Influence of a substance-abuse-prevention curriculum on violence-related behavior

Am J Health Behav. 2002 Mar-Apr;26(2):103-10. doi: 10.5993/ajhb.26.2.3.

Abstract

Objective: To test the impact of a school-based substance-abuse-prevention program, Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND), on risk for violence.

Methods: Logistic regression analyses tested whether victimization, perpetration, or weapon carrying differed for intervention students relative to control students within a sample of 850 continuation high school students followed over 12 months.

Results: We observed a higher risk for victimization (OR=1.57) among male control students. No intervention effect was observed for female students or for perpetration among males.

Conclusion: The findings provide limited support for a generalization of TND's preventive effect.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • California
  • Crime Victims / statistics & numerical data
  • Curriculum
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Health Education*
  • Humans
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Risk
  • Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology
  • Substance-Related Disorders / prevention & control*
  • Violence / prevention & control*
  • Violence / statistics & numerical data