An Effectiveness Trial of Project ALERT

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

8338 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2004-05-31

Study Completion Date

2008-06-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to replicate a longitudinal evaluation of Project ALERT, a substance abuse prevention program that targets middle school students.

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Detailed Description

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Project ALERT is a substance abuse prevention program that targets middle school students. The purposes of this evaluation are to test its immediate and one-year effectiveness in a randomized experimental design that will span a total of 2.5 years for each of two cohorts. The cohorts are spaced one year apart to reduce our implementation and data collection burdens at any one time. The design for the two cohorts is identical. In schools randomly assigned to the treatment group, instructors receive Project ALERT training and materials prior to beginning the program and have access to technical assistance on request. In schools randomly assigned to the control group, teachers implement whatever substance abuse prevention curricula they normally would (if any).

Conditions

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Alcohol Drinking Smoking Marijuana Smoking

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Control group

Did not receive Project ALERT

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Treatment group

Received Project ALERT

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Project ALERT

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Project ALERT (Adolescent Learning Experiences in Resistance Training) is a drug prevention curriculum designed for middle-school students (11 to 14 years old). The 11 lessons in the first year and 3 booster lessons in the second year focus on alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and inhalants - the substances that adolescents are most likely to use. Project ALERT uses participatory activities and videos to help motivate youth to avoid drug use, to teach youth skills and strategies to resist peer pressures to use drugs, and to establish social norms against drug-use. More information about Project ALERT may be found at http://www.projectalert.best.org/.

Interventions

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Project ALERT

Project ALERT (Adolescent Learning Experiences in Resistance Training) is a drug prevention curriculum designed for middle-school students (11 to 14 years old). The 11 lessons in the first year and 3 booster lessons in the second year focus on alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and inhalants - the substances that adolescents are most likely to use. Project ALERT uses participatory activities and videos to help motivate youth to avoid drug use, to teach youth skills and strategies to resist peer pressures to use drugs, and to establish social norms against drug-use. More information about Project ALERT may be found at http://www.projectalert.best.org/.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Adolescent Learning Experiences in Resistance Training

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* schools with 6th-8th grades housed together on a common campus
* schools with 6th grade student population of at least 100 students
* schools with no current 6th, 7th, or 8th grade implementation of any drug prevention curriculum recognized as a model program by a federally-sponsored registry
* all regular education students in the targeted grade must participate