Delivering substance use prevention interventions for adolescents in educational settings: A scoping review

Table 4 Peer interventions and family-school cooperation

Ref.	Age/gender	Scope of application			Method	Content	Effect	Location
		Alcohol	Tobacco	Illicit drugs
Paquette et al[68], 2019	Ages 13-17, all genders	Yes	-	Yes	Randomized controlled trial	“Amplifying Our Futures (Amp)” is a temporary intervention program that consists of four phases. It is designed for adolescents who are at low to moderate risk of using substances and is facilitated by trained companions aged 18-28 years old	Young peer intervention was valuable in educational environments	United States
Botvin et al[69], 1990	Grade 7, all genders	Yes	Yes	Yes	Cluster randomized controlled trial	Life skills training is a program designed to improve cognitive and behavioral skills, which is led by both experienced students and teachers in a classroom setting for a total of 20 sessions	Preventative programs have had a quantifiable effect on behavior related to substance use	United States
Furr-Holden et al[70], 2004	Grades 1-8, all genders	Yes	Yes	Yes	Randomized prevention trial	The classroom-centered intervention and the family-school partnership intervention	Two interventions had a clear protective effect against tobacco use	United States
Zavela et al[71], 2004	Grades 4-8, all genders	Yes	Yes	Yes	Control experiments and follow-up questionnaire	Say Yes First-To Rural Youth and Family Alcohol/Drug Prevention: An educational and case management approach to drug prevention	The students who were part of the program consumed less alcohol, tobacco and other drugs and had a lower occurrence of marijuana use throughout their lifetime	United States
Winters et al[72], 2012	Ages 14-17, all genders	Yes	-	Yes	Randomized controlled trial	BIs: Therapists used the principle of motivational interviewing to conduct topical sessions with parents and students	BIs showed a connection with decreased drug usage, with a greater impact when parents were included	United States

Bis: Brief interventions.