Development of a Universal Internet-Based Prevention Program for Ecstasy and New Psychoactive Substances

Champion, Katrina E. and Teesson, Maree and Newton, Nicola C. (2015) Development of a Universal Internet-Based Prevention Program for Ecstasy and New Psychoactive Substances. Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, 05 (01). pp. 23-30. ISSN 2162-2477

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Abstract

In recent years, the Internet has received increasing recognition as an effective means of facilitating public health interventions. In particular, delivering prevention for substance use to school students via the Internet appears to be an area of great potential. The Climate Schools: Ecstasy and Emerging Drugs Module, a school-based prevention program, facilitated by the Internet, was developed to address the use of ecstasy and new and emerging drugs (Emerging Psychoactive Substances or Novel Psychoactive Substances). This four-lesson course was designed to be delivered to Australian adolescents (aged 15 to 16 years) during their standard health education classes at school, and is based on a harm-minimisation and social influence approach. The program was developed in response to the important public health challenge of new and emerging drugs as well as to address the prevention of ecstasy use among young people. To our knowledge, this will be the first school- and Internet-based prevention program specifically targeting these substances. This paper describes the process involved in developing this new Internet-based substance use prevention program.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: STM Open Press > Medical Science
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Date Deposited: 14 Feb 2023 09:41
Last Modified: 22 Aug 2024 12:41
URI: http://journal.submissionpages.com/id/eprint/338

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