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Sharing Our Journey: Implementing a Multicounty Substance Use Prevention Program in Area Schools.

Kim A Decker¹, Derrick M Garletts², Cheyenne A Warwick³

¹Clinical Associate Professor, Indiana University School of Nursing, Bloomington, IN.

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Summary

This study details a nurse-led substance use prevention program in schools, involving university students. Findings highlight program strengths and weaknesses, offering a model for school nurses and community health initiatives.

Keywords:

Say It Straight program alcohol assessment of health care needs collaborative communication community/public health nursing drug use prevention health education nursing education substance abuse prevention tobacco university partnerships

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Area of Science:

Public Health
Nursing Education
Adolescent Health

Background:

Rising adolescent substance use necessitates effective prevention strategies.
Community assessments identified a critical need for ongoing substance use prevention programs.
School nurses play a vital role in advocating for child health and leading health initiatives.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe an interprofessional, evidence-based, nurse-led substance use prevention program.
To explore university health science students' perceptions of their training and program implementation.
To present a model for school nurses to establish university partnerships for community health needs.

Main Methods:

A 4-year implementation of the 'Say It Straight' program in school settings.
Interprofessional student teams from nursing, psychology, public health, and social work delivered the program.
Feedback was collected from students on training usefulness, program strengths, and weaknesses.

Main Results:

The program targeted elementary and middle school-aged children over six weeks with weekly 45-minute lessons.
Student feedback provided insights into the most valuable aspects of the training.
Identified strengths and weaknesses of the program implementation model were documented.

Conclusions:

The nurse-led, interprofessional program effectively addressed adolescent substance use prevention.
Student feedback is crucial for refining training and implementation strategies.
This project serves as a replicable model for school nurses to foster university-school partnerships in health promotion.