Next Edition: Mulitmedia Adolescent Drug Prevention

描述(由调查人员提供)：我们建议开发一种 互动式、以学校为基础的多媒体酒精和毒品预防教育 名为Next Edition的程序。拟议的计划将设计为早期 12-14岁的青少年，相当于开始吸毒的高峰期。 通过使用包含引人入胜的视频、音频、 和图形特写，教育材料将通过新闻编辑室提供 招募学生调查和报告不同情况的形式 毒品和酒精的某些方面。利用经验性的声音预防 战略，下一版将提供四个45-50分钟的课程，对应于 三个中心模块：1)酒精，2)大麻，3)其他药物。这些模块 将包括：1)带定制反馈的风险评估；2)基本知识 测试；3)媒体素养认识练习；4)与个人相关的教育 关于酒精和毒品对身体和心理的影响；以及5)技巧 抵制使用的建筑活动。与之配套的信息网站 学生、教师和家长也将包括在内。虽然该计划是 计划在学校提供，灵活、独立的设计 该计划将使其易于在其他环境中使用(例如，初级保健 办公室、青年中心)。如果这样的计划在 减少危险行为和使用酒精和/或药物的意图 教育方法、学校管理人员和健康教育者很可能 认为它是提供教育和预防的一种可取的、具有成本效益的方式 给初中生和初中生的信息。 建议的商业应用： 这个项目很有前途。目前有1200万学生处于下一版的目标年龄范围(初中和初中)[NCES，1999]。同时，这个年龄段的酒精和毒品预防问题已成为国家关注的焦点，因为年轻人最容易在青春期早期开始使用。然而，针对早期青少年的、以经验为基础、具有时效性的多媒体预防项目很少。如果我们能够获得这个国家的一小部分初中和初中作为客户，收入将是可观的。

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): We propose the development of an interactive, school-based multimedia alcohol and drug prevention education program called Next Edition. The proposed program will be designed for early adolescents ages 12-14, corresponding to the peak years of drug use initiation. Through the use of an interactive CD-ROM incorporating engaging video, audio, and graphic features, education material will be delivered through a newsroom format where students are recruited to investigate and report on different aspects of drugs and alcohol. Utilizing empirically-sound prevention strategies, Next Edition will offer four 45-50 minute sessions corresponding to three central modules: 1) Alcohol, 2) Marijuana, 3) Other Drugs. The modules will include: 1) a risk assessment with tailored feedback; 2) basic knowledge tests; 3) media literacy awareness exercises; 4) personally relevant education about the physical and psychological effects of alcohol and drugs; and 5) skill building activities to resist use. A companion informational website for students, teachers, and parents will also be included. While the program is intended to be offered in schools, the flexible, self-contained design of the program will allow it to be readily used in other settings (e.g., primary care offices, youth centers). If such a program demonstrated effectiveness in reducing risk behaviors and intent to use alcohol and/or drugs over traditional education approaches, school administrators and health educators would likely view it as a desirable and cost-effective way to offer education and prevention information to middle and junior high school students. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: This project is very promising. There are currently 12 million students in the target age range (middle and junior high school) for Next Edition [NCES,1999]. Simultaneously, the issue of alcohol and drug prevention in this age group has become a focus of national concern, since youth are most vulnerable to initiating use during these early adolescent years. Yet, few empirically-based, time-effective multimedia prevention programs geared toward early adolescents are available. If we were able to obtain only a small fraction of the middle and junior high schools in this country as customers, the revenues would be substantial.