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Website: www.woodrock.org
 

Mission/Goals: The Woodrock mission is to promote interracial, interethnic, and intercultural harmony among youth.

Sources: www.woodrock.org; www.childtrends.org/Lifecourse/programs/

WoodrockYouthDevelopment.htm

Notes: Woodrock has developed a comprehensive life skills curriculum that has been adopted by schools, after-school programs, and summer camps in the Philadelphia area. The Youth Development Project (YDP) combines three prevention strategies to reduce and/or maintain low levels of alcohol, tobacco, and drug use. These strategies strive to improve family, school, and community supports that are available to youth; to help youth develop general living and interpersonal skills; and to train youth in drug resistance skills and knowledge.

Type of Evaluation: Experimental

Objective: To examine the impact of the Woodrock YDP on youth substance abuse and other outcomes.

Impact/Outcome Findings: Evaluators measured a positive impact on participants in four of seven outcome measures, and positive but not statistically significant influences on two other measures. The differences between the posttest scores were statistically significant for drug use during the lifetime, drug use in the last month, race-relations and ethnocentrism, and self-reported school attendance. Though failing to reach statistical significance, findings revealed higher prosocial scores for the experimental group on the  measures of self-esteem and aggression. The control group reported slightly more prosocial attitudes toward ATD use than did the experimental group, but the difference was not statistically significant.

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