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Utilizing Tenets of Inoculation Theory to Develop and Evaluate a Preventive Alcohol Education Intervention
Author(s) -
Duryea Elias J.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of school health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1746-1561
pISSN - 0022-4391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1983.tb01139.x
Subject(s) - alcohol education , intervention (counseling) , health education , psychological intervention , psychology , gerontology , medicine , alcohol , public health , family medicine , medical education , nursing , biochemistry , chemistry
With the advent of the Surgeon General's Report, Healthy People , a renewed interest in and concern for the health‐risky practices of the school aged has emerged. Moreover, because the mortality rates for the 15 to 24 year age group continues to increase while the mortality rates for every other age group continues to decline, a school health education imperative has become peventionbased interventions. The experimental, prevention‐based alcohol education porgram reported here describes one such intervention directed at 9th grade students. The program was grounded on the principles of Inoculation Theory and evaluated using a Solomon Four‐Group Design. Results indicate that the formulation of preventive alcohol education programs utilizing Inoculation Theory in a school setting is both feasible and productive in achieving designated objectives. Longitudinal assessment of the subjects with regard to their alcohol‐related behavior is continuing throughout their high school careers.