Friday, September 15, 2006

Promoting Social Inclusion in Schools: A Group-Randomized Trial of Effects on Student Health Risk Behavior and Well-Being

American Journal of Health, September 2006, Volume 96, Issue 9
http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/full/96/9/1582
George C. Patton, MD, Lyndal Bond, PhD, John B. Carlin, PhD, Lyndal Thomas, BSc(Hons), Helen Butler, BA(Hons), Dip Ed, G Dip in Adol Health, Sara Glover, PhD, Richard Catalano, PhD and Glenn Bowes, PhD
"The four-year study of 10,000 Victorian adolescents revealed that better social conditions in schools dramatically reduced anti-social behaviour associated with puberty. Sexual activity halved among students aged between 13 and 14, while tobacco, alcohol and cannabis use was cut by up to 25 per cent. Vandalism, theft and fighting fell by 20 per cent." [Sub Required]