Preventing substance misuse: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 UK (SFP 10-14 UK)

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Segrott, J; Gillespie, D; Holliday, J; Humphreys, I; Murphy, S; Phillips, C; Reed, H; Rothwell, H; Foxcroft, D; Hood, K; ...Date
2014-01-17Source Title
BMC Public HealthPublisher
BMCUniversity of Melbourne Author/s
Moore, LaurenceAffiliation
Melbourne School of Population and Global HealthMetadata
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Segrott, J., Gillespie, D., Holliday, J., Humphreys, I., Murphy, S., Phillips, C., Reed, H., Rothwell, H., Foxcroft, D., Hood, K., Roberts, Z., Scourfield, J., Thomas, C. & Moore, L. (2014). Preventing substance misuse: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 UK (SFP 10-14 UK). BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 14 (1), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-49.Access Status
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BACKGROUND: Prevention of alcohol, drug and tobacco misuse by young people is a key public health priority. There is a need to develop the evidence base through rigorous evaluations of innovative approaches to substance misuse prevention. The Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 is a universal family-based alcohol, drugs and tobacco prevention programme, which has achieved promising results in US trials, and which now requires cross-cultural assessment. This paper therefore describes the protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the UK version of the Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 (SFP 10-14 UK). METHODS/DESIGN: The trial comprises a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled effectiveness trial with families as the unit of randomisation, with embedded process and economic evaluations. Participating families will be randomised to one of two treatment groups - usual care with full access to existing services (control group), or usual care plus SFP 10-14 UK (intervention group). The trial has two primary outcomes - the number of occasions that young people report having drunk alcohol in the last 30 days, and drunkenness during the last 30 days, both dichotomised as 'never' and '1-2 times or more'. The main follow-up is at 2 years past baseline, and short-term and intermediate outcomes are also measured at 9 and 15 months. DISCUSSION: The results from this trial will provide evidence on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an innovative universal family-based substance misuse prevention programme in a UK context. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN63550893.
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