NIDA Fast Track (OMB Cntrl # 0925-0655)- Student Survey (2)

Student Version

Student Survey of the NIDA for Teens Website

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The survey. The survey involves general questions about the NIDA for Teens Website. It should only take about 30 minutes to complete.

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OMB Control Number: 0925-0655

Expiration Date: 03/31/2015

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the completed form to this address.

Please open the NIDA for Teens website at www.teens.drugabuse.gov and briefly scroll around in this page view and answer the general questions below.

(Keep this survey window open too.)

General User Qs – whole site:

Did you access this site easily, say in less than 10 seconds –

Yes/ No, my difficulty was _

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This site was - a) easy to browse;

b) fairly easy to browse;

c) difficult to browse

The graphics of this site are - a) attractive

b) fairly attractive

c) unattractive

The topics on this page seem to offer a lot of information that could be useful Yes/No

The topics of the information are not very interesting Yes/No

The description of topics is difficult to understand Yes/No

Did you check the links on this site, and did they open immediately for you? Yes/No, I had to try more than once

Did the writing/text of the different information items grab you?

Yes _______

No (please explain)__________________________________________

What characteristics of this site (any part of it) appealed to you the most?

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What characteristics of this site (any part of it) appealed to you the least?

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PEERx Section

From the menu bar under Our Projects please choose PEERx - Rx Drug Abuse.

In this page view click on the icon ‘Facts on Rx and Over the Counter Drugs’. Please read the information under these topics then answer the following questions:

How easy was it for you to find this section on the site?

Not easy/fairly easy/found it in 10 seconds or less

If Not easy what was the difficulty? ___________________

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Before you read the information in this section did you know

1. that people used prescription drugs to get high? - Yes, I knew a lot about this/I had some knowledge of this/I had no knowledge of this

2. did you know what opioids are? – Yes/No

Content PEERx – Rx Drugs

1. As you read through the information on the different topics

(a) Were you surprised to learn about the dangers related to the abuse of prescription drugs? –

I was very surprised/I was a little surprised/I was not surprised

(b) Did you get the idea that it is harmful to use prescription drugs that were not prescribed for you? Yes I did/ Yes but I knew this before/No I did not get this idea

If No, was it because (please check all that apply)

a) you couldn’t understand the information _____

b) you didn’t believe the information _____

c) you were looking for other information on using prescription drugs _____

2. What three facts about abusing prescription drugs did you learn from the information in this section?

1.______________________________

2. _______________________________

3. _______________________________

4. I did not learn any facts from this section

3. Viewing this section has done the following: (Please check all that apply):

a) changed my attitude about the abuse of prescription drugs ____

b) increased my desire to avoid abusing these medications ____

b) made me more curious about the science of substance abuse and its harmful effects ____

c) not changed my attitude towards abusing prescription drugs ____

d) made me less afraid to try drugs _____ Please explain why_______ _______________________________________________________

e) made me more afraid to try drugs ______Please explain why_______

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4. Do you like the interactive parts of this section? Yes/No/They are OK

If No, what did you not like about them? _________________________

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5. Did you read any other topics from this page that seemed useful and interesting?

Yes _____ please list some of them ________________________________

No _____

Now please go back to the menu bar, Our Projects , PEERx – Rx Drug Abuse and click on the icon PEERx Get Involved, then answer the questions below:

6. Which of these activities would you like to do? ______________________________

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7. Which ones would you not be able to do ____________________________

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8. What suggestions do you have for activities you and your friends can do to educate others about the harms of drug abuse?

9. Would you talk about this section and its information with your friends? Yes/No

If No, why not ______________________________________________

10. Do you want to lead an activity to inform friends and other youth about the harms from abusing prescription drugs? Yes/No

11. What changes can we make to encourage you to be part of a campaign or action group against the abuse of prescription drugs by teens?

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Facts on Drugs

Next from the menu bar, please go to Facts on Drugs and review the information in the topics ‘Brain and Addiction’, ‘Marijuana’, and ‘Inhalants’. Then answer the questions below. (You may also review other topics in this section).

Before you reviewed this information did you have knowledge about the harmful effects from drug abuse – I had some knowledge/I had very little knowledge/I had no knowledge

Content - Facts on Drugs

1. As you scrolled through the information items in Facts on Drugs did you learn that using drugs, such as marijuana and inhalants, is harmful?

Yes I did/I learned very little/I did not learn this

If Yes, did you want to learn more about how drugs can change the brain and body? Yes very much/not much/not at all

2. Has the information in Facts on Drugs changed your understanding of substance abuse and its negative consequences (please choose one)–

1. Yes I now understand a lot more about how drugs work and affect the brain and body

2. I did not get more understanding from the facts here

3. I did not understand the information and I did not read much of it

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If you chose a. above (I understand a lot more) please summarize in one sentence or less what you learned _______________________________ ____________________________________________________________

If you answered b. above (did not get more understanding) was this because (please choose one):

a) you already knew all the information here ____

b) the information was difficult to understand ____

c) you did not read the information_____
d) you did not believe the information____

3. Will you be able to use the information in this section for your school assignments? Yes/maybe /no

4. Would you talk about this section and its information with your friends?

Yes/maybe/no

5. What three substance abuse facts did you pick up from this section?

1. _____________________________________

2. _____________________________________

3. _____________________________________

4. I did not learn any substance abuse facts from this section.

6. Do you find yourself wanting more information about substance abuse and addiction – Yes/ No

If No, why not________________________________________________

7. Do you find yourself more interested in the biology of substance abuse (how drugs act in the brain and body)? Yes/ No

If No, why not _______________________________________________

8. What would you change to make this section more useful for you?

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Sara Bellum Blog

Next from the menu bar please click on the Sara Bellum Blog item. Notice that this section has a comment feature. Do you like being able to post a comment on blogs related to drug abuse? Yes/No/ I am not interested in posting comments on the Internet

If yes, why do you like this comment feature ________________________

Do you like reading comments posted by others? Yes/No/ I am not interested in reading other people’s comments

If Yes, did you like this comment feature here ________________________

Next, from this Sara Bellum Blog page view, and the Categories box on the right, please review the information from:

-Brain Science (page 2) and the item Chasing the Runner’s High

-Healthy Minds and Bodies (page 3) and the item Being a Team Player Can Influence Drug and Alcohol Use

-Drug Facts (Page 1) and the item Perception of Risk: Fewer Teens Believe Marijuana Is Harmful

then answer the questions below:

     

Before you reviewed the information in these topics did you know about

• the good effects from exercise – Yes/No

• the harmful effects from drug abuse –I had some knowledge/ I had very little knowledge/ I had no knowledge

• that you can still be a team player without participating in drugs and alcohol use - Yes/No

Content – Sara Bellum Blog

1. Was the information in these blog posts easy to understand? 

Most of it / some of it / No

2. Did you learn the following from the blog post about exercise? (please answer all):

• that you can ‘get high’ with intense exercise? Yes/No

• that exercise releases the brain chemicals that are similar to the cannabinoids from marijuana?  Yes/No

3. Did you learn the following from the blog post Being a Team Player? (please answer all):

• That alcohol impairs your physical and mental conditioning as an athlete? Yes/No

• That smoking cigarettes affects your abilities as an athlete by causing problems with breathing?  Yes/No

• That marijuana affects your balance, perception and memory, making it hard to be physically at your best? Yes/No

4. After reading up on these topics did you want to know more about the harmful effects of drug abuse, because 

(please check all that apply)

  -you want to be educated about drug abuse and its potential harm _____

-you can use the information for schoolwork _____

-you are just curious about drugs and addiction _____

-you want to know more about the biology of how drugs work on the brain and body _______

-you are an athlete on a team sport _______

-if none of the above, please explain ______

5. Did this section convince you that marijuana, alcohol, and cigarettes are bad for you but exercise is good for you?  Yes / No

6. What three substance abuse facts did you learn from this section that could discourage you from using alcohol, marijuana, other drugs?

1.____________________________________________________________

2.____________________________________________________________

3.____________________________________________________________

4. I did not learn any substance abuse facts from this section.

7. Did you like the information on how the brain works and how it is affected by exercise and by drugs?  Yes I did/ I did not understand all of it / No I did not like it

  If you did not like it, tell us what you did not like _____________________________________________________________

8. Do you think this section is a good source of information for yourself and your friends?  Yes / No

Did you open and read any other topics from the Categories list?

Yes _______, please specify which ones …………………………………………

No________

9. Did any aspects of this section turn you off?   Yes / No

     If Yes, what were some of them? ______________________________________

10. What changes can you suggest to make this section more useful to you?

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