1,219
Views
15
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Developing the Climate Schools: Alcohol and Cannabis Module: A Harm-Minimization, Universal Drug Prevention Program Facilitated by the Internet

, , &
Pages 1651-1663 | Published online: 12 Sep 2011

References

  • Andrews, G., Henderson, S., & Hall, W. (2001). Prevalence, comorbidity, disability and service utilisation: Overview of the Australian National Mental Health Survey. British Journal of Psychiatry, 178, 145–153.
  • Anthony, J. (2007). Five facts about preventing drug dependence. In M. Y. Tsuang, W. S. Stone, & M. J. Lyons (Eds.), Recognition and prevention of major mental and substance use disorders. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.
  • Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (2004). Responding to the mental health needs of young people in Australia: Discussion paper, principles and strategies. Canberra: National Mental Health Strategy.
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2005). 2004 National Drug Strategy Household Survey: Detailed findings. Canberra: Author.
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2008). 2007 National Drug Strategy Household Survey: First results. Canberra: Author.
  • Barber, J. G. (1990). Computer-assisted drug prevention. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 7(2), 125–131.
  • Beck, J. (1998). 100 years of “just say no” versus “just say know”: Re-evaluating drug education goals for the coming century. Evaluation Review, 22(1), 15–45.
  • Berkowitz, M. W., & Begun, A. L. (2003). Designing prevention programs: The developmental perspective. In Z. Sloboda & W. J. Bukoski (Eds.), Handbook of drug abuse prevention: Theory, science and practice. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
  • Bosworth, K. (2003). Application of computer technology to drug abuse prevention. In Z. Sloboda & W. J. Bukoski (Eds.), Handbook of drug abuse prevention: Theory, science and practice (pp. 629–648). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
  • Botvin, G. J. (2004). Advancing prevention science and practice: Challenges, critical issues, and future directions. Prevention Science, 5(1), 69–72.
  • Botvin, G. J., & Griffin, K. W. (2003). Drug abuse prevention curricula in schools. In Z. Sloboda & W. J. Bukoski (Eds.), Handbook of drug abuse prevention: Theory, science and practice (pp. 45–74). New York: Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers.
  • Botvin, G. J., Griffin, K. W., Diaz, T., & Ifill-Williams, M. (2001). Preventing binge drinking during early adolescence: One- and two-year follow-up of a school-based preventive intervention. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 15(4), 360–365.
  • Botvin, G. J., Schinke, S., Epstein, J. A., Diaz, T., & Botvin, E. M. (1995). Effectiveness of culturally focused and generic skills training approaches to alcohol and drug abuse prevention among minority adolescents: Two year follow-up results. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 9, 183–194.
  • Cahill, H. (2006). Devising classroom drug education programs. In R. Midford & G. Munro (Eds.), Drug education in schools: Searching for the silver bullet. Melbourne: IP Communications.
  • Chikritzhs, T., & Pascal, R. (2004). Under-age drinking among 14–17 year olds and related harms in Australia. Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
  • Collins, D. J., & Lapsley, H. M. (2008). The costs of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug abuse to Australian society in 2004/05. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia 2008.
  • Dielman, T. E. (1995). School-based research on the prevention of adolescent alcohol use and misuse: Methodological issues and advances. In G. M. Boyd, J. Howard, & R. A. Zucker (Eds.), Alcohol problems among adolescents: Current directions in prevention research (pp. 125–146). Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Dusenbury, L., & Falco, M. (1995). Eleven components of effective drug abuse prevention curricula. Journal of School Health, 65(10), 420–425.
  • Dusenbury, L., & Falco, M. (1997). School-based drug abuse prevention strategies. In R. Weissberg, T. Gullotta, R. Hampton, B. Ryan, & G. Adams (Eds.), Enhancing children's wellness (pp. 47–75). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Dusenbury, L., & Hansen, W. B. (2004). Pursuing the course from research to practice. Prevention Science, 5(1), 55–59.
  • Ennett, S. T., Ringwalt, C. L., Thorne, J., Rohrbach, L. A., Vincus, A., & Simons-Rudolph, A., (2003). A comparison of current practice in school-based substance use prevention programs with meta-analysis findings. Prevention Science, 4, 1–14.
