Friday, November 18, 2011
Abstract: Background: Drug prevention is insufficiently tailored to the needs of vulnerable groups and often concentrates on the general population.Methods: A qualitative youth-centred design, based on group techniques was used to ask vulnerable young people about their needs and expectations regarding drug prevention practices. Participants comprised 160 young people, aged 12–21 years who had emotional and behavioural disorders and who lived in institutions in the mental health care system in Flanders.Results: Findings showed that common prevention and education practices are often insufficient or not applicable to the participants’ situation.
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged ask-vulnerable, based-on-group, comprised-160, dominant, good-prevention, institutions, not-applicable, participants, reasons, regarding-drug, their-reasons
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The industry funded body Drinkaware has released a 'life-skills based interactive teaching resource' called In:tuition , which includes a series of lesson plans and supporting resources. A press release said the “cross-curricular programme builds the esteem, confidence and decision-making skills of students aged 9 to 14 so they can make more informed decisions about a range of issues – including alcohol, sex and relationships, personal finance, health and civic responsibility.” The resource itself says : “The programme aims to build young people's confidence, personal and social skills and help them explore how they make decisions and what might influence them”.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
A survey of 2,300 young people published by Alcohol Concern said most respondents wanted more protection from alcohol advertising. Alcohol Concern said there is recognition of a need to protect under-18s from exposure to alcohol promotion, although children and young people as young as 11 are regularly exposed to alcohol advertising.
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol-concern, before-the-9pm, below-the-line, children, government, influence, make-it-harder, martin-plant, recently-called, risks
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Saturday, October 8, 2011
A new study that is published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics addresses the problem of cannabis use in young people and addresses a very difficult target, psychotic patients. This study analyses the efficacy of a specific motivational intervention (MI) on young cannabis users suffering from psychosis…
Monday, September 26, 2011
Children of any age with access to YouTube can instantly view alcohol-related content and on average, 6% of the views of adult-orientated content are by 13 to 17 year olds, according to statistics released by London-based digital agency www.AccuraCast.com .
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy, tobacco
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Also tagged alcohol-concern, alcohol-uploads, beer-or-spirits, book, digital-agency, facebook, media, press-release, research-says, research-shows, tobacco, tobacco-content, under-the-age, watch-alcohol
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
A new study by The Centre for Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) explores media representations of alcohol and their influence on teenage drinking.
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol-concern, alcohol-reports, binge drinking, friends, health-literacy, influence, joseph, joseph-rowntree, liverpool-john, media, perceived, policy, research
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
The Scottish Government has set out its 2011-2012 programme , including a bill to introduce minimum pricing as a condition of licences granted under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 – see reports from the Financial Times and Scotsman . The Scottish National Party (SNP) now have a significant majority which may turn the tables after their previous attempt at a 45 pence minimum price was blocked by opposition parties
A study of over 15,000 children by Demos says parenting style is one of the most important and statistically reliable influences on whether a child will drink responsibly in adolescence and adulthood – see Demos press release and blog . The findings appear to support the recent JRF report that emphasised the importance of parents in influencing teenager's drinking, and research reviews assessing parenting interventions. The Demos press release stated: Demos found that ‘tough love’ parenting, combining consistent warmth and discipline, was the most effective parenting style to prevent unhealthy relationships with alcohol right into the mid-thirties age range.
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged best-parenting, binge drinking, child, from-the-report, government, health, importance, influence, makes-the-child, parenting-style, policy, press-release, research, support-parents
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A study of over 15,000 children by Demos says parenting style is one of the most important and statistically reliable influences on whether a child will drink responsibly in adolescence and adulthood – see Demos press release and blog . The findings appear to support the recent JRF report that emphasised the importance of parents in influencing teenager's drinking, and research reviews assessing parenting interventions. The Demos press release stated: Demos found that ‘tough love’ parenting, combining consistent warmth and discipline, was the most effective parenting style to prevent unhealthy relationships with alcohol right into the mid-thirties age range
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged best-parenting, child, from-the-report, government, health, importance, influence, likelihood, makes-the-child, parenting-style, policy, press-release, research, support-parents
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Conclusions/Scientific Significance: The results provide evidence that salvia use is part of a broader constellation of psychosocial and behavioral problems among youth and young adults. The accessibility, legal status, and psychoactive effects of salvia can be a potentially complicating health risk to young people, especially among those with existing substance use problems.