Ethical Dilemmas
Advocacy campaign for substance abuse will bring out ethical dilemmas which may hamper or halt the process. Strategies to implement SBIRT among school-going adolescents will show moral judgment and violation of autonomy. This campaign may also be viewed as a violation of privacy by adolescents as it screens for personal habits. Parents will look at SBIRT as persuasion or coercion as schools recommend it. Both parents and the adolescents will fail to understand the bigger picture of reducing incidents or implementing an early intervention to thwart unhealthy behavior among the population group and may take it as a personal attack. Schools can resist implementation predicting that this will bring down their public image, affect the admission rates and increase conflict with parents.
Solving Ethical Dilemmas
A transparent approach will resolve any fears or concerns among the parents regarding SBIRT implementation. Presenting scientific facts and statistics will help the parents to understand the need for such programs in schools and its benefits. Explanation of potential harm, risks, long-term complications …show more content…
The United States government spends an estimated amount of $467.7 billion each year to manage the effects of substance use in the community (Feinstein et al., 2012). Adolescent addiction is preventable and manageable. Substance use in adolescents not only affects their brain development, but also causes serious physical and psychological comorbidities, violence, and accidents. Adolescent population is largely available in schools and implementing SBIRT in schools will provide concrete evidence of the efficiency of this program. Submitting evidence-based data will enable the approval of the proposed
Advocacy campaign for substance abuse will bring out ethical dilemmas which may hamper or halt the process. Strategies to implement SBIRT among school-going adolescents will show moral judgment and violation of autonomy. This campaign may also be viewed as a violation of privacy by adolescents as it screens for personal habits. Parents will look at SBIRT as persuasion or coercion as schools recommend it. Both parents and the adolescents will fail to understand the bigger picture of reducing incidents or implementing an early intervention to thwart unhealthy behavior among the population group and may take it as a personal attack. Schools can resist implementation predicting that this will bring down their public image, affect the admission rates and increase conflict with parents.
Solving Ethical Dilemmas
A transparent approach will resolve any fears or concerns among the parents regarding SBIRT implementation. Presenting scientific facts and statistics will help the parents to understand the need for such programs in schools and its benefits. Explanation of potential harm, risks, long-term complications …show more content…
The United States government spends an estimated amount of $467.7 billion each year to manage the effects of substance use in the community (Feinstein et al., 2012). Adolescent addiction is preventable and manageable. Substance use in adolescents not only affects their brain development, but also causes serious physical and psychological comorbidities, violence, and accidents. Adolescent population is largely available in schools and implementing SBIRT in schools will provide concrete evidence of the efficiency of this program. Submitting evidence-based data will enable the approval of the proposed