Single vs. multiple drug prevention: is more always better?: a pilot study.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of a single drug, i.e., alcohol, against a multiple drug preventive intervention.

A sport-based intervention for preventing alcohol use and promoting physical activity among adolescents.

This study tested the potential of a novel intervention addressing alcohol prevention within the context of a sport program. Study participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups, with one group receiving the sport consultation (Sport), a second the sport consultation plus an alcohol consultation (Sport Plus), and a third a sport consultation, alcohol consultation, and mailed parent print materials (Sport Plus Parent). Researchers recruited 465 eighth graders from three schools in the northeast Florida region to participate in the study.

Iatrogenic effects of alcohol and drug prevention programs.

Objective: Understanding prevention program risks and the contextual factors associated with negative program outcomes is critical to assisting the development of public policy that is aimed at avoiding future prevention-related harm while maximizing prevention success. The purpose of this review was to systematically analyze published studies evaluating substance use prevention programs, to determine whether iatrogenic effects have occurred, and if so, what types of harmful effects resulted and under what circumstances.

Method: A search of electronic bibliographic databases in allied health, education, medicine, psychology and general literature was conducted, spanning the years from 1980 to the present.