Abstract
Drug use and prevention has to be understood within its cultural environment and conditions.
There is increasing evidence that cultural values, descriptive norms, and the social acceptability of use influence people’s initiation into substance use and problem behavior directly as well as indirectly through parenting practices. It has been argued that especially inconsistency between parenting style and culture can cause harm to adolescents’ mental health.
Cultural and contextual differences between regions can also affect the implementation, acceptance, and effectiveness of prevention interventions.
The focus of prevention approaches has differed between Europe, North America, and other parts of the world in recent years. North America has in the past decade focused more on manualized substance use prevention programs. While this has not been the traditional approach in Europe, such programs have been successfully transferred and adapted to European environments, either in content (words, names, examples, and images) or in structure (organization, training, staff, time, and length of sessions). This approach should be pursued further, especially at a time when it is unlikely that substantial new investments in prevention research will be made.
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Simon, R., Burkhart, G. (2015). Regional and Cultural Aspects of Prevention. In: el-Guebaly, N., Carrà, G., Galanter, M. (eds) Textbook of Addiction Treatment: International Perspectives. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5322-9_134
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