Improving school ethos may reduce substance misuse and teenage pregnancy

Bonell, Chris, Fletcher, Adam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6705-7659 and McCambridge, J. 2007. Improving school ethos may reduce substance misuse and teenage pregnancy. BMJ 334 (7594) , pp. 614-616. 10.1136/bmj.39139.414005.AD

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Abstract

Substance misuse and teenage pregnancy are major public health challenges. Existing responses generally focus on individual characteristics, such as knowledge and attitudes about substances and sexual risk, rather than wider social and institutional influences, and seem to have brought about only limited benefits. We review evidence suggesting that interventions aiming to promote one such wider influence—positive school ethos—might provide an effective complement to existing interventions.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer) Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Publisher:	BMJ Publishing Group
ISSN:	0959-8138
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	11 May 2023 13:47
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/53157

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