MacArthur, Georgina and Caldwell, Deidre M and Redmore, James and Watkins, Sarah H and Kipping, Ruth and White, James and Chittleborough, Catherine and Langford, Rebecca and Er, Vanessa and Lingam, Raghu and Pasch, Keryn and Gunnell, David and Hickman, Matthew and Campbell, Rona (2018) Individual‐, family‐, and school‐level interventions targeting multiple risk behaviours in young people. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (10), https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD009927.pub2.
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Our findings suggest that school‐based interventions offered to all children that aim to address engagement in multiple risk behaviours may have a role to play in preventing tobacco use, alcohol use, illicit drug use, and antisocial behaviour, as well as in improving physical activity, among young people, but not in the other behaviours examined. We did not find strong evidence of benefit of interventions for families or individuals. Concerns around reporting of studies and study quality highlight the need for additional robust, high‐quality studies to further strengthen the evidence base in this field.
F Concepts in psychology > Behaviour > Risk-taking behaviour
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Risk and protective factors > Risk factors
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Prevention by setting > School based prevention
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Prevention by setting > Youth project / club based prevention
L Social psychology and related concepts > Family > Family and kinship > Family relations > Family role
L Social psychology and related concepts > Family > Family and kinship > Family and substance use > Substance related family problems
MM-MO Crime and law > Crime deterrence
MP-MR Policy, planning, economics, work and social services > Social services > Services for family and children
T Demographic characteristics > Child / children
T Demographic characteristics > Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)
T Demographic characteristics > Early school Leaver
T Demographic characteristics > Teacher / lecturer / educator
VA Geographic area > International
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