  • Faggiano, F., Vigna-Taglianti, F. D., Versino, E., Zambon, A., Borraccino, A., & Lemma, P. (2008). School-based prevention for illicit drugs use: A systematic review. Preventive Medicine, 46(5), 385–396.
  • Gorman, D. M. (2003). The best of practices, the worst of practices: The making of science-based primary prevention programs. Alcohol and Drug Abuse, 54(8), 1087–1089.
  • Gottfredson, D. C., & Wilson, D. B. (2003). Characteristics of effective school-based substance abuse prevention. Prevention Science, 4(1), 27–38.
  • Hall, W., Degenhardt, L., & Lynskey, M. (2001). The health and psycholgical effects of cannabis use. Canberra: National Drug Strategy.
  • Hansen, W. B., & Graham, J. (1991). Preventing alcohol, marijuana, and cigarette use among adolescents: Peer pressure resistance versus establishing conservative norms. Preventive Medicine, 20, 414–430.
  • Hawks, D., Scott, K., & McBride, N. (2002). Prevention of psychoactive substance use: A selected review of what works in the area of prevention. Geneva: WHO.
  • Hecht, M. L., & Raup Krieger, J. L. (2006). The principle of cultural grounding in school-based substance abuse prevention. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 25(3), 301–319.
  • Ingrand, I., Verneau, A., Silvain, C., & Beauchant, M. (2004). Prevention of viral hepatitis C: Assessment of a comic strip-based information campaign targeting adolescents. European Journal of Public Health, 14, 147–150.
  • Jones, L., Sumnall, H., Burrell, K., McVeigh, J., & Bellis, M. A. (2006). Universal drug prevention. Liverpool, UK: National Collaborating Centre for Drug Prevention.
  • Kellam, S. G., & Van Horn, Y. (1997). Life course development, community epidemiology, and preventive trials: A scientific structure for prevention research. American Journal of Community Psychology, 25, 117–187.
  • Lilja, J., Larsson, S., Wilhelmsen, B. U., & Hamilton, D. (2003). Perspectives on preventing adolescent substance use and misuse. Substance Use and Misuse, 38(1), 1491–1530.
  • Loxley, W., Toumbouruo, J. W., Stockwell, T., Haines, B., Scott, K., Godfrey, C., (2004). The prevention of substance use, risk and harm in Australia: A review of the evidence. Canberra: Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy.
  • Martlett, G. (1996). Harm reduction: Come as you are. Addictive Behaviors, 21(6), 779–788.
  • Mathers, C., Vos, T., & Stevenson, C. (1999). The burden of disease and injury in Australia. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
  • McBride, N. (2003). A systematic review of school drug education. Health Education Research, 18(6), 729–742.
  • McBride, N., Farringdon, F., Midford, R., Meuleners, L., & Phillips, M. (2004). Harm minimization, in school drug education: Final results of the School Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction Project (SHAHRP). Addiction, 99, 278–291.
  • McBride, N., Farringdon, F., Muleners, L., & Midford, R. (2006). School Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction Project: Details of intervention development and research procedures. Perth: National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology.
  • Meyer, L., & Cahill, H. (2004). Principles for school drug education. Canberra: Australian Government Department of Education Science and Training.
  • Midford, R. (2000). Does drug education work? Drug and Alcohol Review, 19, 441–446.
  • Midford, R., McBride, N., & Munro, G. (1998). Harm reduction in school drug education: Developing an Australian approach. Drug and Alcohol Review, 17(3), 319–327.
  • Midford, R., Munro, G., McBride, N., Snow, P., & Ladzinski, U. (2002). Principles that underpin effective school-based drug education. Journal of Drug Education, 32(4), 363–386.
  • Midford, R., Snow, P., & Lenton, S. (2001). School-based illicit drug education programs: A critical review and analysis. (Literature review prepared for the Department of Employment, Training and Youth Affairs). Melbourne: Centre for Youth Drug Studies, Australian Drug Foundation.
  • Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy (2006). National Alcohol Strategy 2006–2009. Canberra: The Australian Government.
  • Moskowitz, J. M. (1989). The primary prevention of alcohol problems: A critical review of the research literature. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 50(1), 54–88.
