Scott D M, Surface J L, Friedli D, Barlow T W
College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198-6045, USA.
J Drug Educ. 1999;29(2):165-74. doi: 10.2190/WEDP-K9N8-K2N8-MW99.
This study investigated whether Nebraska schools with Student Assistance Programs (SAP) are associated with reduced adolescent alcohol use and a higher level of academic achievement than students from schools without a SAP.
In 1992, the Toward a Drug Free Nebraska (TDFN) survey was administered to 3,454 students in grades seven to twelve at eighty-three Nebraska schools. A second survey, the TDFN "team activity report" collected from each school's team, the presence of a SAP (n = 34 schools) or absence of a SAP (n = 49 schools). Student responses for alcohol use and academic achievements were linked with the presence of a SAP through use of a school identification number on both surveys.
Students from schools with a SAP reported a lower use of alcohol in the last thirty days, compared with students from schools without a SAP program (p < 0.05), and they also reported a significant difference in academic achievement (p < 0.05).
While this study used post hoc analysis of data, the results suggest lower alcohol use and higher academic achievement among students from SAP schools. Given SAPs' popularity, these trends suggest that further research should be conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of student assistance programs.
本研究调查了设有学生援助计划（SAP）的内布拉斯加州学校与没有该计划的学校相比，是否与青少年酒精使用量减少及学业成绩水平提高相关。
1992年，对内布拉斯加州83所学校的3454名七至十二年级学生进行了“迈向无毒品内布拉斯加”（TDFN）调查。第二项调查，即TDFN“团队活动报告”，收集了每所学校团队的情况，其中34所学校设有SAP，49所学校没有SAP。通过在两项调查中使用学校识别码，将学生关于酒精使用和学业成绩的回答与是否设有SAP联系起来。
与没有SAP计划的学校的学生相比，设有SAP的学校的学生报告在过去30天内酒精使用量较低（p < 0.05），并且他们在学业成绩上也存在显著差异（p < 0.05）。
虽然本研究对数据进行了事后分析，但结果表明设有SAP的学校的学生酒精使用量较低且学业成绩较高。鉴于SAP很受欢迎，这些趋势表明应进一步开展研究以证明学生援助计划的有效性。
