Studies, Resources, Endorsements
In 2021, the University of North Carolina, Greensboro and Prevention Strategies completed its three year, multi-longitudinal evaluation of D.A.R.E.’s keepin’ it REAL elementary school prevention education curriculum.
The results of that study were submitted for peer review and publication to Public Library of Science (PLOS ONE), an inclusive journal community working together to advance science by making all rigorous research accessible without barriers.
On April 28, 2023, after completing its thorough peer review of the research, this highly respected journal, as well as the National Institute of Health’s National Library of Medicine, published its research article accepting and reporting the evaluation’s positive findings…
“When compared to virtual control cases, the program had identifiable improvements in both a key psychosocial measure and in terms of deterring the onset of 30-day alcohol use, drunkenness, and vaping. Outcomes suggest that the delivery of elementary school keepin’ it REAL by D.A.R.E. officers is having a positive effect in terms of deterring the onset of alcohol use and vaping.”
Parent & Educator Resources
- 51 Critical Cyber Bullying Statistics in 2019
- Adolescent Marijuana Use Is Linked to Altered Neural Circuitry and Mood Symptoms
- America’s Favorite, Weed, Comes with Big Health Risks
- Crecer Libre de Drogas: Una Guía Parental Para Prevenir el Uso de Estupefacientes (Publicación de la Administración para el Control Drogas)
- D.A.R.E. America Position Paper on Marijuana Legalization
- D.A.R.E.’s Position and Curricula Regarding Marijuana & Legalization
- DEA Publication: DEA Drug Prevention Websites Bookmark
- DEA Publication: How to Properly Dispose of Your Unused Medicines
- DEA Publication: Preventing Marijuana Use Among Youth and Young Adults
- DEA Publication: Student Athletes and Opioids (Poster)
- DEA Publication: What Every Parent and Caregiver Should Know About Fake Pills
- Fentanyl FAQs and Talking Points
- Growing Up Drug Free: A Parent’s Guide to Substance Use Prevention (DEA Publication)
- Lessons Learned from the Opioid Epidemic: New Challenges and New Opportunities
- Monitoring the Future
- National Center for Youth Issues
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Office of National Drug Control Policy
- Parent Action Network
- Prescription for Disaster: How Teens Abuse Medicine – English (2018) (DEA Publication)
- Prevention with Purpose: A Strategic Planning Guide for Preventing Drug Misuse Among College Students (DEA Publication)
- Publicación de la Administración para el Control Drogas: Cómo Prevenir el Consumo de Marihuana Entre Jóvenes y Jóvenes Adultos
- Publicación de la Administración para el Control Drogas: Desechar Medicamentos Sin Usar de Forma Correcta
- Publicación de la Administración para el Control Drogas: Lo que Todo Padre y Cuidador Debe Saber sobre las Pastillas Falsas
- Receta para el desastre: El abuso de medicamentos en adolescentes (Publicación de la Administración para el Control Drogas)
- SAM Marijuana Resource Center for Public Health and Public Safety Clinicians and Practitioners
- Spotlight on Opioids
- Stop Bullying
- Surgeon General Commends Efficacy of D.A.R.E.’s keepin’ it REAL Curriculum
- What is Cyberbullying
- What to Look For
- Youth Tobacco Prevention
D.A.R.E. Officer Resources
- Adolescent Marijuana Use Is Linked to Altered Neural Circuitry and Mood Symptoms
- America’s Favorite, Weed, Comes with Big Health Risks
- America’s Invisible Pot Addicts
- D.A.R.E. America Position Paper on Marijuana Legalization
- D.A.R.E.’s Position and Curricula Regarding Marijuana & Legalization
- DEA Publication: Drug Fact Cards
- DEA Publication: Drug Fact Sheets
- DEA Publication: DEA Drug Prevention Websites Bookmark
- DEA Publication: Drugs of Abuse
- DEA Publication: Preventing Marijuana Use Among Youth and Young Adults
- DEA Publication: Vaping & Marijuana Concentrates
- Fentanyl FAQs and Talking Points
- Lessons Learned from the Opioid Epidemic: New Challenges and New Opportunities
- Monitoring the Future
- National Center for Youth Issues
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Office of National Drug Control Policy
- Publicación de la Administración para el Control Drogas: Cómo Prevenir el Consumo de Marihuana Entre Jóvenes y Jóvenes Adultos
- Publicación de la Administración para el Control Drogas: Drogas de Abuso
- Publicación de la Administración para el Control Drogas: El cigarrillo electrónico y los concentrados de marihuana
- Publicación de la Administración para el Control Drogas: Tarjetas de la Realidad de las Drogas
- SAM Marijuana Resource Center for Public Health and Public Safety Clinicians and Practitioners
- Spotlight on Opiods
- Surgeon General Commends Efficacy of D.A.R.E.’s keepin’ it REAL Curriculum
- The Impact of Chronic Substance Use on the Brain
- What is Cyberbullying
- Youth Tobacco Prevention
Articles & Studies on D.A.R.E.
