"Effectiveness of School-based Substance Abuse Prevention Programme Among Adolescents .
ConditionSubstance Abuse
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age13-15
SponsorManipal College of Nursing
About this trial
The objectives of the study is to
1. "to explore the perception of teachers, parents \& students in the prevention of substance abuse among adolescents". 2. "to develop and determine the effectiveness of a School-based substance abuse Prevention Programme (SSPP) on awareness, attitude, peer pressure, and life skills towards prevention of substance abuse".
In this study, SSPP refers to a Bilingual Multicomponent Training Programme which includes psychoeducation and video-assisted teaching to enhance awareness of substance abuse, role-play to develop a positive attitude towards prevention of substance abuse, Case based scenario to increase resistance to peer pressure and storytelling and demonstration to increase life skills towards prevention of substance abuse among adolescents of selected schools of Pokhara, Nepal.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Adolescents of 13-15 years age group.
Those who are studying in selected public Schools of Pokhara, Nepal.
Disqualifiers
o Adolescents who are not willing to provide informed consent (assent) and parental consent.
Adolescents who do not belong to Nepal.
Adolescents who are absent during data collection
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- School-based Substance abuse Prevention Programme (SSPP)
Treatment groups
210 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Manipal College of Nursing
Lead sponsor
Manipal University
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov