| Summary: | A study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the Stay SMART program, which is designed to simultaneously prevent/reduce sexual activity, cigarette smoking, alcohol use, and marijuana use among Boys & Girls Club youths. Fourteen Boys & Girls Clubs across the U.S. participated in a pretest-posttest nonequivalent groups design with multiple posttests. Over 27 months, five clubs offered the Stay SMART program only, five clubs offered the Stay SMART program as well as the two-year sequential SMART Leaders I and II booster programs, and four clubs offered no prevention program. Findings indicated that the program had no effects on virgins. For nonvirgins who participated in the Stay SMART only condition, desired effects for sexual behavior and attitudes toward sexual activity were identified. No effects were identified for nonvirgins who participated in Stay SMART plus the two-year booster program.
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