A Cross-National Comparison of School Drug Policies in Washington State, United States, and Victoria, Australia
| Autor: | Jennifer M. Beyers, Tracy J. Evans-Whipp, John W. Toumbourou, Megan Mathers, Richard F. Catalano |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Washington
Adolescent Alcohol Drinking Victoria Punishment Substance-Related Disorders media_common.quotation_subject Health Behavior education Poison control Criminology Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Education State (polity) Humans Medicine media_common Schools business.industry Communication Health Policy Smoking Law enforcement Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human factors and ergonomics Philosophy Law Health education business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of School Health. 75:134-140 |
| ISSN: | 1746-1561 0022-4391 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2005.tb06658.x |
| Popis: | Using mail survey data collected from primary and secondary school administrators in Washington State, United States, and in Victoria, Australia, this study compared aspects of the school drug policy environment in the 2 states. Documented substance-use policies were prevalent in Washington and Victoria but less prevalent.in primary schools, especially in Victoria. Victorian school policy-setting processes were significantly more likely to involve teachers, parents, and students than processes in Washington schools. Consistent with expectations based on their respective national drug policy frameworks, school drug policies in Washington schools were more oriented toward total abstinence and more frequently enforced with harsh punishment (such as expulsion or calling law enforcement), whereas policies in Victorian schools were more reflective of harm-minimization principles. Within both states, however, schools more regularly used harsh punishment and remediation consequences for alcohol and illicit-drug violations compared to tobacco policy violations, which were treated more leniently. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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