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SHAHRPSchool Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction Project
Maura Kearney and Kate Watson
September 2012Glasgow Psychological Service &
Inverclyde Educational Psychology Service
Purpose of the presentation
Provide overview of the intervention Give information on its effectiveness
in Northern Ireland study and the implications for Scotland’s implementation
Working with other authorities in the future
Problematic Drinking
Associated with: School truancy School exclusion Unsafe sexual behaviour Accident/injury Aggressive behaviour Peer difficulties Fatal injuries Addiction in later life
Object of the Research Project
Is a school based input effective in reducing hazardous drinking?
Will the harm that is associated with alcohol use in young people reduce when they have received this input?
Will a parenting component of the project support the reduction in hazardous drinking amongst young people?
What/who is involved in the intervention?
Guidance staff are trained to deliver a 12 part PSE programme over two years (starting in S2)
Parents are offered separate training and development evening sessions run by workers trained to deliver the parent programme
Assessment of Possible Benefits
Assessing alcohol cognitions Measuring alcohol consumption Measuring of alcohol related
behaviour Standardised and validated
measures will be used
Scotland & Northern Ireland
Ireland & Scotland were historically different (Loretto, 1994) in relation to alcohol
Now similar prevalence of alcohol intake
Now similar lifetime drunkenness
Alcohol Statistics Scotland 2009
Results of Northern Irish Project
Problematic drinking is predicted by: Having higher social self-efficacy Lower academic self-efficacy Better peer communication Less trust of parents Less strict parental rules on alcohol
Results of Northern Irish Project
Reduction in harm to self when drinking
Reduction in harm to others Less units of alcohol taken Knowledge about alcohol increased Attitudes towards alcohol were
more informed Effects last up to 18 months post
intervention
Northern Irish Project
2349 participants 13.8 years – mean age of
participant Culturally adapted Project was analysed by the
University of Liverpool
What the intervention covers
Myths & general information Making choices/Alcohol & the body Units & matching use to
consequences Alcohol & other drugs Alcohol & the media/How reduce
harm? Real scenarios & debates
What the project entails?
All schools will have pre & post measures
Experimental schools will have staff trained in the materials
Parents will be offered parenting classes
Implementation will take 2 years – S2 & S3
British Medical Journal
“Much more money should be spent in attempting to replicate and develop endeavours that have produced positive outcomes such as the … school health and alcohol harm reduction programme (SHAHRP), a harm minimisation programme for school students”.
BMJ 2004
Glasgow & Inverclyde
33 secondary schools involved across the 2 authorities
50% control 50% experimental All pupils in S2 have undergone
attitudinal assessments Intervention begins in August 2012
Glasgow & Inverclyde
Utilising scarce resources effectively Strategic focus Evidence based approach to
supporting young people Applying universal principles and
contributing to action research
Any questions?
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