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

Table 5 Electronic interventions

Ref.	Age/gender	Scope of application			Method	Content	Effect	Location
		Alcohol	Tobacco	Illicit drugs
Jennifer et al[73], 2006	Grade 7, all genders	Yes	Yes	Yes, marijuana	Randomized controlled trial	The usefulness of the Drug Resistance Strategies Project’s Keepin’ it REAL program aimed at preventing adolescent substance use was explored by studying students who participated in it through public service announcements and videotapes	Class videos influenced the use of drugs among teenagers, whereas PSAs did not have an impact	United States
Malmberg et al[74], 2014	11-15 yr, all genders	Yes	Yes	Yes	Randomized clustered trial	Healthy School and Drugs program: Digital modules for e-learning and comprehensive intervention	Both the e-learning and comprehensive intervention failed to prevent the initiation of alcohol, tobacco, or marijuana use	The Netherlands
Kiewik et al[75], 2017	12-16 yr, all genders	Yes	Yes	-	Pre-/post-intervention pilot study with a control group	“Prepared on time”: A digital training program that follows the attitude-social influence-efficacy model	This research demonstrated that an electronic learning prevention program is feasible for teenagers with mild or moderate intellectual disability	The Netherlands
Newton et al[76], 2010	13 yr, grade 8, all genders	Yes	-	Yes	Cluster-randomized controlled trial	Internet-based prevention programs for school-age children: The Climate Schools: Alcohol and Cannabis course	After finishing the programs, students’ understanding of alcohol and cannabis improved, and it also led to a decrease in the consumption of alcohol for up to twelve months	Australian
Buller et al[77], 2008	Grades 6 to 9, all genders	-	Yes	-	Randomized trials	Consider This: There were a total of 73 online activities divided into six modules: Introduction, media literacy, relationships, mind and body, decision making, and resistance strategies	The activities led to a decrease in smoking and/or a decrease in students’ expectations of smoking in the future	Australia and United States
Gordon et al[78], 2017	9-12 yr, all genders	Yes	-	-	Qualitative assessment	Alcohol media literacy programs: Providing children with the necessary skills to question and critically evaluate the information they receive from media sources	Using culturally specific advertisements as a means to educate about the effects of alcohol proved to be a potent strategy	Australia