Are Drug Education Programs Effective?
- 1 December 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Drug Education
- Vol. 5 (4) , 301-316
- https://doi.org/10.2190/rr55-ht2n-2w2t-wcev
Abstract
The effects of expert speakers in producing change in drug attitudes, opinions and knowledge of high school students were evaluated with a quasi-field experiment. Three different treatment groups (expertise areas) and a control group were employed. The results indicate that such programs have no change effect. Additional analysis explored change by student type, using the latent class analysis suggested by Lazarsfeld. There is evidence that one class type is susceptible to change, but that the change is minimal given this type of program.Keywords
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