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Underage Substance Use Prevention

Journal Article

Examining the Sustainment of the Adolescent-Community Reinforcement Approach in Community Addiction Treatment Settings: Protocol for a Longitudinal Mixed Method Study

Gaining a better understanding of the factors that influence the evidence-based treatment sustainment may lead to more effective dissemination strategies and ultimately improve the quality of care being delivered in community-based addiction treatment settings.

Aug 1, 2014
Commentary

Dutch and UK Adolescents See More Alcohol Advertising on TV Than Adults

Adolescents in the UK and the Netherlands (but not in Germany) see more alcohol adverts on television, per hour of television watched, than adults. These differences result from the different viewing times, channels watched, and the placement of adverts.

May 23, 2014
Journal Article

Temporal Associations Between Substance Use and Delinquency Among Youth with a First Time Offense

Substance use and delinquency among adolescents have been shown to be positively associated; however, the temporal relationship is not well understood.

May 19, 2014
Journal Article

Does Diversity Matter? The Need for Longitudinal Research on Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Use Trajectories

The existing research aimed at understanding alcohol and drug (AOD) use patterns from early to late adolescence typically does not examine samples with substantial racial and ethnic diversity.

May 16, 2014
Commentary

Legalising Cannabis Is More Than Just a Yes or No Decision

Any truly honest discussion about how to regulate cannabis markets must start with clear objectives and goals. How these markets are opened can be as important as the decision to legalize cannabis.

May 2, 2014
Journal Article

Covariance Among Multiple Health Risk Behaviors in Adolescents

In a diverse group of early adolescents, this study explores the co-occurrence of a broad range of health risk behaviors: alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use; physical inactivity; sedentary computing/gaming; and the consumption of low-nutrient energy-dense food.

May 1, 2014
Commentary

U.S. Needs to Improve Community-Based Drug, Alcohol Prevention

As familiar as Americans are with the problems of youth drug and alcohol abuse, we are not identifying all the potential solutions. While observers criticize overemphasis in U.S. policy on enforcement and scant resources devoted to treatment, the focus on these approaches often ignores a key piece of the puzzle: prevention.

Jan 31, 2014
Journal Article

Provision of Mental Health Services as a Quality Indicator for Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities

The study tested whether adolescents receiving substance abuse treatment at facilities offering full or partial mental health services have better 12-month substance use and mental health outcomes than youths at facilities with no mental health services.

Jan 1, 2014
Journal Article

Youth Exposure to Alcohol Advertising on Television in the UK, the Netherlands and Germany

Exposure of young people to alcohol advertising is a risk factor for underage drinking. This study assessed youth exposure to television alcohol advertising in the UK, the Netherlands and Germany, from December 2010 to May 2011.

Jan 1, 2014
Journal Article

Is Marijuana Use a Factor in Teenage Antisocial Behavior?

Despite efforts to curb substance use and abuse, marijuana consumption continues to be a problem among young adults. Analysis of a nationally representative sample revealed a significant association between marijuana use and antisocial behavior in young adults, with higher levels of antisocial behavior among heavy users.

Jan 1, 2014
Journal Article

Proximal and Distal Social Influence on Alcohol Consumption and Marijuana Use Among Middle School Adolescents

Assesses the effects of perceived peer norms, best friend use, and being in the presence of others who use on middle school adolescents' consumption of marijuana and alcohol, and how the effects of these sources of social influence evolve over time.

Jan 1, 2014
Journal Article

Tobacco Use and Smoking Intentions Among U.S. Fifth-Grade Students

Racially/ethnically diverse preadolescent children share many of the same risk factors for smoking that have been found in studies of older children. Therefore, antismoking policies and programs might be more effective if designed for preadolescents as well as adolescents.

Nov 1, 2013
Journal Article

Understanding Risk for Inhalant Initiation Among Middle School Students

Interventions to prevent inhalant initiation should target sixth and seventh graders, address influence by family and peers, and provide skills training to improve drug refusal self-efficacy.

Nov 1, 2013
Blog

Group Motivational Interviewing Can Help Teens Make Healthy Choices

Group motivational interviewing is a guided therapeutic approach that helps people think about their motivations for behavior and their commitment to change. It is an excellent fit for adolescents, because it engages them about their personal experiences while eliciting ideas about how they can change and make healthy choices.

Oct 29, 2013
Journal Article

Perceived Norms Moderate the Association Between Mental Health Symptoms and Drinking Outcomes Among At-Risk Adolescents

The current study used a sample of 193 at-risk youths with a first-time alcohol and/or other drug offense in the California Teen Court system to explore the moderating role of perceived peer alcohol norms on the association between mental health symptoms and drinking outcomes.

Sep 1, 2013
Report

Understanding the Effects of Tobacco Advertising

Research Bill Shadel presented the example of tobacco advertising at a RAND Drug Policy Research Center program about how to develop public health regulations for legal marijuana.

Jun 26, 2013
Blog

Getting To Outcomes: Improvement of Prevention Capacity Unveiled at a Summit of Maine Officials and Stakeholders

Community-based practitioners can improve their programs using Getting To Outcomes®, a toolkit, training, and onsite-support package which enhances their ability to prevent drug and alcohol use among youth.

Apr 29, 2013
Journal Article

What Influences Whether Alcohol Merchants Enforce Practices for Reducing Underage Drinking?

Merchants who engage in state-approved “responsible beverage service” training are more likely to believe they'll be cited for selling alcohol to minors. Therefore, targeting merchant attitudes could be a successful way to encourage them to check IDs.

Apr 2, 2013
Journal Article

Assessing the Generalizability of a Federally Funded Dataset of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment

The Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN) dataset, sponsored by the federal Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, is one of the largest longitudinal datasets of adolescent substance use treatment available. But are the GAIN data representative of adolescent treatment more broadly?

Jan 1, 2013
Journal Article

An Intervention to Improve Program Implementation: Findings from a Two -Year Cluster Randomized Trial of Assets-Getting to Outcomes

Studies have shown that communities have not always been able to implement evidence-based prevention programs with quality and achieve outcomes demonstrated by prevention science.

Jan 1, 2013

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