Substance use prevention for adolescents: the Icelandic Model
Alcohol and other Drugs have shown that adolescent sub-stance use is a growing problem in western and particu-larly Eastern European countries. This paper describes the development, implementation and results of the Icelandic Model of Adolescent Substance Use Prevention. The Icelandic Model is a the...
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| Summary: | Alcohol and other Drugs have shown that adolescent sub-stance use is a growing problem in western and particu-larly Eastern European countries. This paper describes the development, implementation and results of the Icelandic Model of Adolescent Substance Use Prevention. The Icelandic Model is a theoretically grounded, evi-dence-based approach to community adolescent substance use prevention that has grown out of collaboration between policy makers, behavioural scientists, field-based practitioners and community residents in Iceland. The intervention focuses on reducing known risk factors for substance use, while strengthening a broad range of par-ental, school and community protective factors. Annual cross-sectional surveys demonstrate the impact of the intervention on substance use among the population of |
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