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Youth Substance Use Prevention/Reduction Through Science-based Drug Abuse Education

NCT00612482 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 225

Last updated 2011-03-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Our primary goal is to conduct a pilot study of the effects of a new potential strategy for youth substance abuse prevention - science-based drug education integrated into the high school science curriculum. Through this pilot study we propose to: (1) demonstrate that this new strategy shows promise, and (2) estimate the effect size for the intervention.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

drug prevention curriculum

Participants in the "experimental" arm of the study will receive the 5-lesson, science-based drug prevention curriculum in their science classes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Sion Kim Harris, PhD · Boston Children's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Max Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-12-31
Primary Completion
2008-01-31
Completion
2008-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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