Youth Substance Use Prevention/Reduction Through Science-based Drug Abuse Education

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Substance Abuse

In brief

Our primary goal is to conduct a pilot study of the effects of a new potential strategy for youth substance abuse prevention - science-based drug education integrated into the high school science curriculum. Through this pilot study we propose to: (1) demonstrate that this new strategy shows promise, and (2) estimate the effect size for the intervention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00612482

Run by

Boston Children's Hospital

People needed

225

Starts

2006-12-01

Expected to finish

2008-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-03-14

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 19. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Student in 9th/10th/11th grade science classes at Fenway High School at start of study or student in 11th grade science classes at Boston Arts Academy at start of study
• Parental permission to participate

You may not qualify if…

• No parental permission to participate
• Unable to read English

Where it is running

• Children's Hospital Boston — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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