Topic
Promising practice - robust multi-country evidence, structured adaptation protocol, youth-involved design.
Tools & Frameworks
Good practice
Use it to…
Use it to help identify, adapt, and apply effective solutions for cross-national, youth-co-designed substance-use prevention.
Where to look in this resource
The whole document is relevant - it summarises the main characteristics of the practice.
Description
Developed in Italy and now implemented across 17 European and 28 worldwide countries, Unplugged combines knowledge about substance use with social-influence approaches and life-skills training. It provides a structured protocol for cultural adaptation and freely available manuals, and was developed and assessed through a European multi-centre trial.
Brief description
Life-skills and social-influence substance-use prevention (developed in Italy).
Country
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden.
Keywords
substance-use prevention, multi-country evidence, adaptation protocol, youth-involved
