Program Profile: Classroom-Centered Intervention to Reduce Risk of Substance Use

This program was a preventive intervention for first-grade students, which was designed to reduce substance use risk by improving teachers’ behavior-management skills and enhancing classroom curricula.

Evidence Rating: Promising | One study

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This program was a preventive intervention for first-grade students, which was designed to reduce substance use risk by improving teachers’ behavior-management skills and enhancing classroom curricula. The program is rated Promising. Overall, results were mixed. The treatment group showed a statistically significant lower likelihood of self-reporting initiation of tobacco use and other drugs, compared with the control group. The program had no statistically significant impact on alcohol, mariju

A Promising rating implies that implementing the program may result in the intended outcome(s).

This program's rating is based on evidence that includes at least one high-quality randomized controlled trial.

Date Created: July 17, 2024
Program Snapshot

Age: 5 - 7

Gender: Male, Female

Race/Ethnicity: White, Black, Other

Geography: Urban

Setting (Delivery): School

Program Type: Academic Skills Enhancement, Alcohol and Drug Prevention, Classroom Curricula, School/Classroom Environment

Current Program Status: Not Active