LEADER 05993nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910971038403321 005 20251017110049.0 010 $a9786610203437 010 $a9781280203435 010 $a1280203439 010 $a9780309583831 010 $a0309583837 010 $a9780585021089 010 $a0585021082 035 $a(CKB)110986584751122 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000226796 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11198494 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000226796 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10262976 035 $a(PQKB)10065755 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3376325 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3376325 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10055444 035 $a(OCoLC)923262909 035 $a(Perlego)4735706 035 $a(DNLM)774166 035 $a(BIP)1280367 035 $a(EXLCZ)99110986584751122 100 $a19930302d1993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPreventing drug abuse $ewhat do we know? /$fDean R. Gerstein and Lawrence W. Green, editors ; Committee on Drug Abuse Prevention Research, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academy Press$d1993 215 $aix, 162 p. $cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780309046275 311 08$a0309046270 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreventing Drug Abuse -- Copyright -- 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 -- Research Needs -- SOCIAL INFLUENCE AND SOCIAL LEARNING -- Research Needs -- SUMMARY -- 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 -- Summary -- MASS MEDIA AND DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION -- CONCLUSIONS AND RESEARCH NEEDS -- Social Influence Research. 327 $aEthnicity 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 -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Index. 330 $aAs 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. 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