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1 | 17/97/02 | A multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a school-based peer-led drug prevention intervention (The FRANK friends study) | | NIHR (non-ODA) | Research | Complete | Public Health Research | Researcher Led | PHR Researcher Led | £809,757 | 1 مارس 2019 | 30 يونيو 2022 | | Background: Reducing youth drug use is a public health priority. Despite significant declines since the 1990s, the latest 2016 UK data indicate the lifetime prevalence drug use in 11, 13 and 15 year olds is 11%, 21% and 37% respectively. Recent estimates suggest that more than 13,000 11 to 18-year-olds accessed drug treatment in the UK. There are short- as well as long-term public health threats arising from young people’s illicit drug use. As there is a social gradient in the prevalence of drug use among young people, these associations are could reinforce existing socioeconomic inequalities across the life course.
There is limited evidence of effective drug prevention interventions. Three systematic reviews of school-based drug prevention found few interventions had an impact on drug use after 12 months. One review of school-based peer-led interventions found a small protective effect on cannabis use at >=12 months, suggesting a peer-led approach may be promising. In response, we | Academic | Cardiff University | CF24 0DE | 51.484 | -3.166 | 319119 | 176776 | Wales | Not Applicable | Cardiff Central | Cardiff | Not Applicable |