A randomised controlled implementation trial of the feasibility and effectiveness of school staff delivery of a selective substance use and mental health program during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preventure is a selective school-based personality-targeted program that has shown long-term benefits in preventing student alcohol use, internalising and externalising problems when delivered by psychologists. In this first Australian randomised controlled trial of school staff implementation of Preventure, we aimed to examine i) acceptability, feasibility, and fidelity and ii) effectiveness of Preventure on student alcohol use, internalising, and externalising symptoms.

Methods

A cluster-randomised controlled implementation trial was conducted in Sydney, Australia and was guided by the RE-AIM framework (Glasgow et al. 1999); which measures reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance. Schools were randomly assigned to either the Preventure int

SUBMITTER: Grummitt L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11773974 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature