Preventing drug abuse : what do we know? / Dean R. Gerstein and Lawrence W. Green, editors ; Committee on Drug Abuse Prevention Research, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gerstein, Dean R.

Green, Lawrence W.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Drug Abuse Prevention Research.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug abuse--United States.

Drug abuse.

Drug abuse--United States--Prevention--Evaluation.

Physical Description:

ix, 162 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the nation's drug crisis has deepened, public and private agencies have invested huge sums of money in prevention efforts. Are the resulting programs effective? What do we need to know to make them more effective? This book provides a comprehensive overview on what we know about drug abuse prevention and its effectiveness, including Results of a wide range of antidrug efforts. The role and effectiveness of mass media in preventing drug use. A profile of the drug problem, including a look at drug use by different population groups. A review of three major schools of prevention theory--risk factor reduction, developmental change, and social influence. An examination of promising prevention techniques from other areas of health and human services. This volume offers provocative findings on the connection between low self-esteem and drug use, the role of schools, the reality of changing drug use in the population, and more. Preventing Drug Abuse will be indispensable to anyone involved in the search for solutions, including policymakers, antidrug program developers and administrators, and researchers.

Contents:

Preventing Drug Abuse

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Contents

Preface

Executive Summary

1 Illicit Drug Use in the United States

DIAGNOSING DRUG PROBLEMS

The Individual Perspective

Age-Related Characteristics

Sequence and Progression of Drug Involvement

Consequences

The Community Perspective

TRENDS IN DRUG USE

Population Survey Results

Validity and Reliability of Survey Data

DAWN Data

Data on Treatment Demand

Drug Abuse and AIDS

Criminal Justice Statistics

Reasons for the Decline in the General Population

DISAGGREGATION OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Age

Race and Ethnicity

Socioeconomic and Economic Factors

SUMMARY

2 Concepts of Prevention

INTRODUCTION

The Risk Factor Approach

The Developmental Approach

Social Influence Approaches

The Community-Specific Approach

STUDIES OF RISK AND VULNERABILITY

Genetic and Congenital Predispositions

Personality Characteristics

Socioeconomic Factors at the Neighborhood Level

Relationships Among Risk Factors

Research Needs

THE DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH

A Model of Progressive Problem Behavior

Taking the Model Seriously: Reforming the School

SOCIAL INFLUENCE AND SOCIAL LEARNING

3 Evaluating Prevention Program Effects

META-ANALYSES OF PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS

Tobler I

Tobler II

Other Meta-Analyses

Summary

THREE PROGRAMS MEETING TOBLER'S CRITERIA

Life Skills Training Program

The Cognitive-Behavioral Approach

The Napa Drug Abuse Prevention Project

DO LARGE-SCALE SOCIAL INFLUENCE PROGRAMS WORK?

Waterloo

Project ALERT

DARE

Here's Looking at You

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

Developmental Interventions

Midwestern Prevention Project

MASS MEDIA AND DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION

CONCLUSIONS AND RESEARCH NEEDS

Social Influence Research.

Ethnicity and Gender: The Neglected Dimensions

Generic Interventions

Appendix Community Settings and Channels for Prevention

COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS

Defining Community

Communities and Mass Media

THE LOGIC OF COMMUNITY-WIDE INTERVENTIONS

Epidemiologic Dimensions

Social-Psychological Dimensions

Economic Dimensions

THE SIZE, SCOPE, AND COMPLEXITY OF COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS

APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH

Community Participation

Program Implementation and Evaluation

Training and Evaluation

Diffusion Research

Community-Wide Trials

SCHOOL AS A SETTING FOR INTERVENTION

Purpose and Functions of School Health Programs

Components of School Health

Evaluation of School Health Education

The Family as a Channel

THE WORKPLACE SETTING

THE HEALTH CARE SETTING

REFERENCES

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610203437

9781280203435

1280203439

9780309583831

0309583837

9780585021089

0585021082

OCLC:

923262909