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Meier, Kathryn S. – Health Education Quarterly, 1991
A survey of 1,085 seventh and eleventh graders assessed the impact of parents, peers, siblings, advertising, and sponsorship as role models influencing attitudes toward smoking and smoking behavior. Results suggest that intervention programs need to address nicotine addiction and be in place before grade seven. (JOW)
Descriptors: Community Influence, Early Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Influence
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Dielman, T. E.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1992
The differential effectiveness of a school-based alcohol use and misuse (AUM) prevention program on elementary school students' susceptibility to peer pressure (SPP) was studied. Findings showed that experimental group students with prior unsupervised AUM had significantly greater reduction than control students in rates of increase in SPP and…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Drinking, Early Intervention, Elementary Education
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Coker, J. Kelly – Professional School Counseling, 2001
Article describes a substance-abuse prevention program, Four-Fold Prevention, designed to specifically focus on four primary areas of social support-parents, schools, communities, and peers. This program enhances positive and supportive relationships among children and influencing adults and peers by opening the lines of communication about…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Health Behavior