Background: Despite intervention efforts to date, the prevalence of risky drinking among
adolescents and emerging adults remains high, increasing the risk for health consequences …

Purpose Alcohol use among adolescents and emerging adults is an important public health
issue requiring prevention approaches. Herein, we describe outcomes from a randomized …

Background: The prototype willingness model (PWM) may offer an appropriate basis for
explaining and preventing adolescent alcohol misuse. An intervention was developed using …

Background: Adolescent substance use rates in rural areas of the United States, such as
upstate New York, have risen substantially in recent years, calling for new intervention …

Background: Alcohol misuse and emotional problems (ie, depression and anxiety) are
highly comorbid among Canadian young adults. However, there is a lack of integrated …

Background Substance use by adolescents remains to be at unacceptably high levels, and
there is evidence that teens' social norms are becoming more favorable toward recreational …

Background: Excessive drinking among university students is a global challenge, leading to
significant health risks. However, heavy drinking among students is widely accepted and …

Background: Recent trial results show that an interactive short message service (SMS) text
message intervention, Texting to Reduce Alcohol Consumption (TRAC), is effective in …

Background Substance use and misuse often first emerge during adolescence. Generic life
skills training that is typically conducted within the school curriculum is effective at …

Background: The alcohol-attributable burden of disease is high among socially
disadvantaged individuals. Interventional efforts intending to have a public health impact …