Each day in Australia, 15 people die and 240 people get admitted to hospital due to alcohol related incidences (Santow, 2016). This equates to 5,475 people each year in Australia alone, who’s lives could have been saved if they had not taken part in the risks of alcohol. Binge drinking and risk-taking behaviours are influenced heavily by peers and the pressure they put on those around them. To teenagers it seems reasonable to go out to a party and drink, however this is how today’s society has influenced adolescences’ minds to make them believe this risky behaviour is acceptable. Today’s teenagers are finding it more difficult to say no to risky behaviours, as the fear of being socially discluded, and the want to ‘be liked’ is overpowering the safe educated decisions that teens should be making (Kids Health, 2016).
After being educated about not conforming to peer pressure, it is expected that students, in a risky situation, know the difference from what is right and wrong. Students in a classroom can claim that they understand the risks, and that they will not give in to peer pressure, however it is not until they are put in this situation that they realise how …show more content…
As people of the teenage years enjoy taking part in risky activities, a health intervention strategy was implemented, to alert and educate students on the risks of Schoolies. The year 10 cohort of Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School were made aware of the risks of Schoolies, as well as learning the dangers, with realistic scenarios and statistics assisting in bringing this message across.
This report will discuss the health intervention strategy, and how it was constructed to cater for each student, as well as involve them, with areas of the Ottawa Charter, and School Drug Education Principles being implemented where
After being educated about not conforming to peer pressure, it is expected that students, in a risky situation, know the difference from what is right and wrong. Students in a classroom can claim that they understand the risks, and that they will not give in to peer pressure, however it is not until they are put in this situation that they realise how …show more content…
As people of the teenage years enjoy taking part in risky activities, a health intervention strategy was implemented, to alert and educate students on the risks of Schoolies. The year 10 cohort of Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School were made aware of the risks of Schoolies, as well as learning the dangers, with realistic scenarios and statistics assisting in bringing this message across.
This report will discuss the health intervention strategy, and how it was constructed to cater for each student, as well as involve them, with areas of the Ottawa Charter, and School Drug Education Principles being implemented where