Two- and three-year follow-up from a gender-specific, web-based drug abuse prevention program for adolescent girls.

Affiliation

Columbia University School of Social Work, 1255 Amsterdam Ave, NY, NY 10027, USA. Electronic address: [Email]

Abstract

Rates of drug use among early adolescent girls meet or exceed rates of their male counterparts. Girls are also vulnerable to differential risk factors for drug use. Yet, expressly designed prevention programs targeting this population are absent. The present study reports 2- and 3-year findings on a web-based drug abuse prevention program for adolescent girls.

Keywords

Drug abuse,Female,Gender-specific,Prevention,Web-based,