[Evaluation of the effectiveness of a DADA school-drug prevention program among seventh-grade students]

Introduction: Drug-taking habit is not infrequent in the young population. There is a need of proven effective drug prevention programs. Aim: The aim of our study was to analyze the efficiency of the Hungarian Police's DADA school-drug prevention program. Method: The research program was carried out by a standard questionnaire at Apáczai Csere János Primary School in Pécs and Kodolányi János Primary School in Pécsvárad. Results: After analyzing the participating students' answers, the results showed that the rate of those, who "know everything" about drugs, increased from 27% to 37.3%, and of those, who did "not know anything", decreased from 5.6% to 1.6% (p<0.001). Regarding self-efficiency, the DADA program did not show any significant change (p = 0.364). However, less than 60% of the students agreed the statements: "I have learned a lot from the trainings" and "I received answers to several questions that I had been interested in earlier." Conclusion: We can conclude that the DADA program was successful. Regarding the chosen reactions and opinions about the program, we have to consider the sociocultural background of the participants. Orv Hetil. 2019; 160(23): 914-920.