Preamble: programs have to be based on scientific theories

• Universal prevention that does/does not work: differences in theoretical background, methods and management, Gregor Burkhart, EMCDDA Lisbon
• Substance Use Universal Prevention: From Evidence to Strategies, Zili Sloboda, JBS International Maryland USA

Preamble: many programs are not supported by scientific evidence and can cause unintended harm

- evidence of effectiveness of selected
        interventions
     - school based programs
     - school policies
     - interventions at the level of populations

• EU-Dap/Unplugged: An effective school-based program for drug use prevention among adolescents, Federica Vigna-Taglianti, OED Piemonte Turin, A.Avogadro University Novara
• Other school based: A cross-national comparison of the effects of beliefs, attitudes and skills on intentions to use and self-reported use of alcohol and cigarettes, Peggy Stephens, Akron University USA
• Other evidence: Evidence coming from other interventions, Fabrizio Faggiano, A.Avogadro University Novara, OED-Osservatorio Epidemiologico delle Dipendenze Piemonte Turin

Preamble: strategies are required in order to disseminate effective interventions and to ensure quality of implementation

     - dissemination strategies, including strategic
        partnerships
     - quality assurance during dissemination

• Dissemination of Unplugged: rationale, evaluation and lessons to be learned, Rosaria Galanti, Karolinska Institutet
• Lecturer drug issues and prevention, Faculty of Social Work and Welfare Studies at the University College Ghent, Peer van der Kreeft, De Sleutel Belgium

Workshop presentation
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The rational for interventions

• Scientific bases of prevention programmes in the school setting - Sonia Moncada (ES)
• Summary of evidence of effectiveness of tobacco, alcohol and drug use from systematic reviews
  Fabrizio Faggiano (IT)
  

Results of evaluations: EU-Dap project

• EU-Dap project: rational and study design
  Roberta Siliquini (IT)
• EU-Dap project: theory and practice of the "Unplugged" program
  Peer Van de Kreeft (BE)
• EU-Dap project: preliminary results on smoking, alcohol and drugs use
  Fabrizio Faggiano  (IT)

Results of evaluations: Presentation of the effects on tobacco, alcohol and drug use of the most relevant European school-based intervention programs

• EFSA
  Paulo Duarte Vitoria (PT)
• Walk Tall Programme
  Bernie Collins (IR)
• Step-by-Step
  Eva Skärstrand (SE)

Methods

• Monitoring providers' adherence and performance in the EU-Dap trial: a tool for evaluation
  Rosaria Galanti (SE)
• Multilevel models in substance use prevention research
  Federica Vigna-Taglianti (IT)

Translation into policies

• Building policies from evidence
  Eva Buratti (IT)
• School-based prevention of drug, tobacco and alcohol use in Europe.
  Gregor Burkhart (PT)