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PYB159 Week 4 Exam Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass
Key Concepts of drug use - Answer✔-Drug use disorders don't have an immediate or single
cause
-Explained by a range of Risk and Protective factors from a range of levels
-From individual to familial and societal context
-Risk factors predict initiation to drug use and risk of problems associated later in life
-Protective factors mediate or moderate risk factors
-Risk and Protective factors may not directly influence drug use
E.g. Low SES
-Key protective factor:
Resilience
Quick Revision of Facts - Answer✔-Rates of smoking in Australia have declined significantly
since the 1980's
-Recently seen reductions in risky alcohol consumption as well
-Age of initiation also generally increasing
-The use of pharmaceutical opioids is increasing
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-That tells us that people use other drugs instead
Tobacco Use in the last 20 years - Answer✔-number of people who never smoked increases
-the number of daily smokers declines
-number of ex-smokers stays the same
Opioid overdose - Answer✔-there was a peak in opioid overdoses in 1999/2000
Risk Factors - Answer✔-Analogous to a snowball- earlier onset has a cumulative effect on
subsequent, longer term risk trajectory.
-Or like a snowstorm- multiple risks experienced concurrently that increase likelihood of
harmful drug use.
-"The more risk factors that persist over longer periods of time, the greater the
subsequent..impact"
Major Risk & protective factors > Prior to birth - Answer✔Risk:
-Social disadvantage
-Family breakdown
-Genetic influences
-Maternal smoking & alcohol use
Protective:
-Birth outside of Australia
SES - Answer✔= Socio-Economic Situation
-Highest drug use and problems exist in areas with low SES characteristic
-increasing disparity between the rich and the poor have been noted to impact upon morbidity,
morality, and other health-risk behaviours such as drug use.
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PYB159 Week 4 Exam Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass
Key Concepts of drug use - Answer✔-Drug use disorders don't have an immediate or single
cause
-Explained by a range of Risk and Protective factors from a range of levels
-From individual to familial and societal context
-Risk factors predict initiation to drug use and risk of problems associated later in life
-Protective factors mediate or moderate risk factors
-Risk and Protective factors may not directly influence drug use
E.g. Low SES
-Key protective factor:
Resilience
Quick Revision of Facts - Answer✔-Rates of smoking in Australia have declined significantly
since the 1980's
-Recently seen reductions in risky alcohol consumption as well
-Age of initiation also generally increasing
-The use of pharmaceutical opioids is increasing
1
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-That tells us that people use other drugs instead
Tobacco Use in the last 20 years - Answer✔-number of people who never smoked increases
-the number of daily smokers declines
-number of ex-smokers stays the same
Opioid overdose - Answer✔-there was a peak in opioid overdoses in 1999/2000
Risk Factors - Answer✔-Analogous to a snowball- earlier onset has a cumulative effect on
subsequent, longer term risk trajectory.
-Or like a snowstorm- multiple risks experienced concurrently that increase likelihood of
harmful drug use.
-"The more risk factors that persist over longer periods of time, the greater the
subsequent..impact"
Major Risk & protective factors > Prior to birth - Answer✔Risk:
-Social disadvantage
-Family breakdown
-Genetic influences
-Maternal smoking & alcohol use
Protective:
-Birth outside of Australia
SES - Answer✔= Socio-Economic Situation
-Highest drug use and problems exist in areas with low SES characteristic
-increasing disparity between the rich and the poor have been noted to impact upon morbidity,
morality, and other health-risk behaviours such as drug use.
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