OBJECTIVE: To assess the strength of the scientific evidence for psychoactive substance
abuse prevention programs for school-aged children and youth. DATA SOURCES: A …

Background: Alcohol use in adolescents constitutes a major public health concern. Europe
is the heaviest drinking region of the world. Several school-based alcohol prevention …

A randomized controlled trial was conducted in 2014 with 7th and 8th grade students from
72 public schools in 6 Brazilian cities. This trial aimed to evaluate the effects of an adapted …

Background Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adults have elevated use of many substances
compared to heterosexual adults, yet LGB disparities in specific types of opioid misuse and …

Several stressors associated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are expected to
affect the mental health of global populations: the effects of physical distancing, quarantine …

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the drug and violence resistance
educational program (PROERD) on short-term secondary outcomes, such as intentions to …

Background Youth substance use is a public health problem globally, where alcohol is one
of the drugs most consumed by children, and youth prevention is the best intervention for …

Background School-based programs are the most convenient interventions to tackle
substance use among youth.“Unplugged” is a Social Influence universal school curriculum …

Adolescents' access to alcohol has been associated with a higher risk of harmful use in the
future. In this study, we aimed to identify latent class patterns of how Brazilian adolescents …

Unplugged is a school-based prevention programme designed and tested in the EU-Dap
trial. The programme consists of 12 units delivered by class teachers to adolescents 12–14 …