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Universal School-Based Prevention Programs for Alcohol Misuse in Young People

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Systematic Review

Source: The Cochrane Collaborative

Last Reviewed: May 2011

Workgroups: Substance Use Workgroup

In this Cochrane systematic review, the Cochrane Collaborative found that the evidence suggests that some psychosocial and developmental prevention programs can be effective in preventing alcohol misuse in adolescents. Some studies showed statistically significant effects, and others showed no effects. Researchers noted that the most common positive effects across studies were reduced drunkenness and binge drinking.

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Objectives related to this resource (2)

Reduce the proportion of adolescents who drank alcohol in the past month — SU‑04
Little or no detectable change
Reduce the proportion of people under 21 years who engaged in binge drinking in the past month — SU‑09
Little or no detectable change

Suggested Citation

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Foxcroft, D.R. & Tsertsvadze, A. (2011). Universal school‐based prevention programs for alcohol misuse in young people. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2011 (5). DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009113.