University of Rhode Island, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Kingston, Rhode Island.
Social Science Research Center, 130 Flagg Road, Room 6, Kingston, RI 02881. Email:
Prev Chronic Dis. 2020 May 21;17:E37. doi: 10.5888/pcd17.190380.
The Rx (prescription) for Addiction and Medication Safety (RAMS) program was developed during the 2017 through 2018 academic year to educate students from 6 selected Rhode Island public high schools about opioid misuse, overdose, and recovery. During 2016, 3 schools participated in the RAMS program and returned for RAMS-PEER in 2017; 3 schools were newly recruited in 2016. Tenth graders returned from schools that participated during RAMS in 2016, and all ninth graders were new. Our study's aim was to evaluate the overall effect and spillover benefit of the RAMS-PEER intervention from tenth to ninth graders by surveying students both before and after the education program. Survey questions were modified from the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey and the 2015 Ontario Study Survey. Student responses were matched for preintervention and postintervention analysis using a unique identifier. We observed an improvement in knowledge of opioid misuse; however, we found no evidence of a significant spillover benefit.
《成瘾和药物安全处方(RAMS)计划》是在 2017 年至 2018 学年期间开发的,旨在教育来自罗得岛州 6 所选定的公立高中的学生有关阿片类药物滥用、过量用药和康复的知识。在 2016 年,有 3 所学校参加了 RAMS 计划,并于 2017 年参加了 RAMS-PEER;2016 年新招募了 3 所学校。参加 2016 年 RAMS 计划的学校的十年级学生返回,所有的九年级学生都是新的。我们的研究目的是通过在教育项目前后调查学生,评估 RAMS-PEER 干预措施对十年级和九年级学生的总体效果和溢出效益。调查问卷是从 2015 年的《青年风险行为调查》和 2015 年的《安大略研究调查》中修改而来的。学生的回答使用唯一标识符进行了预干预和后干预分析。我们观察到学生对阿片类药物滥用的知识有所提高;然而,我们没有发现明显的溢出效益的证据。