Jackson County Program Evaluation Project Year 3, Report 1.pdf

As shown in Figure 18, TND had a positive effect on cigarette use. Specifically, for past30-day use of cigarettes, there is a 2.0 percentage point increase from pre-test to posttest,which is less than the 2008 IYS estimate of a 3.3 percentage point increase.Marijuana use increased by 1.0 percentage points, which is the same as the estimatedchange from the IYS data.Figure 18. Project Towards No Drug Abuse Outcome Data and 20088 th and 11 thGrade Iowa Youth Survey Data: Past 30-Day Use of Cigarettes and Marijuana5Change in the Percentage of Youth Reporting Past 30-Day Use of Cigarettes and Marijuana4Change3210TND2008 IYSCigarettes 2.0 3.3Marijuana 1.0 1.0Notes: 1 The median number of days between pre- and post-tests was 98 for TND. IYS data is reported asan annual change estimate.2 A negative value or value lower than the IYS value is a favorable outcome.3 Pre-test percentages for these items were: cigarettes, 11.8%; marijuana, 6.6%.Attitude and Perceived Risk of Harm from TobaccoFigures 19 and 20 show outcomes for individual attitudes and perceived risk of harmfrom cigarette use by program, presenting the percentages of participants with favorableand unfavorable outcomes for each program group. Favorable outcomes mean thatattitudes changed in the desired direction (grew more negative toward cigarette use,e.g., respondent disapproved of cigarette use at pre-test and strongly disapproved atpost-test), or that the pre- and post-test responses remained the same and werenegative toward cigarette use; unfavorable outcomes mean that attitudes did not changein the desired direction from pre-test to post-test (grew more positive toward cigaretteuse, i.e., respondent felt cigarette use posed moderate risk at pre-test and no risk atpost-test) or that the pre- and post-test responses remained the same and were positivetoward cigarette use.Jackson County GRAA Evaluation Report 41