None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The aim of the current study was to evaluate the efficacy fo the Climate Schools: Psychostimulant and Cannabis module in Australian secondary schools. It was expected that students who recieved the intervention would have increased psychostimulant and cannabis related knowledge, decreased pro-drug attitudes, decreased psychostimulant and cannabis use, and decreased intentions to use psychostimulants and cannabis, compared to students in the control group.
Interventions
The CLIMATE Schools: Psychostimulant and Cannabis Module consists of a six-lesson harm-minimisation program aimed at decreasing cannabis and psychostimulant use, misuse and related harms. The lessons are intended to be delivered once weekly over a six week period. Each lesson is approximately 40 minutes in length and is broken into two components. The first is a 15-20 minute computer module. The second part involves the choice of one or more classroom-based activities which have been prepared i
The CLIMATE Schools: Psychostimulant and Cannabis Module consists of a six-lesson harm-minimisation program aimed at decreasing cannabis and psychostimulant use, misuse and related harms. The lessons are intended to be delivered once weekly over a six week period. Each lesson is approximately 40 minutes in length and is broken into two components. The first is a 15-20 minute computer module. The second part involves the choice of one or more classroom-based activities which have been prepared in the program manual. Teacher and student summary sheets are also provided for each lesson. The online intervention requires students to complete the lessons in consecutive order to ensure they view each lesson in full before moving to the next.
Sponsors
Prof Maree Teesson
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
13 Years to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Year 10 students from Australian secondary schools.
Exclusion criteria
Nil
Outcome results
None listed