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Effect of the DARE Program Upon Rural Alaskan Students'
Attitudes, Beliefs, and Understandings About Drug Use and Abuse

 Principal investigator: 

Darryl S. Wood

Project dates: 

1999

 JC#: 

9921

 Agency: 

Alaska State Troopers

 Project amount: 

$0

 Project status: 

Completed

See also:      
> Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)
     
 
The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) progam, a school-based substance abuse prevention program aimed at students in the fifth and sixth grades, has been used in Alaska in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, and the North Slope Borough for about a decade; it has been taught in rural Alaska schools since 1996. Its 17-week curriculum is delivered by uniformed police officers who have been specially selected and trained for the role. Using a pre-test/post-test research design, this study considers the effect of participation in the DARE program for students in five rural Alaska grade schools.

Products

  • DARE Curriculum Retention Among Grade School Students in Five Rural Alaska Communities: A Before-and-After Examination. By Darryl S. Wood. Report prepared for Sgt. Bob Sanders, Alaska State DARE Coordinator, Alaska State Troopers. Anchorage: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, July 1999.

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