Abstract
[Machine translation] Introduction:
Unplugged is a school substance use prevention program, based on the model of social influence, created and evaluated as part of the European eu-DAP project. The experimental evaluation has demonstrated that the program is effective in preventing substance use among adolescents. Therefore, a phase of dissemination has begun in many countries. In Italy, the dissemination, coordinated by the Epidemiological Observatory of Addiction of the Piedmont Region, and supported by various local and national funding, observed a particularly successful moment during the Gaining Health program. Thanks to this project, a network of Unplugged trainers has been formed at national and regional levels and the program has been applied in first and second grade secondary schools in many Italian regions.
Objectives:
The objectives of this work are: a) to provide an overall picture of the dissemination of the program at the national level, describing data on active regions, trained trainers, schools that applied the program in 2011/2012 and 2012/2013; b) to evaluate the possible impact of the application of the program on the use of tobacco, alcohol and substances among Italian adolescents.
Materials and methods:
The data on the regions, trainers, schools and children reached are provided thanks to the constant monitoring work carried out by the operators of the Epidemiological Observatory of Addiction of the Piedmont Region in recent years.
The estimate of the impact of the program on the health of Italian adolescents is provided starting from the coverage of the territory compared to the number of adolescents residing in the various Italian regions according to the 2011 census. By applying the prevalence and efficacy values, it is possible to estimate how many children have not smoked, have not gotten drunk and have not used cannabis thanks to the program.
Results:
Unplugged trainers are active in: Valle D'Aosta, Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria, Friuli Venezia-Giulia, Province of Trento, Tuscany, Marche, Lazio, Abruzzo, Molise, Puglia, Calabria, Sicily, Sardinia. According to effectiveness data for the Italian sample alone, the program reduces the proportion of children who have been drunk at least once in the last month from 14.7% to 8.9%. Using regional prevalence data, it is possible to estimate how many children did not get drunk thanks to Unplugged in the two school years under analysis. The same will be replicated for tobacco and cannabis.
Conclusions:
Also thanks to the Gaining Health program, Unplugged has probably had an impact on the use of tobacco, alcohol and substances in Italy in recent years. For the purpose of impact assessment, the availability of data on the youth population is essential, but also the continuous monitoring of the application of the program on the territory.
| Translated title of the contribution | [Machine translation] The dissemination of Unplugged in Italy: data and possible impact on adolescent health |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Pages | 174-174 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Event | III edizione della manifestazione nazionale di Guadagnare salute “Costruire insieme la salute. Programmi ed interventi di promozione della salute tra intersettorialità, sostenibilità ed efficacia” - Orvieto Duration: 1 Jan 2014 → … |
Conference
| Conference | III edizione della manifestazione nazionale di Guadagnare salute “Costruire insieme la salute. Programmi ed interventi di promozione della salute tra intersettorialità, sostenibilità ed efficacia” |
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| City | Orvieto |
| Period | 1/01/14 → … |