TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Peer-Led Alcohol Education program: a pharmacy student-led program for seventh-graders
JO  - Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association (Washington,D.C. : 1996)
A1  - Fisher, L. A.
A1  - Scott, D. M.
A1  - Chase, J. M.
A1  - Smith, M. A.
SP  - 82
EP  - 86
VL  - 40
IS  - 1
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To delay or discourage the use of alcohol by seventh-grade students through peer-led education. Peer-Led Alcohol Education (PLAE) program objectives were to: (1) educate students about alcohol use and (2) assess the differences between pharmacy student presenters and high school student (peer) presenters. SETTING: Middle schools in rural Nebraska. DESIGN: PLAE focuses on normative beliefs, personal values, and pledging. Pharmacy students and high school students were trained to deliver alcohol education presentations to seventh-grade students. Evaluation results were compared among groups of seventh-grade students who received PLAE presentations from peer presenters and from pharmacy student presenters. RESULTS: PLAE presentations were made to 342 seventh-grade students at 11 schools. Evaluation results suggest that pharmacy students projected more confidence in their presentations, used more creative prop selections, and were more effective communicators. High-school presenters had a greater ability to "relate" to the seventh-graders and thus were deemed more on-target with the information. CONCLUSION: Evaluation findings suggest that rural seventh-grade students in Nebraska perceived that the PLAE program provides useful information to aid them in their decisions regarding alcohol use.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1086-5802
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -