Sulong Kabataan: Design, Pilot Implementation, and Evaluation of a Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Program

• Main Authors: Ochoa, Danielle P, Banzon-Librojo, Lorelie Ann, Mendez, Samantha Erika N, Alampay, Liane Peña
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: adolescence; substance abuse prevention; life skills training; youth prevention programs; refusal skills; Child Psychology; Psychology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/187; https://www.pap.org.ph/sites/default/files/upload/ochoa_et_al_june_2019.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Substance abuse prevention is especially important during adolescence given the propensity of young people to take risks during this period. Although prevention programs have been developed and widely evaluated in other countries, they are costly and have not been adapted to the Filipino context. We...