Program Profile: Family-School Partnership Intervention to Reduce Risk of Substance Use

The program was a universal, preventive intervention for first-grade students, designed to reduce the risk for substance use by improving teachers’ and parents’ communication and behavior-management skills.

Evidence Rating: Promising | One study

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The program was a universal, preventive intervention for first-grade students, designed to reduce the risk for substance use by improving teachers’ and parents’ communication and behavior-management skills. The program is rated Promising. Approximately 6 to 7 years after the program, participants showed a statistically significant lower likelihood of having initiated tobacco use, compared with nonparticipants. The program had no impact on alcohol, marijuana, inhalant, or other drug use.

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, Parent Training, School/Classroom Environment

Targeted Population: Families

Current Program Status: Not Active