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Health Education Research, Vol. 18, No. 1, 74-87, February 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press

One-year follow-up results of the STARS for Families alcohol prevention program

C. E. Werch, D. M. Owen, J. M. Carlson, C. C. DiClemente1, P. Edgemon and M. Moore

Center for Drug Prevention Research, University of North Florida, 4567 St Johns Bluff Road South, Jacksonville, FL 32224-2645 and1 Department of Psychology, University of Maryland–Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21228-5398, USA

This study examined the 1-year follow-up effects of the STARS (Start Taking Alcohol Risks Seriously) for Families program, a 2-year preventive intervention based on a stage of acquisition model, and consisting of nurse consultations and parent materials. A randomized controlled trial was conducted, with participants receiving either the intervention or a minimal intervention control. Participants included a cohort of 650 sixth-grade students from two urban middle schools—one magnet (bused) and one neighborhood. Trained project staff administered questionnaires to students following a standardized protocol in the schools. For the magnet school sample, significantly fewer intervention students (5%) were planning to drink in the next 6 months than control students (18%), {chi}2 = 11.53, 1 d.f., P = 0.001. Magnet school intervention students also had less intentions to drink in the future, greater motivation to avoid drinking and less total alcohol risk than control students, Ps < 0.05. For the neighborhood school, intervention students (m = 7.90, SD = 1.87) had less total alcohol risk than control students (m = 8.42, SD = 1.83), F(1,205) = 4.09, P = 0.04. These findings suggest that a brief, stage and risk/protective factor tailored program holds promise for reducing risk for alcohol use among urban school youth 1 year after intervention, and has the unique advantage of greater ‘transportability’ over classroom-based prevention programs.


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