Download or read book Substance Abuse Prevention written by Julie A. Hogan and published by Pearson. This book was released on 2003 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting the science-based components of substance abuse prevention practice, this text analyzes what does and doesn't work when implementing prevention programs, offers guidelines on becoming a culturally competent prevention professional, and provides a chart of each major drug category that includes an overview of the drug category's effects, symptoms of overdose, possible withdrawal effects, and acute and chronic effects. Case studies and real-life examples are also included. Specific topics within the book include program planning, ethics, the role of media in prevention, and grant writing. Hogan is affiliated with the University of Nevada. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Download or read book Preventing Drug Abuse written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1993-02-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the nation's drug crisis has deepened, public and private agencies have invested huge sums of money in prevention efforts. Are the resulting programs effective? What do we need to know to make them more effective? This book provides a comprehensive overview on what we know about drug abuse prevention and its effectiveness, including: Results of a wide range of antidrug efforts. The role and effectiveness of mass media in preventing drug use. A profile of the drug problem, including a look at drug use by different population groups. A review of three major schools of prevention theory-risk factor reduction, developmental change, and social influence. An examination of promising prevention techniques from other areas of health and human services. This volume offers provocative findings on the connection between low self-esteem and drug use, the role of schools, the reality of changing drug use in the population, and more. Preventing Drug Abuse will be indispensable to anyone involved in the search for solutions, including policymakers, anti-drug program developers and administrators, and researchers.
Download or read book Schools written by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and published by New York : United Nations. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This publication does not offer a pre-packaged programme of education for drug abuse prevention that can be picked up and implemented. It is rather an attempt to provide a conceptual basis upon which teachers, policy makers and school administrators can make decisions about school based drug prevention programmes in order to achieve greater success in education terms" -- p. 6.
Download or read book Facing Addiction in America written by Office of the Surgeon General and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All across the United States, individuals, families, communities, and health care systems are struggling to cope with substance use, misuse, and substance use disorders. Substance misuse and substance use disorders have devastating effects, disrupt the future plans of too many young people, and all too often, end lives prematurely and tragically. Substance misuse is a major public health challenge and a priority for our nation to address. The effects of substance use are cumulative and costly for our society, placing burdens on workplaces, the health care system, families, states, and communities. The Report discusses opportunities to bring substance use disorder treatment and mainstream health care systems into alignment so that they can address a person's overall health, rather than a substance misuse or a physical health condition alone or in isolation. It also provides suggestions and recommendations for action that everyone-individuals, families, community leaders, law enforcement, health care professionals, policymakers, and researchers-can take to prevent substance misuse and reduce its consequences.
Download or read book Drug Abuse Prevention written by Dr. Richard W. Wilson and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2011-08-24 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Drug Abuse Prevention: A School and Community Partnership, Third Edition", takes an evidence-based approach to teach students the important concepts and skills needed to design effective drug prevention programs. Covering more than just the facts, this text provides a background of drug use and abuse and presents the principles and skills of prevention, with particular focus on adolescents and school settings. It reinforces the importance of schools forming community partnerships with key institutions and the application of policy tools to enhance the impact of education alone. -- From publisher's description.
Download or read book Young Adults in the Workplace written by Jeremy W. Bray and published by RTI Press. This book was released on 2011-02-28 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration funded the multisite Young Adults in the Workplace (YIW) initiative to study the effectiveness of diverse approaches to workplace-based prevention of substance abuse. Six teams adapted evidence-based programs to target young employees and then implemented the programs in retail, restaurant, health care, construction, skilled trade, and transportation industry workplaces. This book describes the programs, the adaptation and implementation processes, and the YIW cross-site evaluation.
Download or read book Sunny s Story written by Ginger Katz and published by . This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sunnys Story brings to light one of the most critical issues facing children, parents and educators today. Parents are challenged with discussing the dangers of alcohol and other drugs with their children. Having the courage to face hard issues is the first step in keeping children safe. Through the voice of the family dog, and in a tender and thoughtful way, Sunnys Story is an effective tool to approach this topic. This story opens a dialogue between parents and their children. It teaches parents about what children are exposed to everyday. Children will obtain a clear understanding of how their choices affect their life and the lives of those close to them.
Download or read book Preventing Substance Abuse written by Michael J. Stoil and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1996-10-31 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preventing Substance Abuse is an informal guide to successful programs for treating specific substance abuse problems, identifying their origins, implementation, outcomes, and, where possible, contacts for obtaining additional information. The emphasis is on information documented from outcomes of successful interventions rather than on theories of what should work or what works under experimental conditions. Key features include easy-to-follow charts and graphs and an appendix summarizing the National Structured Evaluation (mandated by Congress) of substance abuse prevention.
