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21 Cards in this Set
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TOBACCO How many deaths does tobacco cause each year? |
More than 5 million |
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What are risks of regular tobacco use? |
increases risk for diseases such as chronic bronchitis,heart and blood problems, and lung cancer. |
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What are some anti-tobacco efforts? |
1. Smoke-Free movies campaign 2. Monitor tobacco use and prevention policies 3. Protecting people from second-hand smoke4. Offer smokers help to quit tobacco use 5. Warn about dangers of tobacco 6. Enforce bans on advertising/promotion 7. Raise taxes on tobacco |
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What does the community based Biglan and Associates program include? (4) |
1. 5 component intervention program (macro andmicro level) 2. Mobilization of community support (ex. Involvingschools) 3. Merchant education 4. Program description in the local media |
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What do results of this program show? |
Results show significantly lower tobacco sales to minors. Many don't understand their role as part of the community's fabric |
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ALCOHOL What is the extent of the problem? |
- The prevalence of past year alcohol use was 78% - A major risk for unprotected sex - Consumption/binging is related to healthproblems (injuries, neurological damage, sexual dysfunction, and liver disease) - Drunk driving (17000 impaired incidents -174 killed and 3850 injured in collisions involving drunkdrivers) |
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What is the max legal Blood Alcohol Level? |
0.08 Drunk driving is responsible for 25% of all fatalities on Ontario's roads |
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What community interventions are there? |
1. Family focused interventions- involving parent education, youth skills building, and joint family sessions 2. School based interventions- focus on skills development Family and school interventions together are more effective than just one or no treatment. |
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What are three protective factors to reduce the risk of substance abuse? |
1. Affectional relationship with parents 2. Affiliation with pro-social peers 3. Mastery esteem (being in control of the forces affecting one's destiny) |
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ILLICIT DRUGS What is the extent of the problem? |
- 15.3 million people have drug use disorders - Use of cannabis decreased - Use of illicit drugs decreased as well (crack, speed,hallucinogens, ecstasy, heroin) - Drug use by youth is much higher than adult use (3x higherfor weed, and 5x higher for illicit drugs) - 3% abuse pain reliever, sedatives or tranquilizers |
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Why is it such a big problem? |
Drugs aren’t regulated for quality and may contain othertoxic ingredients. It leads to more problems including crime, illnesses,domestic violence, etc. |
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What is the National Anti-Drug strategy? |
focuses on prevention and access to treatment for those withdrug dependencies, and getting tough with drug dealers and producers. |
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What are the three action plans the NAD strategy is made up of? |
1. Prevention- aims to prevent illicit drug use 2. Treatment- aims to treat those with drug dependencies 3. Enforcement- aims to combat production and distribution of illicit drugs |
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What does the first action plan consist of (PREVENTION)? |
- Funds community based intervention andinitiatives to prevent use and abuse of prescription drugs. - Discourages by providing info directly to youthand parents through the Web - Supports awareness materials and sessions foryouth, parents, and community members |
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What does the second action plan consist of (TREATMENT)? |
- Supports efforts to improve treatment systems,programs, and services - Enhances treatment and support for FirstNations/Inuit - Supports treatment programs for youth in thejustice system - Supports research on new treatment models andconsequences of illicit drug use |
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What does the third action plan consist of (ENFORCEMENT)? |
- Funds the RCMP to expand its efforts to helplocate, investigate, and shut down organizations involved - Provides legal advice to law enforcement at theinvestigative stage and to prosecute those involved - Increase number of Health Canada inspectors toensure accurate and timely analysis of suspected illicit drugs seized by lawenforcement - Helps stop the flow of money that organizedcrime makes from drug trade - Serious penalties are in place for drug crimes |
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SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES What is the extent of the problem? |
-4% report having been diagnosed with an STD -Young adults are more likely to be diagnosed than 15-17year olds STDs cause negative health consequences and can increase theprobability of other STD infections. |
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What efforts are there to reduce this STD problem? |
1. Promotion of safer sexual health behaviour 2. Promotion of early heath-care seeking behaviour 3. Introduction of care and prevention activities across all health care programs |
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What does a comprehensive approach to case management include? |
1. Identification of the STI 2. Appropriate treatment for the syndrome 3. Education and counseling on ways to avoid orreduce the risk of infection 4. Promotion of the correct and consistent use ofcondoms 5. Partner notification |
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HIV AND AIDS How many live with HIV worldwide? |
Over 33 million. It is one of the top ten causes of death worldwide |
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What is the extent of the HIV/AIDS problem? |
- 71300 people are living with HIV/AIDS as of2011, in 2013 the number is 78500 - 25% of people are unaware of their infection - Half with HIV are men to men sex, second mostreported are those with heterosexual contact, and third are those exposedthrough drug injection use Females are diagnosed at younger ages, males at older.Females account for 21.9% of HIV infected adults. Highest reported as white, next black, and third Aboriginal.The lowest reported as Asians, and Latin Americans. |
