HIV Drug Resistance Database

the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). ESS monitors the prevalence of HIV and other related infections, as well as associated risk behaviours through bio-behavioural surveillance among key populations (e.g. aboriginals, people who inject drugs, and men who have sex with men). The section also conducts national surveillance of HIV strain and drug resistance. My practicum experience took place at the Enhanced Surveillance Section of PHAC in Ottawa. I feel fortunate to work alongside such experienced and highly talented group of professionals in public health sector. ESS provided me with an excellent opportunity to gain deeper insight into some of the principles of surveillance systems and their operations, as well as challenges involved in conducting population-based public health projects at the national level.…

D.A.R.E.? What does it stand for? Well, no. Let’s just start from the beginning. D.A.R.E. has taught me alot. I thought drugs were just wine, beer, and smoking. But there is much more to it. I never knew how bad smoking was. I mean, it is just crazy. I would have never guessed that second hand smoking, breathing in the smoke from someone else, kills over 50,000 people each year. I did not even really know what second hand smoking was until D.A.R.E. And I thought D.A.R.E. was about drugs only.…

Do you want to be a zero or would you like to be a DARE hero? It’s your choice. Before the DARE program, I was without a clue on what the effects of drugs would be. Now, I am very educated on what the effects of drugs are. Drugs can cause memory loss, weaken your senses, and even death. To me don’t be a zero be a DARE hero, means to never take take drugs and by doing that you are being a hero because you have saved yourself from so much damage. If you are asked to take drugs, follow these…

Hallucinogens are drugs that cause an individual to experience an apparent perception of something that is not actually present. Some examples of these are LSD, Psilocybin, mescaline and MDMA (also known as ecstasy). These drugs are also known as “party” or “club” drugs and individuals who typically use these drugs are also using other drugs as well. These drugs do not classify as addictive due to the lack of withdrawal symptoms (Maxwell & Spence, 2005). Populations who tend to be most at risk…

(2012), the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program is a worldwide ideal program created in 1983 by the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Unified School District. D.A.R.E. provides students from kindergarten through high school students with the skills necessary to recognize and resist pressures to try drugs and to avoid gangs and gang’s violence. The program emphasize one’s self-esteem, decision making, personal communications skills, and the concerns of drug abuse,…

was otherwise known as D.A.R.E. which stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education and what the program did was give advice and teach skills to younger children that are necessary in order to avoid drugs, gangs, violence, and things of that nature that will come about in future of most children (DARE). The problem is that 1983 is over 32 years ago, and the D.A.R.E program that once was in full swing, unfortunately has little to no impact on the children anymore. Something needs to be done to help.…

this evaluation the literature had determined there are several ways to prevent students to using drugs. The best place to education students about drug use is in a classroom setting. Many students received their drug education at their public or private schools. It has been implicated that early push for drug education may have caused a negative effect on the prevention of drug use in students. It was believed that the sudden push to promote drug education may has in fact cause more student to…

adolescents are extremely sensitive to their peers and social norms; if a peer is using drugs, their friends will likely begin to experiment as well; if their peers believe…

improve the quality of many correctional interventions. For example, gaining knowledge on ineffective programs such as shock incarceration and drug prevention programs, such as, DARE can help provide correctional actors with an effective way to cut funding for programs that do not work. In other words, it would be counterproductive to use limited funding or waste funding on programs that simply do not work and cause higher rates of recidivism. The intent of boot camps, shock incarceration,…

“D.A.R.E. envisions a world in which students everywhere are empowered to respect others and choose to lead lives free from violence, substance abuse, and other dangerous behaviors.” This is the vision of the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program. The D.A.R.E. program is a substance abuse prevention education system that seeks to prevent the use of illicit drugs, membership in gangs, and other violent behavior. The D.A.R.E. program is effective for the United State’s youth.…