The GOOD life: Study protocol for a social norms intervention to reduce alcohol and other drug use among Danish adolescents
| Autor: | Lotte Vallentin-Holbech, Birthe Marie Rasmussen, Christiane Stock |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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School Denmark Psychological intervention 030508 substance abuse Poison control Computer-assisted web interviewing Adolescents Health Promotion/methods law.invention 0302 clinical medicine Clinical Protocols Randomized controlled trial law Surveys and Questionnaires Social Norms Medicine Alcohol and other drug use 030212 general & internal medicine Alcohol Drinking/prevention & control Schools Communication lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Smoking Social norms intervention Research Design Female 0305 other medical science medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Substance-Related Disorders/prevention & control education Binge drinking Ethanol/administration & dosage Marijuana Smoking Peer Group Binge Drinking Feedback 03 medical and health sciences Social norms approach Environmental health Intervention (counseling) Humans Illicit Drugs business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Peer group lcsh:RA1-1270 Family medicine business |
| Zdroj: | BMC Public Health, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2016) Stock, C, Vallentin-Holbech, L & Rasmussen, B M 2016, ' The GOOD life : Study protocol for a social norms intervention to reduce alcohol and other drug use among Danish adolescents ', BMC Public Health, vol. 16, no. 1, 704, pp. 704 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3333-1 |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12889-016-3333-1 |
| Popis: | Background: It is currently unknown if school-based social norms interventions are effective in preventing harmful alcohol consumption and other drug use among adolescents in Denmark. This paper describes the social norms-based programme The GOOD life and the design of a cluster-randomized controlled trial to test its effectiveness. Methods/Design: The intervention The GOOD life is composed of three social norms components representing three different communication channels, namely face-to-face communication (normative feedback session), print communication (posters) and interactive media (web application). The intervention period of 8 weeks is preceded and followed by data collection, with the follow-up taking place 3 months after baseline. Public schools in the Region of Southern Denmark with grades 8 and 9 are invited to participate in the study and participating schools are randomly allocated to either intervention or control schools. The aim is to recruit a total of 39 schools and a sample of 1.400 pupils for the trial. An online questionnaire is conducted to examine the use of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana as well as the perceived frequency of use among peers of their own grade, which is measured before and after the intervention. Baseline data is used to develop social norms messages which are included in the three intervention components. Primary outcomes are binge drinking (more than 5 units at one occasion) and perceived frequency of binge drinking among peers, while smoking, marijuana use and alcohol-related harm will be assessed as secondary outcomes. Discussion: The GOOD life study will provide necessary insights on descriptive and injunctive norms regarding alcohol and other drug use among Danish adolescents. In addition, it will provide new knowledge and insight on the feasibility, implementation context and effectiveness of a newly developed social norms intervention in the Danish school context. Trial registration: Date of registration: 17 February 2016 (retrospectively registered) at Current Controlled Trials with study ID ISRCTN27491960 |
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