The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: School-Based Substance Use Prevention Programs Study: Findings about Fidelity of Implementation
4234.0: Tuesday, November 12, 2002: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Oral
School-Based Substance Use Prevention Programs Study: Findings about Fidelity of Implementation
In this session, we present three papers that discuss various aspects of fidelity of implementation of effective substance abuse prevention curricula in US middle schools. Two of the papers are based on data from a nationally representative sample of middle school prevention teachers; the third paper focuses on qualitative data collected from 14 schools that participated in the national study. Our first paper concerns factors related to the fidelity with which substance use prevention teachers are adhering to curricula guides. We continue with a presentation of correlates of the use of best practices among teachers who use evidence-based programs. Our final presentation highlights findings from a case study of the adoption and implementation of these prevention curricula, with an emphasis on Project ALERT.
Learning Objectives: See individual abstracts.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Moderator(s):Chris Ringwalt, DrPH
4:30 PM(SESSION) School-based substance use prevention programs study: Findings about fidelity of implementation
Chris Ringwalt, DrPH, Susan T. Ennett, PhD, Amy Vincus, MPH
4:50 PMFactors associated with fidelity to substance use prevention curriculum guides in the nation's middle schools
Chris Ringwalt, DrPH, Susan T. Ennett, PhD, Ruby E. Johnson, MA, Louise Rohrbach, PhD, Ashley Simons-Rudolph, BA, Amy Vincus, MPH, Judy Thorne, PhD
5:10 PMFidelity of implementation of evidence-based substance use prevention programs
Susan T. Ennett, PhD, Chris Ringwalt, DrPH, Judy Thorne, PhD, Louise Rohrbach, PhD, Amy Vincus, MPH, Ashley Simons-Rudolph, BA, Shelton Jones, MS
5:30 PMQualitative findings about the adoption and implementation of substance use prevention curricula in middle schools
Amy Vincus, MPH, Dana L Wenter, MPH, Chris Ringwalt, DrPH, Susan T. Ennett, PhD, Ashley Simons-Rudolph, BA
Organized by:Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; School Health Education and Services
CE Credits:Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA