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Jessica NJ Kelly, MPH, CHES, Erin E Mitchell, BS, Elizabeth Rink, LCSW, CHES, Michaela Lindahl, MPH, Kaisa Tuominen, BS, BA, and Courtney Kowtko, BS. Benton County Health Department, 530 NW 27th Street, PO Box 579, Corvallis, OR 93770, 541-766-6247, Jessica.Kelly@co.benton.or.us
Numerous research-based curricula have been developed and are encouraged for use in public school systems. Maintaining the fidelity of these curricula in a public school system can be challenging. This presentation will describe an implementation model for a substance abuse prevention curriculum employed in the school districts of Benton County, Oregon. The middle school level LifeSkills Training (LST) curriculum (Botvin, GJ, 2000) was used in three school districts. A total of 24, LST classes were conducted reaching over 600, 5th and 6th grade students. Process and impact evaluation data was collected. This presentation will emphasizes the challenges of bringing research to reality in a public school system. In particular the presentation will 1) address the nuances that partnerships between local health departments and area schools can have, 2) describe issues related to developing local evaluation, 3) discuss the pros and cons of outsiders vs. teachers as the facilitators of research-based curricula for public schools and 4) emphasize lessons learned and provide insight on future directions for research-based curricula in public school systems.
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Keywords: Curricula, Adolescents
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.