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. 2002 Mar-Apr;26(2):103-10.
doi: 10.5993/ajhb.26.2.3.

Influence of a substance-abuse-prevention curriculum on violence-related behavior

Thomas R Simon  1 , Steve Sussman, Linda L Dahlberg, Clyde W Dent
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Influence of a substance-abuse-prevention curriculum on violence-related behavior

Thomas R Simon et al. Am J Health Behav. 2002 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Objective: To test the impact of a school-based substance-abuse-prevention program, Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND), on risk for violence.

Methods: Logistic regression analyses tested whether victimization, perpetration, or weapon carrying differed for intervention students relative to control students within a sample of 850 continuation high school students followed over 12 months.

Results: We observed a higher risk for victimization (OR=1.57) among male control students. No intervention effect was observed for female students or for perpetration among males.

Conclusion: The findings provide limited support for a generalization of TND's preventive effect.

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