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- A program called PALS was created to help middle school students learn about the dangers of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs and how to say no to them.
- The program checked students' plans to use these substances before and after the lessons, as well as one and two years later.
- PALS students showed much lower intentions to use alcohol and tobacco compared to students who didn’t take part in PALS, showing that the program worked well over time.
Article Abstract
A unique Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug (ATOD) prevention program called PALS (Prevention through Alternative Learning Styles) was implemented with middle school students with the goal of enhancing student knowledge of the harmful effects of ATOD, promoting the use of refusal skills and reducing intentions to use ATOD in the future. Intentions to use were measured at four points: pre-PALS, post-PALS, and at 1-year and 2-year follow-ups. Student survey responses were then matched and compared across the four time periods. This article reports on the long-term effectiveness of PALS on student intentions to use ATOD in high school. When follow-up surveys of PALS students were compared to students not exposed to PALS (comparison group), the PALS students had significantly lower intentions to use alcohol and tobacco, providing evidence that the PALS intervention did have a long-term impact on intentions to use these substances.
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