HTH 3533: Drugs and Health (Quackenbush)

Readings and Sources for Prof. Quackenbush's HTH 3533 course.

Drug Use Prevention

Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents (In Brief)

Chapter 3: Applying Prevention Principles to Drug Abuse Prevention Programs
-How are risk and protective factors addressed in prevention programs?
-What are the core elements of effective research-based prevention programs?
-How can the community implement and sustain effective prevention programs?
-How can the community evaluate the impact of its program on drug abuse?
-What are the cost-benefits of community prevention programs?
Chapter 4: Examples of Research-Based Drug Abuse Prevention Programs
-Universal Programs
-Selective Programs
-Indicated Programs
-Tiered Programs

Infamous Public Service Announcement (PSA) Videos:

Florida Sheriff's Warning to Heroin Dealers

Florida sheriff taunts heroin dealers, telling them to "run" [Provided by Lake County Sheriff's Office]

Partnership for a Drug Free America "Brain on Drugs"

Debi Austin "Voice Box" - Tabacco Free CA

In this ad from 1996, Debi Austin discusses her struggle to quit smoking even after having her larynx removed due to a tobacco-related cancer diagnosis. The making of the ad prompted her to quit smoking and tell her story to thousands of children and adults around California. Sadly, Debi passed away in February 2013 after courageously battling multiple tobacco-related cancers for over 20 years.

Vintage Star Wars C-3PO R2-D2 Smoking PSA Commercial

keepin' it REAL - For Kids, By Kids

Keepin' it REAL is a drug-resistance-skills training curriculum based on interviews with thousands of teens. The program gives youth several options for getting out of potentially dangerous situations and empowers them to make good decisions. The keepin' it REAL program is the recipient of Penn State University Outreach's 2010 Community Engagement and Scholarship Award.

Evidence-Based Interventions for Preventing Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents
Substantial progress has been made in developing prevention programs for adolescent drug abuse. The most effective interventions target salient risk and protective factors at the individual, family, and/or community levels and are guided by relevant psychosocial theories regarding the etiology of substance use and abuse. This article reviews the epidemiology, etiologic risk and protective factors, and evidence-based approaches that have been found to be most effective in preventing adolescent substance use and abuse. Exemplary school and family-based prevention programs for universal (everyone in population), selected (members of at-risk groups), and indicated (at-risk individuals) target populations are reviewed, along with model community-based prevention approaches. Challenges remain in widely disseminating evidence-based prevention programs into schools, families, and communities.
Prevention Interventions of Alcohol Problems in the Workplace: A Review and Guiding Framework
The workplace offers advantages as a setting for interventions that result in primary prevention of alcohol abuse. Such programs have the potential to reach broad audiences and populations that would otherwise not receive prevention programs and, thereby, benefit both the employee and employer. Researchers have implemented and evaluated a variety of workplace alcohol problem prevention efforts in recent years, including programs focused on health promotion, social health promotion, brief interventions, and changing the work environment. Although some studies reported significant reductions in alcohol use outcomes, additional research with a stronger and integrated methodological approach is needed. The field of workplace alcohol prevention also might benefit from a guiding framework, such as the one proposed in this article.