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APPLICATION ACTIVITY 2

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Q PART 1 • A high school principal is concerned about substance use among her students. She decides to use three different types of programs targeted at different subsets of students. Give an example of who she could target at each level of prevention. Use the figure on Page 6 of The IOM Model to indicate the degree of risk experienced by those who participate in each intervention, as well as the intensity of each interview (2pts). Part 2 • Identify where each program lies in the intervention spectrum. (e.g., Is it a universal prevention program? An indicated prevention program? Treatment?). How do you know? (1pt) • Describe one potential advantage and one potential disadvantage of each option. In particular, think about how each program is delivered (i.e., to first-grade students identified as highly aggressive vs. to all student in the first grade). (2pts)

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A high school principal decides to use three different types of programs to target different subsets of students. A high school principal is concerned about the substance use among her students. Grade ten students targeted by universal prevention program. The Universal prevention programs would target the entire population that is all ten grade students regardless of their risk status. All ten grade students would receive the same program.