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Implementation and Process Evaluation of a Student "School-as-Community" Group

A Component of a School-Based Drug Abuse Prevention Program

Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California

Clyde W. Dent

Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California

Elisha R. Galaif

Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California

Alan W. Stacy

Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California

Traci Newman

Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California

Mary Ann Moss

Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California

Michael Hennesy

Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California

Sande Craig

Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California

Mary Ann Pentz

Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California

Thomas R. Simon

Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California

Little documentation exists regarding the functioning of formalized adolescent groups as drug abuse prevention agents. Two studies are described that were conducted at high schools whose students are at high risk for drug abuse. Twenty-one schools were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (a) standard care, (b) classroom drug abuse education only, or (c) classroom plus school-as-conununity. Results of the first study tndicated that the school-as-communtty component—which involved weekly meetings and periodic events at seven schools—was imple mented as planned, drug abused focused, and perceived as productive in discouraging drug abuse. In the second study, staff in the classroom plus school-as-community condition self- reported involvement in the greatest number of community activities across the school year, compared with staff from the other two conditions. These two studies support the feasibility of formalized groups of high-risk youth to promote drug-free events.

Evaluation Review, Vol. 21, No. 1, 94-123 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9702100106


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