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Standalone knowledge-based school interventions to improve knowledge and reduce use
Summary of the evidence
Knowledge focused programs were found in a systematic review (Faggiano et al, 2014) to have no different effect than usual school curricula or no intervention in:
- improvinge participants’ knowledge of illicit drugs (SMD 0.91, 95 % CI 0.42–1.39, 1 study, N=165);
- reducing illicit drug use
Details
Note: this evidence summary is only valid for the outcomes, target groups, settings and substances/patterns of use described below.
