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Culturally sensitive prevention programs for substance use
Summary of the evidence
Culturally sensitive programs integrate positive youth development factors such as future orientation, problem-solving, communication, decision-making, and emotional regulation with specific cultural or ethnic factors related to socialisation, identity, and acculturation. Culturally sensitive prevention programs for substance use were assessed in a systematic review and meta-analysis (Bo et al., 2023, 30 studies) and found a small yet significant effect in:
- Preventing and reducing substance use (Hedges’s g = - 0.20, 95% CI = [-0.24, -0.16])
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Note: this evidence summary is only valid for the outcomes, target groups, settings and substances/patterns of use described below.
