Deck 16: Drug Prevention and Education

Question 1

According to Pentz, barriers to institutionalizing community prevention efforts include

A) community leaders' lack of perceived empowerment
B) communities' insufficient preparation for adopting successful programs
C) public resistance to spending
D) all of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

According to CASA, parents who take a "hands-off" approach to parenting have children who are how many times more likely to use alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following psychological factors is not related to drug use?

A) Feelings of rebellion
B) Alienation from adults
C) Low interest in school
D) All of the above are related to drug use

Answer 3

D

Question 4

According to NIAAA, parents can have a major impact on their children's drinking especially during what times in the child's life?

A) Late teen years
B) Toddler stage
C) Preteen and early teen years
D) Middle teen years

Question 5

Sons and daughters of parents with drinking problems

A) have poor coping skills
B) have personality problems
C) are increasingly likely to have alcohol problems
D) all of the above

Question 6

Problems in assessing effectiveness of prevention programs include

A) absence of control groups
B) poor data collection
C) use of inappropriate statistics
D) all of the above

Question 7

Which of the following represent reasonable goals for drug prevention?

A) To prevent drug use from being initiated
B) To prevent drug dependency
C) To delay the onset of drug use
D) All of the above are reasonable goals

Question 8

A major limitation to drug prevention programs is that most have not

A) been implemented by professionals
B) established clear goals
C) been evaluated
D) been developed according to proper standards

Question 9

Teens who eat dinner with their families at least ___ times a week have significantly lower rates of drug use than teens who have dinner ___ or fewer times a week.

A) 2; 1
B) 3; 2
C) 4; 1
D) 5; 3

Question 10

Secondary prevention is geared toward

A) education
B) school children
C) those who use drugs or have some experience with drugs
D) those in detox programs

Question 11

In the 1970s, the thrust of drug education was

A) development of refusal skills
B) development of positive attitudes
C) disseminating information
D) development of sound behaviors

Question 12

The national agency that oversees national drug prevention is

A) SAMHSA
B) NIDA
C) CSAP
D) NIAAA

Question 13

Adolescent drug users are more likely to perceive their parents as _________ than non-using adolescents.

A) distant
B) uninvolved
C) mistrusting
D) all of the above

Question 14

Drug treatment would be an example of

A) primary prevention
B) secondary prevention
C) tertiary prevention
D) primary care

Question 15

School performance improves and high risk behaviors are reduced particularly with what type of education?

A) Cognitive
B) Affective
C) Experiential
D) Values clarification

Question 16

Drug use is more prevalent in communities

A) where people move often
B) where children grow up in extreme poverty/deprivation
C) that lack stability
D) all of the above

Question 17

Several studies note that older siblings have a ____________ influence on the drug use of younger siblings than parents have.

A) lesser
B) greater
C) significant
D) negligible

Question 18

The ability to overcome obstacles such as resisting drug use is referred to as

A) self-esteem
B) self-actualization
C) resiliency
D) maturity

Question 19

At-risk factors include

A) peer influence
B) psychosocial factors
C) biological factors
D) all of the above

Question 20

Reaching people prior to their use of alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs is

A) primary prevention
B) secondary prevention
C) tertiary prevention
D) quandary prevention

Question 21

Initiation into drug use is more prevalent in communities in which there is much residential mobility.

Question 22

Parenting skills have nothing to do with whether or not children use alcohol or other drugs.

Question 23

Studies of DARE's effectiveness

A) show DARE to be highly effective
B) show DARE to be effective only for high school students
C) show DARE to be an exemplary drug education program
D) have not been shown to work

Question 24

Drug education focusing on the underlying values contributing to drug use is termed

A) values clarification
B) resiliency education
C) distributive education
D) health beliefs

Question 25

Resilient children disengage or distance themselves from dysfunctional family environments.

Question 26

Which of the following is grounded in social learning theory?

A) DARE
B) SCHEP
C) Project Northland
D) LST

Question 27

In resistance skills training, students are taught how to recognize, manage, and elude situations in which drug use is possible.

Question 28

In 1974, Robert DuPont reported that most students and teachers felt that drug education should be

A) abolished
B) taught only by health educators
C) taught by nurses
D) taught by medical doctors

Question 29

From a public health perspective, preventing drug abuse has proven elusive.

Question 30

Poor school performance and low expectation for school are poor predictors of drug use.

Question 31

Most drug prevention programs have clear focus.

Question 32

In some poor urban centers, "crack" is considered a gateway drug.

Question 33

There is no relationship between drug use and child supervision after school.

Question 34

Interdiction remains a popular prevention strategy

Question 35

Which of the following is NOT considered a problem with drug education?

A) Teachers keep abreast of new information.
B) Students may be more knowledgeable about drugs than the teacher.
C) Teachers may be judgmental or moralistic.
D) Teachers tend to promote drug use.

Question 36

Children who develop resilience to drugs form a strong bond with at least one person during their first year of life.

Question 37

Research reports that drug prevention programs in general have proven to be highly effective.

Question 38

The main message of Schools Without Drugs is

A) change drug attitudes among youth
B) change values among youth
C) abstinence
D) emphasize health beliefs

Question 39

Drug-taking behavior learned through modeling and reinforcement is the premise of

A) skills training
B) DARE
C) LST
D) Project ALERT

Question 40

Do you think peer education programs are valuable or a waste of time?

Question 41

It is necessary for teachers to have experience with drugs to be a credible source of information.

Question 42

Scare techniques or fear arousal are successful drug education strategies.

Question 43

For many young people, drug use is not inconsistent with their values.

Question 44

Is there really a way to prevent adolescents from using drugs? If so, what do you think it is?

Question 45

Teachers should not convey a judgmental attitude if they desire to be effective.

Question 46

Identify and briefly discuss primary, secondary and tertiary prevention.

Question 47

Identify and discuss the major at-risk factors related to drug use by adolescents and children.

Question 48

The values clarification approach was effective in changing drug-taking behaviors.

Question 49

Information by itself is insufficient to alter behavior.

Question 50

Academic success and resilience are fostered when parents have high expectations for their children.

Question 51

Discuss current approaches to drug education.

Question 52

A problem with drug education is that many students know more about drugs than their teachers.

Question 53

What is there we can learn from resilient children when it comes to preventing drug use?