Using PANDA (Preventing the Abuse of Tobacco, Narcotics, Drugs, and Alcohol) in a Baltimore City Head Start Setting: A Preliminary Study.

Belcher, Harolyn M. E.; Lockhart, Paula J.; Perkins-Parks, Susan; McNally, Margaret

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ERIC Number: EJ615914

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2000

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Using PANDA (Preventing the Abuse of Tobacco, Narcotics, Drugs, and Alcohol) in a Baltimore City Head Start Setting: A Preliminary Study.

Belcher, Harolyn M. E.; Lockhart, Paula J.; Perkins-Parks, Susan; McNally, Margaret

Journal of Black Psychology, v26 n4 p437-49 Nov 2000

Describes an evaluation of a substance abuse prevention curriculum, Preventing the Abuse of Tobacco, Narcotics, Drugs, and Alcohol (PANDA), taught to African American Head Start preschool students, examining changes in children's self-concept following participation. Overall, students demonstrated significantly improved self-concept, and PANDA proved to be easy to administer, developmentally and culturally appropriate, and economically accessible. (SM)

Descriptors: Black Students, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Prevention, Program Effectiveness, Self Concept, Substance Abuse

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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