Day 14: Preventing Substance Abuse – Types of Prevention, School Programs &
D.A.R.E. Review
differing goals: - ANS ✔✔-education
-by understanding the information presented in this text the reader will be better prepared to
make decisions about drug use by others, and better prepared to participate in social decisions
about drug use and abuse.
the goal of prevention programs have, in the past, focused on presenting negative information
about alcohol and drugs - ANS ✔✔programs should be evaluated according to how many
students in the program later tried drugs.
until early 1970s, most drug prevention programs were not evaluated. - ANS ✔✔
the public health moddel of drug-abuse and prevention programs include: - ANS ✔✔primary,
secondary, Tertiary
primary prevention is aimed at young people who have not yet tried the substances in question.
- ANS ✔✔may encourage abstinence and help teach people how to view the potential influence
of drugs on their lives, emotions, and social relationships.
primary prevention must avoid giving information in ways that arouses children's curiosity and
encourages them to try the substances in question. - ANS ✔✔secondary prevention: is aimed at
people who have tried the drug in question or other drugs. many postseconary students fall into
this category.
goals for secondary prevention include: - ANS ✔✔prevention of use of other, more dangerous
substances. prevention of more dangerous forms of use of the substances they are already
experimenting with.
, tertiary prevention is aimed at people that have been through substance abuse treatment or
who stopped using a drug on their own. - ANS ✔✔the goal is relapse prevention or follow up.
institute of medicine's "continuum of care" new classification is: - ANS ✔✔prevention,
treatment, maintenance
classification scheme for prevention efforts is: - ANS ✔✔-universal prevention, for an entire
population
-selective prevention, for high risk groups.
-indicated prevention, for individuals who show signs of developing problems
prevention programs include: - ANS ✔✔1. knowledge-attitudes-behaviour model
2. affective education
3. anti-drug norms
4. social influence model
5. DARE and other programs.
programs typically involve presentations by police and former users. - ANS ✔✔these programs
often include traditional scare tactics and pharmacological information.
in the early 1970s researchers began to question these models: - ANS ✔✔-students with more
knowledge about drugs tended to have more positive attitudes about drugs.
-all early prevention approaches were about equally effective in increasing knowledge about
drugs and equally ineffective in altering attitudes or behaviour.
-concerns arose that drug education programs were actually teaching students about drugs that
they otherwise wouldn't have been exposed to.
evaluation of effectiveness depends on the goals of the program: - ANS ✔✔possible goals
include: -no experimentation with drugs by students
D.A.R.E. Review
differing goals: - ANS ✔✔-education
-by understanding the information presented in this text the reader will be better prepared to
make decisions about drug use by others, and better prepared to participate in social decisions
about drug use and abuse.
the goal of prevention programs have, in the past, focused on presenting negative information
about alcohol and drugs - ANS ✔✔programs should be evaluated according to how many
students in the program later tried drugs.
until early 1970s, most drug prevention programs were not evaluated. - ANS ✔✔
the public health moddel of drug-abuse and prevention programs include: - ANS ✔✔primary,
secondary, Tertiary
primary prevention is aimed at young people who have not yet tried the substances in question.
- ANS ✔✔may encourage abstinence and help teach people how to view the potential influence
of drugs on their lives, emotions, and social relationships.
primary prevention must avoid giving information in ways that arouses children's curiosity and
encourages them to try the substances in question. - ANS ✔✔secondary prevention: is aimed at
people who have tried the drug in question or other drugs. many postseconary students fall into
this category.
goals for secondary prevention include: - ANS ✔✔prevention of use of other, more dangerous
substances. prevention of more dangerous forms of use of the substances they are already
experimenting with.
, tertiary prevention is aimed at people that have been through substance abuse treatment or
who stopped using a drug on their own. - ANS ✔✔the goal is relapse prevention or follow up.
institute of medicine's "continuum of care" new classification is: - ANS ✔✔prevention,
treatment, maintenance
classification scheme for prevention efforts is: - ANS ✔✔-universal prevention, for an entire
population
-selective prevention, for high risk groups.
-indicated prevention, for individuals who show signs of developing problems
prevention programs include: - ANS ✔✔1. knowledge-attitudes-behaviour model
2. affective education
3. anti-drug norms
4. social influence model
5. DARE and other programs.
programs typically involve presentations by police and former users. - ANS ✔✔these programs
often include traditional scare tactics and pharmacological information.
in the early 1970s researchers began to question these models: - ANS ✔✔-students with more
knowledge about drugs tended to have more positive attitudes about drugs.
-all early prevention approaches were about equally effective in increasing knowledge about
drugs and equally ineffective in altering attitudes or behaviour.
-concerns arose that drug education programs were actually teaching students about drugs that
they otherwise wouldn't have been exposed to.
evaluation of effectiveness depends on the goals of the program: - ANS ✔✔possible goals
include: -no experimentation with drugs by students
