NCJ Number
213915
Journal
Journal of Drug Issues Volume: 36 Issue: 1 Dated: Winter 2006 Pages: 29-52
Date Published
2006
Length
24 pages
Annotation
This article presents findings from a rapid assessment project evaluating the prevention and alternative needs of young people in municipalities with less than 7,000 inhabitants in the Province of Valencia in Spain.
Abstract
In relation to youth drug prevention activities in the Spanish Province of Valencia, findings ranged from the highly specific, such as the lack of drug prevention messages in many of the places where they would be required to be, to more global findings, such as the lack of both personal and physical space for prevention and alternative activities in small towns. Programs identified and recommended emphasize joint actions using youth networks, educating parents to take an active role in the prevention chain, extending the range and availability of leisure activities, and making sure that the information campaigns are adapted to the interests of young people. In an attempt to generate policy action and to identify possible courses of drug prevention for youth in municipalities with less than 7,000 residents in the Spanish Province of Valencia, this study set out to evaluate the drug abuse needs for these Spanish youth. Prevention conditions in 206 municipalities were evaluated. A survey was conducted to explore policy level information for all 206 communities, along with a qualitative case study (rapid ethnographic assessment) of 8 representative communities. Various research techniques and procedures were utilized in the study. Tables and references