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Mentoring for preventing alcohol use in young people

Summary of the evidence

Rating
  • Beneficial

Mentoring (intended as a supportive relationship in which one person offers support, guidance and concrete assistance to a partner) is based on the sharing of experience and expertise without expectation of personal gain by the mentor - Center for Substance Abuse Prevention 2000) was found in a systematic review (Thomas et al., 2011) more effective than no interventions in:

  • preventing alcohol use (3 RCTs) (RR 0.71, 95% CI  0.57 to 0.90, p = 0.005).

Details

Note: this evidence summary is only valid for the outcomes, target groups, settings and substances/patterns of use described below.

Name of response option
  • Mentoring
Desired outcome(s)
  • reduce substance use
Area(s)
  • Prevention
Specific substance or pattern of use
  • alcohol
Target group(s) or setting(s)
  • communities
  • young people

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