Adolescent Alcohol Use in China

This project is a joint research initiative began in 1995 to explore alcohol use by Chinese adolescents. This is an ongoing endeavor and focuses on the development of instruments to assess alcohol expectancies, self-efficacy, and cultural orientation among Chinese adolescents.

China: Objectives & Activities | Publications & Papers

Adolescent Alcohol Use in Thailand

This project is a joint research projects between NPCADA and Thai scholars include an effort to understand alcohol expectancies among Thai adolescents and tracking the development of village level alcohol production.

Thailand: Objectives & Activities | Publications & Papers

Adolescent Alcohol Use in Zambia

This project will begin in the summer of 2003 with initial on-site explorations of available records and archival data and initial discussions with young people about alcohol availability, use, and expectancies in Zambia.

Zambia: Objectives

Tobacco Use in the Middle East

In this project, one study focuses on the role of family attitudes and practices and religious beliefs in the use and nonuse of tobacco among college students in Saudi Arabia. The other study explores the extent of sheesha use among future teachers in Kuwait.

Middle East: Objectives & Activities

Tobacco Use in the USA

The Prevention Center has focused extensively on the use of tabacco in the United States. This reasarch has produced several scholarly publications, as well as tobacco education curriculum and videos for use in secondary education.

Tobacco Prevention in the USA: Publications, Papers, and Curricula

Adolescent Use of Other Drugs

Although primarily focused on society's costliest drugs, alcohol and tobacco, NPCADA ocasionally looks at other drugs that impact adolesents. One recent study focused on the prevalense of anabolic steroid use by a general college aged population, and attempts to assess the attitudes and normative factors associated with the decision to use or not to use anabolic steroids. Analysis is underway.