Feasibility Study for a Schools-Based, Peer-Led, Drugs Prevention Programme, 2007-2008

This is a mixed-method data collection.<br> <br> This project builds on the successful MRC-funded ASSIST (A Stop Smoking in Schools Trial) schools smoking intervention. The project aimed to:<ul><li>develop, pilot, execute and document a drugs-education, peer-supporter training programme to be delivered alongside existing ASSIST peer-supporter training</li><li>to evaluate the feasibility of a future Phase III RCT by conducting a Phase II feasibility study, using a three-arm experimental design with two control schools, two schools receiving the ASSIST intervention, and two further schools receiving ASSIST plus the above drugs education intervention</li><li>a process evaluation of the impact of the intervention</li></ul>Pupil data were collected at baseline, immediately post-intervention and at three month follow-up, in the form of self-report data on smoking and drug use behaviour and intentions. Process data were also collected from trainers, teachers (both qualitative interviews), pupils (survey data) and peer supporters (survey data and focus group data).<br> <br> Further information is available from the <a href="http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/drugmisuse/projects/completedprojects/mrcschoolsdrugseducationproject/" title ="MRC Schools Drugs Education Project">Centre For Drug Misuse Research</a> project webpage.<br>