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Evaluating a school-based alcohol program: the WARP experience
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posted on 2015-03-05, 00:00 authored by Fiona McKayFiona McKay, Matthew DunnMatthew DunnThe Western Alcohol Reduction Program (WARP) is a community designed and lead, secondary school-based, program that seeks to address issues related to alcohol use by young people in the Melbourne western metropolitan region. Taking a whole-of community approach, the program consisted of six programs for a class of 20 students from schools in western Melbourne. The program sought to highlight negative influences of alcohol on life outcomes, and addresses the issues of alcohol-related behaviour in assaults, injuries and preventable consequences of risk-taking behaviour. The findings of this evaluation suggest that students have modified some of their drinking behaviours over the program, have modified some of their risky behaviours and have increased their knowledge in some areas. This program, designed specifically to meet the needs of the local school and students, has the potential to increase the alcohol- and drug-related knowledge of students, while also having a positive impact on alcohol-related behaviours.
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International journal of health promotion and educationVolume
53Issue
4Pagination
216 - 226Publisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)Location
Oxford, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1463-5240Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2015, Institute of Health Promotion and EducationUsage metrics
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