Di Noia Jennifer, Schwinn Traci M, Dastur Zubin A, Schinke Steven P
Columbia University School of Social Work, 622 West 113th Street, New York, NY 10025, USA.
Prev Med. 2003 Dec;37(6 Pt 1):646-53. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2003.09.009.
Despite the availability of an increasing array of empirically validated adolescent drug abuse prevention programs, program materials and evaluation findings are poorly disseminated. CD-ROM and the Internet hold promise for disseminating this information to schools and agencies that directly serve youth, and to policy-making bodies that exercise control over funds to support adolescent drug abuse prevention programming. However, data on the relative efficacy of these newer technologies over conventional print means of dissemination are lacking.
Recruited through schools, community agencies, and policy-making bodies, 188 professionals were randomized to receive prevention program materials via pamphlets (55 participants), CD-ROM (64 participants), and the Internet (69 participants). Participants completed pretest, posttest, and 6-month follow-up measures that assessed their access to prevention program materials; self-efficacy for identifying, obtaining, and recommending these programs; and their likelihood of requesting, implementing, and recommending prevention programs to their constituents.
Participants exposed to dissemination via CD-ROM and the Internet evidenced the greatest short- and long-term gains on accessibility, self-efficacy, and behavioral intention variables.
CD-ROM and the Internet are viable means for disseminating adolescent drug abuse prevention programs to schools, community agencies, and policy-making bodies, and should be increasingly used for dissemination purposes.
尽管有越来越多经过实证验证的青少年药物滥用预防项目，但项目材料和评估结果的传播情况却很差。光盘和互联网有望将这些信息传播给直接服务于青少年的学校和机构，以及对支持青少年药物滥用预防项目的资金行使控制权的决策机构。然而，缺乏关于这些新技术相对于传统印刷传播方式的相对效果的数据。
通过学校、社区机构和决策机构招募了188名专业人员，将他们随机分为三组，分别通过宣传册（55名参与者）、光盘（64名参与者）和互联网（69名参与者）接收预防项目材料。参与者完成了前测、后测和6个月的随访测量，这些测量评估了他们获取预防项目材料的情况；识别、获取和推荐这些项目的自我效能感；以及他们向其服务对象请求、实施和推荐预防项目的可能性。
通过光盘和互联网接触传播的参与者在可及性、自我效能感和行为意向变量方面表现出最大的短期和长期收益。
光盘和互联网是向学校、社区机构和决策机构传播青少年药物滥用预防项目的可行手段，应越来越多地用于传播目的。
