Conclusion The results highlight a need for the adoption of evidence‐based tobacco early intervention programs in youth AOD services to address this significant health risk.doi:10.1111/eip.13106Karen Tracey Ha
After two full days of presentations in our community, now students are taking on a positive learning experience and leadership skills with a Vive18 club! Susie Pedersen (Kingsport, TN)Drug Education & Prevention at United Way It's the best drug and alcohol prevention speech I've ever heard....
What is Altered High? We are a team of health professionals that helps young people with concerns about their own, or someone else’s alcohol or drug use. We provide interventions to reduce the harm from alcohol or drug use and help young people stop usi
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Issue addressed: Reducing drug and alcohol harm is a public health priority and the Australian government has adopted a harm minimisation approach to policy. Understanding the needs of local youth is necessary for the design of relevant prevention and harm reduction services. Methods: Using 5 ...
Screening for youth alcohol and drug use in primary care: Predictors and implications for practiceScreening for youth alcohol and drug use in primary care: Predictors and implications for practiceS.A., SterlingC.M., WeisnerA.N., HesselJ
(2011) found statistically significant associations between engagement in antisocial behavior use of alcohol, tobacco and cannabis in a study of adolescents in Victoria, Australia and Washington State, US. Barnes, Welte, and Hoffman (2002) also reported associations between delinquency and use of ...
Alcohol, cigarette and drug consumption have all been shown to reduce educational performance and retention (Bray, Jeremy, Zarkin, Gary, Ringwalt, Chris, Qi, Junfent, 2000, Yan and Brocksen, 2013), with only Dee and Evans (2003) finding no direct effects of alcohol consumption. The second...
Prior research has showed the importance of providing integrated support services to prevent and reduce youth not in education, employment, or training (NEET) related challenges. There is limited evidence on NEET youth’s perspectives and preferences for
Outcome Measures Levels of risk and incidence and prevalence of tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use; delinquency; and violent behavior by grade 10. Results Mean levels of targeted risks increased less rapidly between grades 5 and 10 in CTC than in control communities and were significantly lower...