The purpose of this study was to extend the literature in both substance use implementation and persuasive health communication by examining the extent to which students' need for cognition and impulsive decision-making moderated the relationship between teachers' classroom communication behavior and program outcomes in an evidence-based middle…

A substantial survey of a University population revealed a startling lack of knowledge about commonly used drugs. These data are discussed and suggestions are outlined for an effective university level drug education program. (Author)

Evidence is presented elucidating the role of knowledge about drugs in facilitating or impeding drug use. The issues considered include (1) the role of drug information in previous "education" programs, (2) the source and uses of drug information, (3) the impact of this information, and (4) the alternative roles for drug information. (Author)

Modern drug education is marked by an increased use of the professional from the community as a guest speaker in the classroom. The use of some basic guidelines may assist the teacher in finding a "classroom lawyer," and in making his presentation more meaningful. (Author)

The essence of this article is to guide a school district in its attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of their health programming. (Author)

The Duke University Drug Abuse Reference Project (DUDARP) is a system for personalizing a list of resource materials for professionals in the area of drug abuse treatment and prevention. (Author)

An experimental-control pretest and post-test research design was implemented to measure the effects of "Human-Persons and the Use of Psychoactive Agents," a senior high school drug education curriculum. (Author)

This article focuses upon a method of making drug education more relevant for today's high school and college student through the use of an experimental lesson on drug taking. (Author)

The major purpose of this investigation was to assess the effectiveness of the revised edition of the New York State Curriculum Guide with respect to the affective domain dealing with the drug topic. Analysis revealed that the program seemed to be effective for males but not females. (Author)

A sample of non-institutionalized senior citizens were interviewed as to their drug-related practices and opinions about selected drug issues. Data revealed the elderly tended to ascribe to a number of potentially damaging beliefs about drug risks and tended to minimize the hazards of drug interactions. (Author)

Revealed sixth grade is the optimal time to provide education for smoking prevention. Sixth graders are characterized by a relative lack of knowledge of the effects of smoking, unfamiliarity with parents' attitudes, and evidence that many students in this grade intend to smoke within the next five years. (Author/BL)

Suggests that the difference between the pre- and post-actual SDA (smoking, drug, alcohol) behavior of experimental and control groups be used as a major criterion for short-term effectiveness evaluation of SDA preventive education programs aimed at high school adolescents. Results and data analysis of a case study support this methodology.…

This proposal contains a mechanism to provide the population with useful drug information at the time of purchase. This mechanism may also provide the system with useful information concerning drug utilization by the consuming public. Such information is vital to health planners and others interested in health care delivery. (Author)

The authors constructed a curriculum for a Mini-Mester course in alcoholism at an area college. It is concluded that there is a need for such curriculum and that the public and private sector can cooperate in it's establishment and execution. (Author)

Evidence is presented concerning achievement of cognitive objectives in a college course on drugs. A mastery grading system insured that students learned to criterion. Reported experience with drugs did not change during the course and was unrelated to measures of learning and student ratings of the course and the instructors. (Author)