Cristian Suárez1, Gonzalo del Moral2, Gonzalo Musitu2, Juan Carlos Sánchez3, Bev John4. 1. Departamento de Educación y Psicología Social, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, España. Electronic address: csuarel@upo.es. 2. Departamento de Educación y Psicología Social, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, España. 3. Facultad de Psicología, Campus Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México. 4. School of Psychology, Faculty of Business and Society, University of Glamorgan, South Wales, Reino Unido.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to obtain the views of a sample of adolescents and experts on adolescence, family, school, local policies and media, regarding the effectiveness of institutional policies to prevent adolescent alcohol use. SETTING: Four educational centers in the province of Seville. Head office of the Alcohol and Society Foundation in Madrid. DESIGN: Qualitative study using the method proposed by Grounded theory (Glaser and Strauss, 1967). METHODOLOGY: Data were collected from 10 discussion groups guided by semistructured interviews. The data were analyzed using Atlas ti 5 software. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 32 national experts and 40 adolescents of both sexes aged 15 to 20 years living in the province of Seville, selected by theoretical intentional sampling. RESULTS: The experts believed that most of the evaluated preventive actions were effective, while adolescents disputed the preventive impact of most of them. Adolescents proposed actions focused on the reduction of supply of alcohol. Experts proposed a mixed model as the most effective strategy to prevent alcohol consumption in adolescents, combining supply and demand reduction policies, depending on specific short and long term objectives. CONCLUSIONS: We have obtained, not only an overview of what is working (or not) from the view of adolescents and experts, but also the key points that should be taken into account for designing effective prevention policies.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to obtain the views of a sample of adolescents and experts on adolescence, family, school, local policies and media, regarding the effectiveness of institutional policies to prevent adolescent alcohol use. SETTING: Four educational centers in the province of Seville. Head office of the Alcohol and Society Foundation in Madrid. DESIGN: Qualitative study using the method proposed by Grounded theory (Glaser and Strauss, 1967). METHODOLOGY: Data were collected from 10 discussion groups guided by semistructured interviews. The data were analyzed using Atlas ti 5 software. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 32 national experts and 40 adolescents of both sexes aged 15 to 20 years living in the province of Seville, selected by theoretical intentional sampling. RESULTS: The experts believed that most of the evaluated preventive actions were effective, while adolescents disputed the preventive impact of most of them. Adolescents proposed actions focused on the reduction of supply of alcohol. Experts proposed a mixed model as the most effective strategy to prevent alcohol consumption in adolescents, combining supply and demand reduction policies, depending on specific short and long term objectives. CONCLUSIONS: We have obtained, not only an overview of what is working (or not) from the view of adolescents and experts, but also the key points that should be taken into account for designing effective prevention policies.
Authors: Elizeu Borloti; Maria Victoria Hidalgo García; Virginia Sanchez Jiménez; Maria Fátima Oliver Sudbrack Journal: Psicol Reflex Crit Date: 2017-01-11