Cultural tailoring moderated intervention effectiveness in the kiR programme family, with culturally grounded adaptations producing more favourable attitudes and behaviours¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r2–r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Culturally grounded kiR adaptations for Mexican descent students produced more favourable substance use attitudes and behaviours, particularly among English-dominant high-risk students. → Bajpai Tewari 2026 q2 i? However, the kiR Acculturation Enhancement version increased substance use expectancies by 8th grade, so cultural adaptation did not uniformly help. → Bajpai Tewari 2026 (2)

Evidence¶

Bajpai Tewari 2026¶

Bajpai Tewari, D., Gautam, U., Jaiswal, V., Pooja, Mishra, A., & Das, P. (2026). Integrated Education Models for Addressing Substance Use Among Schoolchildren: A Scoping Review of School-Based Educational Interventions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph23081073

q2 · i? · review · r2

Narrative synthesis (Section 3.2.3) of kiR-family studies as a moderating factor. The review reports culturally grounded adaptations produced "more favourable substance use attitudes and behaviours," and separately that a cross-national Mexican transfer reduced alcohol and drug use frequency, particularly marijuana use among males. No effect sizes are printed.

"Culturally grounded adaptations for Mexican descent students produced more favourable substance use attitudes and behaviours, particularly among English-dominant high-risk students [68]."

Bajpai Tewari 2026 (2)¶

Bajpai Tewari, D., Gautam, U., Jaiswal, V., Pooja, Mishra, A., & Das, P. (2026). Integrated Education Models for Addressing Substance Use Among Schoolchildren: A Scoping Review of School-Based Educational Interventions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph23081073

q2 · i? · review · r3

Same synthesis section, reporting a counter-result within the kiR family: the Acculturation Enhancement version increased substance use expectancies by 8th grade. This mixed evidence qualifies the cultural-tailoring pattern.

"However, the kiR Acculturation Enhancement version [69] increased substance use expectancies by 8th grade (Table 4)."

Discussion¶

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