keepin’ it REAL
Beamon, E. R., Henson, R. A., Kelly, S. E., Hansen, W. B., & Wyrick, D. L. (2023). Fidelity of D.A.R.E. Officers’ Delivery of “keepin’ it REAL” in Elementary & Middle School. Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 24(5), 985–998. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-023-01548-8
Day, L. Edward, Miller-Day, Michelle, Hecht, Michael L., Fehmie, Desiree. 2017. Coming to the new D.A.R.E.: A preliminary test of the officer-led elementary keepin’ it REAL curriculum. Addictive Behaviors. 74:67-73.
Hansen, W. B., Beamon, E. R., Saldana, S., Kelly, S., & Wyrick, D. L. (2023). D.A.R.E./keepin’ it REAL elementary curriculum: Substance use outcomes. PloS One, 18(4), e0284457. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284457
Hecht, M.L., Marsiglia,F.F., Elek-Fisk, E., Wagstaff, D.A., Kulis, S., Dustman, P., Miller-Day, M. 2003. Culturally-grounded substance use prevention: An evaluation of keepin’ it R.E.A.L. curriculum. Prevention Science. 4:233-248.
Hecht, M.L., Graham, J.W., Elek, E. 2006. The Drug Resistance Strategies Intervention: Program effects on substance use. Health Communication. 20:267-276.
Kulis, S., Nieri, T., Yabiku, S.T., Nieri, T.A., Coleman, E. 2007. Promoting reduced and discontinued substance use among adolescent substance users: Effectiveness of a universal prevention program. Prevention Science. 37:123-144.
Marsiglia, F.F., Kulis, S., Yabiku, S.T., Nieri, T.A., Coleman, E. 2010. When to intervene: Elementary school, middle school or both? Effects of keepin’ it REAL on substance use trajectories of Mexican heritage youth. Prevention Science. 12:48-62.
Pettigrew, J., Graham, J.W., Miller-Day, M., Hecht, M.L., Krieger, J.L., Shin, Y. 2015. Adherence and delivery quality: Implementation quality and outcomes of 7th grade keepin’ it REAL program. Prevention Science. 16:90-99.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Prevention Strategies. 2022. Executive Summary. An Evaluation of the “D.A.R.E.: keepin’ it REAL”
Elementary School Program.
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Fearnow-Kenney, M., Wyrick, D.L., Milroy, J.J., Reifsteck, E., Kelly, S.E., Day, T.F. 2016. The effect of a web-based alcohol prevention program on social norms, expectancies, and intentions to prevent harm among college student-athletes. The Sport Psychologist
Lewis, T., Wyrick, D.L., Milroy, J.J., Hebard, S., Wachtel, K. (in Press). Profiles of binge and non-binge drinking student-athletes: The role of proximal norms, negative expectancies, and selected socio-demographic variables. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse.
Milroy, J.J., Orsini, M.M., Wyrick, D.L., Fearnow-Kenney, M., Kelly, S., Burley, J. 2015. A national study of the reasons for use and non-use of alcohol among college student athletes by sex, race, and NCAA division. Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education. 59(1).
REAL Messages
Wahesh, E., Lewis, T., Wyrick, D.L., Borders, D., Ackerman, T. 2015. Perceived norms, outcome expectancies, and collegiate drinking: Examining the mediating role of drinking motives. Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling. 36(2).
Banerjee, S.C., Greene, K. 2006. Analysis versus production: Adolescent cognitive and attitudinal responses to anti-smoking interventions. Journal of Communication. 56:773-794.
Banerjee, S.C., Greene, K. 2007. Anti-smoking initiatives: Effects of analysis versus production media literacy on smoking-related attitude, norm, and behavioral intention. Health Communication. 22:37-48.
Banerjee, S.C., Greene, K., Magsamen-Conrad, K., Elek, E., Hecht, M.L. 2015. Interpersonal communication outcomes of a media literacy alcohol prevention curriculum. Translational Behavioral Medicine. 5:425-432.
Miller, T., Hendrie, D. 2008. Substance Abuse Prevention Dollars and Cents: A Cost-Benefit Analysis. DHHS Pub. No. (SMA) 07-4298. Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Coming to the new D.A.R.E.: A preliminary test of the officer-taught elementary keepin’ it REAL curriculum
Go to link (Science Direct)