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Drug and alcohol addiction among teenagers (USA.pptx
1. Drug And Alcohol Addiction
Among Teenagers (USA)
Student’s Name
Institution
Course
Date
2. Evidence Based Approaches To Optimize Health
For Teenagers Cont…
Normative education.
Social resistance skills.
School based prevention.
3. Evidence Based Approaches To
Optimize Health For Teenagers
Competence-Enhancement.
Family-Based Prevention
Community-Based Prevention
4. How The Approaches Minimize Health Disparities
Among The Teens Cont…
Competence enhancement- The program equips teenagers with adequate skills which
they can utilize in resisting drugs and taking alcohol.
Family based prevention- The parents are given tips on how to handle their teen
children’s hence minimizing the risk associated with drug abuse.
Community based prevention- The community inclusive of parents and other leaders
can create awareness to teens and make them know the dangers associated with abuse
of drugs and alcohol.
5. How The Approaches Minimize Health Disparities
Among The Teens
Normative education- Educating the teens on the negative impacts of drugs may lower
the rate at which they abuse drugs and hence lower their exposure to health disparities.
Social resistance skills- Equipping teens with adequate resistance skills can reduce the
likelihood of being influenced by their peers.
School based prevention- When schools incorporate programmes aimed at reducing
drug abuse, teens are likely to reduce the rate at which they take drugs gradually meaning
that they won't be exposed to health disparities fully.
6. References
Winters, K. C., Botzet, A. M., Stinchfield, R., Gonzales-Castaneda, R., Finch, A. J.,
Piehler, T. F., ... & Hemze, A. (2018). Adolescent substance abuse treatment: A review of
evidence-based research. Adolescent substance abuse, 141-171.
Hogue, A., Henderson, C. E., Becker, S. J., & Knight, D. K. (2018). Evidence base on
outpatient behavioral treatments for adolescent substance use, 2014–2017: Outcomes,
treatment delivery, and promising horizons. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent
Psychology, 47(4), 499-526.
Agurs-Collins, T., Persky, S., Paskett, E. D., Barkin, S. L., Meissner, H. I., Nansel, T. R., ...
& Farhat, T. (2019). Designing and assessing multilevel interventions to improve minority
health and reduce health disparities. American journal of public health, 109(S1), S86-S93.
Notas del editor
Many teens overestimate the frequency of smoking, drinking, and drug use, making it appear typical. Education on real drug usage rates, which are lower than perceived rates, might lessen societal tolerance of drug use (Hogue et al., 2018). One approach to provide this information is by using classroom, school, or local community survey data to indicate real substance use prevalence rates. Social Resistance Skills aims to increase adolescents' understanding of social forces that encourage substance use and teach them skills for resisting peer and media pressures to smoke, drink, or use drugs. Schools can be used to educate many teens about the dangers of taking alcohol as well as abusing other drugs and if the above approaches are utilized, teenagers' health can be optimized.
Competence enhancement programs, as opposed to more task-focused methods to drug resistance skills training, are created to teach the kinds of general abilities that may be used extensively in many aspects of a young person's life. In family-based prevention, adults and their children learn new coping mechanisms together (Winters et al., 2018). These programs instruct parents on how to set and maintain firm limits on their children's drug use, as well as enhance family functioning and communication. Parents, teachers, and community leaders frequently work together to oversee preventative programs in their local communities. Adolescent substance abuse may be prevented by community-based initiatives that convey a coordinated, all-encompassing preventive message.
When young people are equipped with the information and tools necessary to resist drugs, they are better able to say no when their friends pressure them to do so, reducing health inequalities and extending their lifespan (Agurs-Collins et al., 2019). When parents are provided with tools to effectively deal with their adolescents, the adolescents are less likely to develop mental health issues as adults. Health inequalities, such as the burden of illnesses, are less likely to affect teenagers if the community and parents work together to raise awareness and reach out to many teenagers with education about the risks of drug addiction.
Providing youth with information about the risks of drug use has the potential to reduce the prevalence of drug usage and, by extension, the prevalence of health inequalities within this population. In addition, providing adolescents with the tools they need to resist peer pressure might lessen the risk that they will experience the negative health outcomes that are often linked with substance abuse (Agurs-Collins et al., 2019). Teens' drug use is less likely to increase when schools provide prevention activities, therefore they are less likely to be completely exposed to health inequalities.
