TY  - MANSCPT
AU  - Lear,Holly
TI  - Teen Challenge: a program evaluation of a faith-based drug and alcohol rehabilitation program 
PY  - 2013///
KW  - Substance abuse
KW  - Treatment
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Teenagers
KW  - Substance use
N1  - A thesis submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Public Health; Thesis (M.P.H.)--Southern Connecticut State University, 2013; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-81)
N2  - In this first formal evaluation of Teen Challenge, a faith-based drug and alcohol rehabilitation program, the author collected data from the program directors across the country. Research was concerned with three distinctive areas: demographic data, data concerning the program, and assessment of the program by its directors. The results showed that age and location had a significant association with high success rates while gender did not. Marital and parental status was associated with high drop-out rates; age and employment were not. The group most successful in completing the program were students referred by a court order. The most effective spiritual group activity was a curriculum called Group Studies for New Christians. The most effective individual activity was personal prayer. Most program directors found spiritual activities more important than non-spiritual ones
ER  -