  • Munro, G., & Midford, R. (2001). “Zero tolerance” and drug education in Australian schools. Drug and Alcohol Review, 20, 105–109.
  • National Health and Medical Research Council (2001). Australian Alcohol Guidelines: Health risks and benefits. Canberra: Author.
  • Newton, N. C., Andrews, G., Teesson, M., & Vogl, L. E. (2009). Delivering prevention for alcohol and cannabis using the Internet: A cluster randomised controlled trial. Preventive Medicine, 48, 579–584.
  • Newton, N. C., Teesson, M., Vogl, L., & Andrews, G. (2010). Internet-based prevention for alcohol and cannabis use: Final results of the Climate Schools course. Addiction, 105, 749–759.
  • Newton, N. C., Vogl, L. E., Teesson, M., & Andrews, G. (2009). CLIMATE Schools Alcohol Module: Cross-validation of a school-based prevention programme for alcohol misuse. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 43, 201–207.
  • Office of National Drug Control Policy (2008). Marijuana: The greatest cause of illegal drug abuse.Washington, DC: Author.
  • Ringwalt, C., Ennett, S., Johnson, R., Rohrbach, L. A., Simons-Rudolph, A., Vincus, A., (2003). Factors associated with fidelity to substance use prevention curriculum guides in the Nation's middle schools. Health Education and Behaviour, 30(3), 375–391.
  • Roberts, G., McCall, D., Stevens Lavigne, A., Anderson, J., Paglia, A., Bollenbach, S., (2001). Preventing substance use problems among young people: A compendium of best practices. Ottawa: Health Canada.
  • Roche, A. M., Evans, K. R., & Stanton, W. R. (1997). Harm reduction: Roads less travelled to the Holy Grail. Addiction, 92(9), 1207–1212.
  • Rossmanith, A. (2006). School drug education: Looking for direction. Of Substance, 4, 16–20.
  • Rule, A. C., & Auge, J. (2005). Using humorous cartoons to teach mineral and rock concepts in sixth grade science class. Journal of Geoscience Education, 53(5), 548–558.
  • Schinke, S., Schwinn, T. M., Noia, J. D., & Cole, K. C. (2004). Reducing the risks of alcohol use among urban youth: Three-year effects of a computer-based intervention with and without parent involvement. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 65, 443–449.
  • Shope, J. T., Copeland, L. A., Marcoux, B. C., & Kamp, M. E. (1996). Effectiveness of a school-based substance abuse prevention program. Journal of Drug Education, 26(4), 323–337.
  • Soole, D. W., Mazerolle, L., & Rombouts, S. (2005). School based drug prevention: A systematic review of the effectiveness on illicit drug use. (DPMP Monograph Series, Monograph no. 07). Fitzroy: Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre.
  • Sussman, S. (1991). Curriculum development in school-based prevention research. Health Education Research, 6(3), 339–351.
  • Tobler, N. S., Lassard, T., Marshall, D., Ochshorn, P., & Roona, M. (1999). Effectiveness of school-based drug prevention programs for marijuana use. School Psychology International, 20, 105–137.
  • Tobler, N. S., Roona, M. R., Ochshorn, P., Marshall, D. G., Streke, A. V., & Stackpole, K. M. (2000). School-based adolescent drug prevention programs: 1998 meta-analysis. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 20(4), 275–336.
  • Tobler, N. S., & Stratton, H. H. (1997). Effectiveness of school-based drug prevention programs: A meta-analysis of the research. Journal of Primary Prevention, 18(1), 71–128.
  • Vogl, L., Teesson, M., Andrews, G., Bird, K., Steadman, B., & Dillon, P. (2009). A computerised harm minimization, prevention program for alcohol misuse and related harms: Randomised controlled trial. Addiction, 104, 564–575.
  • Weatherburn, D. (2008). Dilemmas in harm minimization. Addiction, 104, 335–339.
  • White, D., & Pitts, M. (1998). Review: Educating young people about drugs: A systematic review. Addiction, 93(10), 1475–1487.
  • Williams, C., & Perry, C. (1998). Lessons from Project Northland: Preventing alcohol problems during adolescence. Alcohol Health and Research World, 22(2), 107–116.
  • Wodak, A. (2009). Harm reduction is now the mainstream global drug policy. Addiction, 104, 340–346.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.