Citation

Simon TR, Sussman S, Dahlberg LL, Dent CW. Am. J. Health Behav. 2002; 26(2): 103-110.

Affiliation

Behavioral Scientist, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724, USA. tsimon@cdc.gov

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, PNG Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11926674

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To test the impact of a school-based substance-abuse-prevention program, Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND), on risk for violence. METHODS: Logistic regression analyses tested whether victimization, perpetration, or weapon carrying differed for intervention students relative to control students within a sample of 850 continuation high school students followed over 12 months. RESULTS: We observed a higher risk for victimization (OR=1.57) among male control students. No intervention effect was observed for female students or for perpetration among males. CONCLUSION: The findings provide limited support for a generalization of TND's preventive effect.