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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Drug Educ. 2009;39(1):39–58. doi: 10.2190/DE.39.1.c

Table 1.

Measures Assessed in the School-based Substance Use Prevention Programs Study Questionnaire

Measure Response options
Curricula use
Do you use a substance use prevention curriculum with students in middle or junior high grades in your school? Yes
No
During the current school year, which of the following substance use prevention curricula are you using with students in middle or junior high grades in your school? Respondents were provided with a list of 28 curricula from which to choose.a
During the current school year, which one curriculum are you using the most with students in middle or junior high grades in your school? Respondents were provided with a list of 28 curricula from which to choose.a
Training
How many hours of training have you received, in total, to prepare you to teach the substance use prevention curriculum you are using the most with students in middle or junior high grades? Respondents were provided with an open- end field to record the total number of hours of training received.
When was the most recent time you received training for the substance use prevention curriculum you are using the most with students in middle or junior high grades? Less than 1 year
At least 1 year, but less than 3 years
At least 3 years, but less than 5 years
At least 5 years
I have never received training for this curriculum
How many hours of training did you receive this most recent time? Less than 2 hours
2 up to 4 hours
4 up to 6 hours
6 up to 8 hours
8 hours or more
To what extent did this training prepare you to teach the substance use prevention curriculum you are using the most with students in middle or junior high grades? Not at all
Very little extent
Some extent
A great extent
During your most recent training for the substance use prevention curriculum you are using the most with students in middle or junior high grades, how much emphasis was given to closely following the curriculum guide? None at all
Very little
Some
A great deal
Adequacy of curriculum guide
Have any of the following been a problem in your teaching of the substance use prevention curriculum you are using the most with students in middle or junior high grades? The curriculum guide does not meet my needs. Yes
No
Dose
During the most recent time you taught [curriculum name], how many [curriculum name] lessons did you teach to this class, regardless of how many class periods were used? Respondents were asked to select between 0 and 15 lessons, or “16 or more”.b
Adherence
How closely did you follow the curriculum guide for [curriculum name] in teaching your lessons? I did not use a curriculum guide
Very closely – I taught the material as specified
Somewhat closely – I sometimes adapted the material as appropriate
Not very closely – I frequently adapted the material as appropriate
a

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b

The upper bound of the response options varied to reflect the number of lessons in the specific curriculum.