The Foundation funded researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine to develop Global Alcohol Guidance Labels that could be used by brewers to inform evidence-based product labeling. These guidance labels seek to promote alcohol health literacy and include messages on alcohol-related harms such as disease and injury, as well as...
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The Idaho Meth Project is a large-scale, statewide prevention program aimed at preventing and reducing teen Meth use through public service messaging, education and community outreach. Using the proven prevention and public awareness program developed by the Meth Project Foundation and piloted in Montana, Idaho has implemented an integrated program...
Brief Summary: The current study aims to test the efficacy of a family communication-based, novel, adaptable, and resource-efficient substance misuse preventive intervention for parents/guardians of pre/early adolescents (grades 5-7). The short-term goal of this study is to increase the quality time that parents spend with their children through eating meals...
Skeer MR, Sabelli RA, Rancaño KM, Lee-Bravatti M, Ryan EC, Eliasziw M, Spirito A. Randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of a brief, communication-based, substance use preventive intervention for parents of adolescents: Protocol for the SUPPER Project (Substance Use Prevention Promoted by Eating family meals Regularly). PLoS One. 2022;17(2):e0263016....
Skeer MR, Landy DM, Abrahams JM, Towers J. “Dying is Not a Fear”: Teen and Parent Perspectives on Messaging to Prevent Crystal Meth Use Among Teens in Rural North Idaho. Prev Sci. 2021 Jul;22(5):579-589. doi: 10.1007/s11121-021-01215-w. Epub 2021 Feb 16. PubMed PMID: 33591435.
“By now, most people are aware of the enormity of the opioid epidemic. In 2015, over 33,000 Americans died from an opioid overdose – more from opioid pain relievers than heroin. Just because someone experiments with opioids doesn’t mean that he or he will become addicted. However, there’s risk with any opioid use,...
Margie Skeer, associate professor in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Weiner Hailey Family Professorship, established by Ken Weiner, A73, M77, and Anita Hailey of Denver, Colorado. Skeer, whose research focuses on family-based prevention...