Preliminary impact of the adoption of the Icelandic Prevention Model in Tarragona City, 2015–2019: A repeated cross-sectional study

• Published in: Frontiers in Public Health
• Main Authors: Caine C. A. Meyers, Michael J. Mann, Ingibjorg Eva Thorisdottir, Patricia Ros Garcia, Jon Sigfusson, Inga Dora Sigfusdottir, Alfgeir L. Kristjansson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
• Subjects: Icelandic Prevention Model; primary prevention; adolescents; substance use; Iceland; risk and protective factors; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Tarragona
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1117857; https://doaj.org/article/a17914c01aae4dc8a2b7863856fe7015

BackgroundThere is a great need for effective primary prevention intervention strategies to reduce and delay onset of adolescent substance use. The Icelandic Prevention Model (IPM) showed great success in Iceland over the past twenty plus years, however, evidence for the transferability of model is...