Train-the-Educator: Boosting Knowledge and Confidence for Conducting Substance Use Prevention Education.

ABSTRACT:

Background

School-based substance use prevention is important, yet many educators are not trained in the curriculums. The purpose of this study was to assess changes in educators' knowledge about substances and confidence in delivering drug education before and after participating in educator trainings, as well as overall perceptions of the trainings, for three curriculums: tobacco, cannabis, and all drugs prevention.

Methods

We conducted one-arm pre-post analyses evaluating educators' changes in knowledge about products and confidence to deliver curriculums. A total of 1064, 648, and 171 educators participated in the trainings and completed surveys (June 2021-November 2023) about drug knowledge (closed-ended, three items for tobacco, five for cannabis), confidence to delive

SUBMITTER: Liu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11747775 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature