Assessment of a Middle School Drug Education and Violence Prevention Program

*Assessment of a Middle School Drug Education and Violence Prevention Program*
Brian F. Geiger¹, Cynthia J. Petri², Elesia Crosswhite³, Kelly Stanhope⁴, David Whittinghill¹ and Marcia O'Neal¹, (1)University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, (2)The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, (3)Lauderdale County School System, Killen, AL, (4)Lauderdale County School System, Florence, AL This presentation will describe lessons learned from the evaluation of a middle school drug education and violence prevention program. Participants will learn of collaboration strategies to bring university faculty and middle school staff together for the development of valid assessment tools for a specific health curriculum. Discussion will also address how these strategies might apply to other school systems.