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Eaton, Danice K.; Forthofer, Melinda S.; Zapata, Lauren B.; Brown, Kelli R. McCormack; Bryant, Carol A.; Reynolds, Sherri T.; McDermott, Robert J. – Journal of School Health, 2004
Alcohol consumption by youth can produce negative health outcomes. This study identified correlates of lifetime alcohol use, recent alcohol use, and binge drinking among youth in sixth through 10th grade (n = 2,004) in Sarasota County, Fla. Results from a closed-ended, quantitative survey acknowledged a range of personal, social and environmental…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Drinking, Early Adolescents, Adolescents

Emery, Eileen M.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1993
Sixth graders completed a survey investigating the relationship of school and home self-esteem to history of substance use, membership in alternative education programs, gender, and race. Both school and home self-esteem inversely related to tobacco, alcohol, and drug use. Students in nonmainstream programs had significantly lower home and school…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Classroom Environment, Drug Abuse, Elementary School Students

Werch, Chudley E. – Journal of School Health, 1996
This study examined how brief nurse consultations helped prevent alcohol use among urban youth. Surveys of sixth-eighth graders who did and did not complete the consultations indicated that intervention students reduced and control students increased their heavy drinking following the intervention. There were no differences on other alcohol use…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Consultation Programs, Drinking, Health Promotion