SHAHRP 2000: An alcohol education program for senior secondary students

  • Research program: Prevention and early intervention
  • Project status: Completed
  • Start date: January 1999
  • Expected end date: December 2002
  • Completion date: July 2004
  • Funded by: Healthway
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Research evidence suggests that regular exposure to educational programs, that expand upon previous programs, and are provided at critical times in a students behaviour development, assists in maintaining previously adopted behavioural change in the exposed group. Local data indicates that the prevalence of alcohol use increases in young people as they come into their senior years of secondary school. Accordingly, the SHAHRP 2000 study followed the SHAHRP student cohort into their two senior years of high school and investigated the effects of an additional evidence-based 'booster' education program during these senior years.

A further intervention was implemented during the year 2000 when SHAHRP students were in year eleven. The students were then surveyed on knowledge, attitudes, context of use, consumption and harms associated with alcohol use situations in years eleven and twelve. Final analysis of results is currently being undertaken.

Name & Contact Details Role Research Program Location
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Associate Professor Nyanda McBride
Tel: 61 (0)8 9266 1600
n.mcbride@curtin.edu.au
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Principal Investigator

Prevention and early intervention

Perth

  • Chief Investigator: Fiona Farringdon, Curtin University
  • Co-investigator: Richard Midford, Curtin University

This project aligns with the following Sustainable Development Goals and Targets:

Farringdon, F., McBride, N. and Midford, R. (2000). The fine line: Students perceptions of drinking, having fun and losing control. Youth Studies Australia, 19, (3), pp. 33-38. [RJ345] View web page