Chapter 17 Flashcards
What is the distinction between secondary and tertiary prevention?
Secondary prevention is aimed at people who experimented with drugs already and preventing them from using more dangerous drugs. Whereas tertiary prevention is aimed at people who have been through drug treatment.
What is the knowledge-attitudes-behavior model, and what information first called it into question?
It’s where teachers attend courses taught by experts (scare-tactics, pharmacology dry facts), then brought these facts into the classroom. A study indicated that students with more knowledge about drugs tended to have a more positive attitude toward drugs
Explain what is meant by “value-free” values clarification programs, and why they fell out of favor in the 1980s.
Teaches students to recognize and express their own feelings and beliefs. It ran contrary to the particular set of values the parents wanted their children to learn
When the Drug-Free Schools programs began in 1986, the emphasis shifted away from curriculum to what?
The emphasis on factors other than curriculum, such as school policies on drug and alcohol use (locker searches, suspension, and expulsion)
What were the five successful components of the social influence model for smoking prevention?
Training refusal skills, public commitment, countering advertising, normative education, and use of teen leaders
In Project ALERT, what was the impact of using teen leaders to assist the instructors?
With teen leaders they had the largest reduction in cigarette use: 50% fewer students were weekly smokers at the 15 month follow up
What distinguishes DARE from other similar programs based on the social influence model?
The educational program with DARE is delivered by police officers in 5th and 6th grade classrooms originally
What do ALERT and Life Skills Training have in common, besides their effectiveness?
Communication with children, decision-making skills, how to set goals and limits, and when and how to say no to your child
What are some of the “parenting” skills that might be taught and practiced in a prevention program?
communication with children, decision-making skills, how to set goals and limits and when and how to say no to your child
What is the most common component of “drug-free workplace” plans?
Random urine screenings
