter New England Area Health Service, New South Wales, Australia;

关键词: Protective Factor;    Health Risk Behaviour;    Positive Youth Development;    Adolescent Substance;    School Connectedness;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-11-722

 received in 2010-11-24, accepted in 2011-09-24,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundDespite schools theoretically being an ideal setting for accessing adolescents and preventing initiation of substance use, there is limited evidence of effective interventions in this setting. Resilience theory provides one approach to achieving such an outcome through improving adolescent mental well-being and resilience. A study was undertaken to examine the potential effectiveness of such an intervention approach in improving adolescent resilience and protective factor scores; and reducing the prevalence of adolescent tobacco, alcohol and marijuana use in three high schools.MethodsA non-controlled before and after study was undertaken. Data regarding student resilience and protective factors, and measures of tobacco, alcohol and marijuana use were collected from grade 7 to 10 students at baseline (n = 1449) and one year following a three year intervention (n = 1205).ResultsSignificantly higher resilience and protective factors scores, and significantly lower prevalence of substance use were evident at follow up.ConclusionsThe results suggest that the intervention has the potential to increase resilience and protective factors, and to decrease the use of tobacco, alcohol and marijuana by adolescents. Further more rigorous research is required to confirm this potential.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© Hodder et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2011