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Nyanda McBride
Researcher at Curtin University
Publications - 99
Citations - 1982
Nyanda McBride is an academic researcher from Curtin University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Drug education. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 92 publications receiving 1574 citations. Previous affiliations of Nyanda McBride include Queen's University Belfast & University of Western Australia.
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Harm minimization in school drug education: final results of the School Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction Project (SHAHRP).
TL;DR: The intervention reduced the harm that young people reported associated with their own use of alcohol, with intervention students experiencing 32.9% less harm from first follow-up onwards.
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A systematic review of school drug education
TL;DR: An up-to-date systematic review of the school drug education literature and identifies components that have the potential for creating effective drug education programmes in schools and several areas that should be the focus of future programmes.
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Early results from a school alcohol harm minimization study: the School Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction Project.
TL;DR: Results from phase one of the SHAHRP study suggest that classroom-based alcohol education programmemes can reduce harm, particularly in students who are supervised drinkers prior to the intervention.
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The psychometric properties of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6) in a general population sample of adolescents.
Louise Mewton,Ronald C. Kessler,Tim Slade,Megan J. Hobbs,Louise Brownhill,Louise Birrell,Zoe Tonks,Maree Teesson,Nicola C. Newton,Cath Chapman,Steve Allsop,Leanne Hides,Nyanda McBride,Gavin Andrews +13 more
TL;DR: The K6 was a fair to good predictor of abnormal scores on the SDQ, but predictive utility was relatively low among males, and future research needs to focus on refining and augmenting the K6 scale to maximize its utility in adolescents.
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Principles That Underpin Effective School-Based Drug Education
TL;DR: The research involved a review of the literature, a national survey of 210 Australian teachers and others involved in drug education, and structured interviews with 22 key Australian drug education policy stakeholders to identify the conceptual underpinnings of effective school-based drug education practice.