Is universal prevention against youths’ substance misuse really universal? Gender specific effects in the EU-Dap school–based prevention trial.

Federica Vigna-Taglianti (1) , Serena Vadrucci (1) , Fabrizio Faggiano (2) , Gregor Burkhart (3) , Roberta Siliquini (4) , Maria Rosaria Galanti (5) , The Eu-Dap Study Group (1)

1 Piedmont Centre for Drug Addiction Epidemiology, ASLTO3
2 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Avogadro University
3 EMCDDA, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
4 UNITO - Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin
5 Stockholm County Council

Studies of effectiveness of school-based prevention of substance misuse have generally overlooked gender differences. The purpose of this work was to analyse gender differences in the effectiveness of a new European school-based curriculum for prevention of substance misuse among adolescents.

Mots clés: ADOLESCENTS CG; GENDER STUDIES SI; PREVENTION PR; RANDOMISED TRIALS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE RB; comprehensive social influence model; effectiveness; gender differences; school-based prevention; substance use

Federica Vigna-Taglianti, Serena Vadrucci, Fabrizio Faggiano, Gregor Burkhart, Roberta Siliquini, et al.. Is universal prevention against youths’ substance misuse really universal? Gender specific effects in the EU-Dap school–based prevention trial.. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2009, 63 (9), pp.722-n/a. ⟨10.1136/jech.2008.081513⟩. ⟨hal-00477878⟩