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A Five-Year Follow-Up of a Survey of North American Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Programs
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Russell, Keith; Gillis, H. Lee; Lewis, T. Grant – Journal of Experiential Education, 2008
This study reports the results of a five-year follow-up survey of private-pay outdoor behavioral healthcare (OBH) programs operating in the United States and Canada. A total of 65 of 102 programs identified as meeting certain characteristics responded to the survey and identified themselves as an OBH program that utilizes a clinical treatment…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Foreign Countries, Outdoor Education, Health Education
Training in Evaluation Skills for Drug Treatment and Drug Prevention Professionals in the Commonwealth Caribbean: How Do Non-Governmental and Statutory Services Compare?
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Klein, Axel; Day, Marcus – Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 2006
In the countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean there has been a dramatic expansion in drug demand reduction (DDR) programmes over the past decade. Often drawing on models originating in the countries providing the funding in North America or Europe, these activities have often been inadequately monitored and rarely evaluated. The absence of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nongovernmental Organizations, Public Agencies, Professional Personnel
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the New South Wales Adult Drug Court Program
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Shanahan, Marian; Lancsar, Emily; Haas, Marion; Lind, Bronwyn; Weatherburn, Don; Chen, Shuling – Evaluation Review, 2004
In New South Wales, Australia, a cost-effectiveness evaluation was conducted of an adult drug court (ADC) program as an alternative to jail for criminal offenders addicted to illicit drugs. This article describes the program, the cost-effectiveness analysis, and the results. The results of this study reveal that, for the 23-month period of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cost Effectiveness, Substance Abuse, Program Evaluation
Long-Term Effectiveness of Mass Media Led Antismoking Campaigns in Australia.
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Pierce, John P.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1990
Examines the long-term effects of two Australian community antismoking campaigns that used television advertising to set the community agenda. Finds that, at the beginning of the campaigns, there was an immediate 2 percent drop in male and female smoking prevalence, followed by a 1.5 percent decline per year among males. (FMW)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation, Females
The Windana Therapeutic Community's Action Adventure Program.
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Price, Richard; DeBever, Marijke – 1998
The Windana Society is a drug and alcohol agency in Victoria (Australia) that operates, among other things, a residential drug rehabilitation program in a rural setting. The program utilizes a holistic approach that addresses health and physical fitness; education; vocational and re-integration support; and psychological, emotional, spiritual, and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Coping, Drug Rehabilitation
"Throughcare" for Drug-Using Prisoners in Britain: A Clinical Report
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Harman, Karen; Paylor, Ian – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2004
CARAT (Counselling, Assessment, Referral, Advice and Throughcare) schemes have been operational in prisons throughout England and Wales for three and a half years, designed to increase the support available to drug-using prisoners both during custody and on release. Specifically the CARAT service has a remit to "bridge the gap" between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation