Development and Guiding Principles of the Icelandic Model for Preventing Adolescent Substance Use

Publisher's version (útgefin grein) Adolescent substance use-the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and other harmful drugs-remains a persistent global problem and has presented ongoing challenges for public health authorities and society. In response to the high rates of adolescent substance use...

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Published in:Health Promotion Practice
Main Authors: Kristjansson, Alfgeir, Mann, Michael J., Sigfusson, Jon, Thorisdottir, Ingibjorg, Allegrante, John P., Sigfúsdóttir, Inga Dóra
Other Authors: Sálfræðideild (HR), Department of Psychology (RU), Samfélagssvið (HR), School of Social Sciences (RU), Háskólinn í Reykjavík, Reykjavik University
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2020
Subjects:
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Adolescence
Icelandic model
Implementation
Practice-based evidence
Prevention
Substance use
Lýðheilsa
Heilsugæsla
Unglingsár
Unglingar
Ísland
Líkön
Forvarnir
Vímuefnavarnir
Fíkniefnaneysla
Iceland
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2197
https://doi.org/10.1177/1524839919849032
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Summary:Publisher's version (útgefin grein) Adolescent substance use-the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and other harmful drugs-remains a persistent global problem and has presented ongoing challenges for public health authorities and society. In response to the high rates of adolescent substance use during the 1990s, Iceland has pioneered in the development of the Icelandic Model for Primary Prevention of Substance Use-a theory-based approach that has demonstrated effectiveness in reducing substance use in Iceland over the past 20 years. In an effort to document our approach and inform potentially replicable practice-based processes for implementation in other country settings, we outline in a two-part series of articles the background and theory, guiding principles of the approach, and the core steps used in the successful implementation of the model. In this article, we describe the background context, theoretical orientation, and development of the approach and briefly review published evaluation findings. In addition, we present the five guiding principles that underlie the Icelandic Prevention Model's approach to adolescent substance use prevention and discuss the accumulated evidence that supports effectiveness of the model. In a subsequent Part 2 article, we will identify and describe key processes and the 10 core steps of effective practice-based implementation of the model. "Peer Reviewed"

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