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Table 1 Intervention characteristics of the teen marijuana check-Up

From: Implementing the teen marijuana check-up in schools—a study protocol

Intervention characteristic

 

Therapeutic foundation

Motivational interviewing

Target population

Teens, aged 14–19 years

Nature of recruitment

Self-referral

Implementation setting

High schools

Intervention format

Brief individual therapy

Intervention duration

Two 60-min sessions, scheduled approximately 1 week apart

Core features

Patient-centered communication, review of a personalized feedback report

Primary outcomes

Decreased marijuana use, reduced marijuana-related harms

Secondary outcomes

Improved academic functioning, increased school engagement

  1. TMCU characteristics as developed in or informed by a series of prior efficacy trials [31,32,33,34]