Download or read book Handbook of Drug Abuse Prevention written by Zili Sloboda and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-08-06 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging handbook brings together experts in the sociology of drug abuse prevention. Providing a comprehensive overview of the accumulated knowledge on prevention theory, intervention design, and development and prevention research methodology, this work also promotes prevention science as an evolving field in the practice and policy of drug abuse prevention.
Download or read book Leading Campus Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention written by David S. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Leadership in Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention written by David S. Anderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-16 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leadership in Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention blends the wisdom of numerous long-term professionals addressing drug and alcohol issues with helpful strategies and current science. Organized around the Pyramid of Success that emphasizes Competence, Confidence, and Commitment, this book offers practical and grounded approaches for better addressing substance abuse issues. Included are insights from 50 contributors, featuring professional perspectives from practitioners with decades of experience. While issues of substance abuse are not readily solved or cured, they can be better addressed – more effectively, more efficiently, and more appropriately. This timely resource offers a unique blend of science-based strategies and resourceful foundations for implementation. Designed for those working either directly or indirectly with problems associated with substance use disorders, this book will aid those in a wide variety of settings, whether in schools, communities, business, or government.
Download or read book CSAP Center for Substance Abuse Prevention written by Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Substance Abuse Prevention written by Kar Snehendu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-10 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In thirteen chapters, twenty-four authors share their analyses, concerns, and conclusions in several domains including the: meaning and dynamics of multiculturalism affecting prevention intervention, relative risks and knowledge gaps across ethnic groups, social trends affecting health risks and substance abuse, lessons learned from substance abuse research and prevention, role of the media, promises and limits of the new public health paradigm for assessment, policy development, assurance of preventive services, and social action and empowerment for prevention in partnership with the public.
Download or read book Pathways of Addiction written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-11-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drug abuse persists as one of the most costly and contentious problems on the nation's agenda. Pathways of Addiction meets the need for a clear and thoughtful national research agenda that will yield the greatest benefit from today's limited resources. The committee makes its recommendations within the public health framework and incorporates diverse fields of inquiry and a range of policy positions. It examines both the demand and supply aspects of drug abuse. Pathways of Addiction offers a fact-filled, highly readable examination of drug abuse issues in the United States, describing findings and outlining research needs in the areas of behavioral and neurobiological foundations of drug abuse. The book covers the epidemiology and etiology of drug abuse and discusses several of its most troubling health and social consequences, including HIV, violence, and harm to children. Pathways of Addiction looks at the efficacy of different prevention interventions and the many advances that have been made in treatment research in the past 20 years. The book also examines drug treatment in the criminal justice setting and the effectiveness of drug treatment under managed care. The committee advocates systematic study of the laws by which the nation attempts to control drug use and identifies the research questions most germane to public policy. Pathways of Addiction provides a strategic outline for wise investment of the nation's research resources in drug abuse. This comprehensive and accessible volume will have widespread relevanceâ€"to policymakers, researchers, research administrators, foundation decisionmakers, healthcare professionals, faculty and students, and concerned individuals.
Download or read book Drug Abuse Prevention Through Family Interventions written by Rebecca S. Ashery and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes: Drug Abuse Prevention through Family Based Interventions: Future Research; Familial Factors and Substance Abuse: Implications for Prevention; Family-Focused Substance Abuse (SA) Prevention: What Has Been Learned from Other Fields; Scientific Findings from Family Prevention Intervention Research; A Universal Intervention for the Prevention of SA: Preparing for the Drug-Free Years; Selective Prevention Interventions: The Strengthening Families Program; Parental Monitoring and the Prevention of Problem Behavior: A Conceptual and Empirical Reformulation; and Family Measures in SA Prevention Research.
Download or read book Improving Schools written by Michael B. Kane and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1981-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improving Schools presents a state-of-the-art review of current issues in research on knowledge use and the process of educational change. Six distinguished scholars examine how elementary and secondary schools utilize educational innovations -- new ideas, materials, and technologies -- to improve their organizations. Current research on knowledge use is surveyed, and vital questions are raised concerning current perceptions of the nature of schools. The foundation that emerges will aid future researchers in the discipline to build in a more systematic fashion, while the issues raised significantly contribute to the broad field of knowledge utilization and organizational analysis.
Download or read book Preventing Youth Substance Abuse written by Patrick H. Tolan and published by American Psychological Association (APA). This book was released on 2007 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CSAP identified four critical predictors from childhood for substance use that could be valuable targets for prevention of adolescent substance use management of and involvement with the child, and the child's social competence, and school achievement. This book shows how seven selected prevention programs address these.