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Influence of a substance-abuse-prevention curriculum on violence-related behavior
Thomas R Simon1, Steve Sussman, Linda L Dahlberg
1Behavioral Scientist, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724, USA. tsimon@cdc.gov
Objective:
To test the impact of a school-based substance-abuse-prevention program, Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND), on risk for violence.
Methods:
Logistic regression analyses tested whether victimization, perpetration, or weapon carrying differed for intervention students relative to control students within a sample of 850 continuation high school students followed over 12 months.
Results:
We observed a higher risk for victimization (OR=1.57) among male control students. No intervention effect was observed for female students or for perpetration among males.
Conclusion:
The findings provide limited support for a generalization of TND's preventive effect.