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AO1: Public health Interventions The NIDA study |
Government sponsored intervention studies such as the NIDA study can be seen to help (collaborative cocaine treatment study). They are designed to intervene in the cycle of personal and social problems associated with drug abuse. The combination of group and individual drug counselling reduced cocaine use with an association reduction in other behaviours. |
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Telephone smoking Quitline service |
In a meta-analysis conducted by Stead et al including over 18,000 participants found that people who received repeated telephone calls from a counsellor increased their odds in stopping smoking compared to those who only received self help materials or brief counselling |
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Prevention in youth gambling |
Messerlian proposed an intervention programme based on research into youth and their risk of becoming pathological gamblers. This programmes contains 4 factors : denormalisation, protection, prevention and harm-reduction principles. For example, programmes based on prevention attempt to avert at risk youth from escalating towards gambling and includes early identification strategies. |
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AO2: Public health interventions |
The NIDA study highlighted a reduction in HIV risk associated with the reduction in cocaine use. This appeared to be primarily due to the reduction in frequency of unprotected sec that was otherwise associated with high levels of cocaine use. |
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importance of public health interventions into youth gambling |
This is a proactive approach to addressing potentially devastating social issue |
