Delivering prevention for alcohol and cannabis using the internet: A cluster randomised controlled trial

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 579-584

  Newton, Nicola C ^a   Andrews, Gavin ^b   Teesson, Maree ^a   Vogl, Laura E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol education; Cannabis education; Computerised lessons; Harm reduction; Internet; Prevention; School based

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANNABIS SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 67349097710     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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