TY - JOUR
T1 - Youth Substance Use Prevention Using Disciplinary Literacy Strategies
T2 - A Pilot Study
AU - Park, Eunhee
AU - Jang, Bong Gee
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Journal of Addictions Nursing.All right reserved.
PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - Effective health education programs for adolescent substance use prevention need to be developed. However, the evidence supporting the use of specific instructional strategies for youth substance use prevention programs is insufficient. The purpose of this study was to develop and implement a community-based program aiming for smoking, alcohol, and substance use prevention based on multiple disciplinary literacy strategies. A one-group pretest-And-posttest comparison design was used to test the feasibility of the new substance use prevention program. Thirty-Two adolescents, most from families with minority and low-socioeconomic status backgrounds, participated. The group met for a 1-hour session once a week for 10 weeks. The program was implemented in a suburban setting in a southeastern state in the United States. Pretests and posttests were administered to assess the program's effectiveness in improving participants' knowledge, skills, and assets regarding substance use. Overall, the participants were satisfied with the program and reported significant growth in their knowledge, skills, assets, and perceptions of benefits. These findings suggest that disciplinary literacy strategies may promote adolescents' perceptions of and knowledge regarding substance use.
AB - Effective health education programs for adolescent substance use prevention need to be developed. However, the evidence supporting the use of specific instructional strategies for youth substance use prevention programs is insufficient. The purpose of this study was to develop and implement a community-based program aiming for smoking, alcohol, and substance use prevention based on multiple disciplinary literacy strategies. A one-group pretest-And-posttest comparison design was used to test the feasibility of the new substance use prevention program. Thirty-Two adolescents, most from families with minority and low-socioeconomic status backgrounds, participated. The group met for a 1-hour session once a week for 10 weeks. The program was implemented in a suburban setting in a southeastern state in the United States. Pretests and posttests were administered to assess the program's effectiveness in improving participants' knowledge, skills, and assets regarding substance use. Overall, the participants were satisfied with the program and reported significant growth in their knowledge, skills, assets, and perceptions of benefits. These findings suggest that disciplinary literacy strategies may promote adolescents' perceptions of and knowledge regarding substance use.
KW - Adolescent Health
KW - Disciplinary Literacy
KW - Health Education
KW - Health Literacy
KW - Substance Prevention
KW - Substance Use
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U2 - 10.1097/JAN.0000000000000253
DO - 10.1097/JAN.0000000000000253
M3 - Article
C2 - 30507819
AN - SCOPUS:85058555172
SN - 1088-4602
VL - 29
SP - 235
EP - 243
JO - Journal of Addictions Nursing
JF - Journal of Addictions Nursing
IS - 4
ER -