Mario Díaz Cutillas , Irene Espí Ballester , Ana B. Villar Lorenzo , Consuelo Puerta Ortuño , Sylvia López Davis , Olga Monteagudo Piqueras , Berta A. Medina Infante
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Abstract
Objective
To evaluate the impact of the ARGOS Community-Educational Program on reducing alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis use, resisting peer pressure to consume, and on increasing the perception of risk associated with consumption among 3 rd ESO and 4 th ESO students in the Region of Murcia who received the intervention during 1 st ESO and 2 nd ESO.
Method
A quasi-experimental study with 2031 students (53.1% from 3 rd ESO and 46.9% from 4 th ESO), divided into an intervention group (IG) and a comparison group (CG). Data collected in October 2020 and April 2021 were analyzed using t-tests and logistic regression adjusted by inverse probability weighting and educational centers.
Results
In April, in 3 rd ESO, the IG showed a lower probability of lifetime alcohol (OR: 0.62) and cannabis use (OR: 0.34) compared to the CG, as well as a 15.1% higher prevalence of resistance to peer pressure to consume cannabis. In October, in 4 th ESO, the moderately positive impact persisted, but by April, it had disappeared, with no clear effect on students who participated in the intervention.
Conclusions
The ARGOS Community-Educational Program had a limited impact on alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis use, resistance to peer pressure, and increased risk perception, particularly in 3 rd ESO and the early stages of 4 th ESO. Reinforcing the program with preventive interventions to consolidate and enhance its impact is deemed necessary.
期刊介绍:
Gaceta Sanitaria (Health Gazette) is an international journal that accepts articles in Spanish and in English. It is the official scientific journal of the Sociedad Española de Salud Publica y Administración Sanitaria (Spanish Society of Public Health and Health Administration) (SESPAS).
The Journal publishes 6 issues per year on different areas of Public Health and Health Administration, including:
-Applied epidemiology-
Health prevention and promotion-
Environmental health-
International health-
Management and assessment of policies and services-
Health technology assessments-
Health economics.
The editorial process is regulated by a peer review system. It publishes original works, reviews, opinion articles, field and methodology notes, protocols, letters to the editor, editorials, and debates.