Mantente REAL Sonora Addiction Prevention program for Middle school students
4,530 students in 1st year of middle school
Sonora Secretary of Education and Culture, (Secretaria de Educacion y Cultura del estado de Sonora) University of Sonora (UNISON, Universidad de Sonora), Global Center for Applied Health Research – Arizona State University
Train teachers for the implementation of the "Mantente REAL" program where the strategies Refuse – Explain – Avoid and Leave (REAL) are used to teach students how to say NO to offers of substances such as alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in a practical and easy way.
Develop skills for the prevention of risk situations in 1st year middle school students.
Theory of Change and Logical Framework Model
It is relevant to implement programs that delay consumption in adolescence and that provide them with personal strategies to face situations of offering, strengthening skills such as emotion management and decision-making as in the program, it is also suggested to attend with a gender perspective.
COMIE (2023). Prevención de consumo de drogas en educación básica: implementación del programa “keepin’ it REAL” en el marco de la Nueva Escuela Mexicana.
Congreso Mundial de Trabajo Social (2023). Experiencia en la implementación del programa preventivo en el uso de sustancias Mantente REAL en adolescentes del Norte de México.