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Health Education & Behavior, Vol. 12, No. 2, 169-184 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/109019818501200204

The Concept of Health Promotion and the Prevention of Adolescent Drug Abuse

Cheryl L. Perry, PhD

Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Richard Jessor

Richard Jessor, PhD

Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder

A three-dimensional conceptual model for health promotion interventions to prevent adolescent drug abuse is elaborated. The model is based on an analysis of the concept of health into four domains—physical, psychological, social, and personal; an analysis of intervention approaches to change behavior into two major strategies—introducing/strengthening health-enhancing be havior, and weakening/eliminating health-compromising behavior; and an analysis of the foci of interventions into three levels—environmental, personality, and behavior. Components of a specific health promotion program, the Minnesota Heart Health Program, that are designed to prevent adolescent drug abuse are described. These include health behavior campaigns, edu cational interventions, and community organization. The theoretical content of the components is shown to be linked logically to the health promotion model.


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