Category: Social influences and social competence vs social influences [Project ALERT or local programmes]
Programme deliverer: Regular classroom teachers (training prior to teaching curriculum) Intervention: kiR-Plus Adapted from 7th grade Keep it REAL (kiR) for 5th graders: 12 lessons, Drug Resistance Skills kiR curriculum; 4 resistance skills with videos followed by guided discussion (Refuse, Explain, Avoid, Leave [ REAL])
Elek 2010 notes that half of the classes in each grade level received kiR-Plus and half received kiR-Acculturation Enhanced (AE) .
Control: Students in 7 control schools participated in Project ALERT in 5th or 6th grade; some control schools used Gonzo’s 20 Ground Rules (Communities in Schools in Arizona, 2007); some used Red Ribbon Week (National Family Partnership, 2005