Chapter 10: Preventing Substance Abuse – Study Guide, Key Concepts & Practice
Questions
Prevention - correct answer ✔✔Refers to activities that reduce or stabilize the incidence of
substance abuse and thereby redact the prevalence.
Definition and measurement of the problem, determining the causes of substance abuse -
correct answer ✔✔What are the two problems associated with substance abuse prevention?
Denial, panic, fragmentation, cohesion - correct answer ✔✔What are the stages of community
responses to substance abuse?
Denial - correct answer ✔✔Community leaders and members find it difficult to accept that
substance abuse is a problem and may actively or passively resist the development of
prevention.
Panic - correct answer ✔✔This stage is generally initiated in response to a crises but may be
stimulated through a needs assessment survey or a demonstration of the extent of substance
abuse.
Fragmentation - correct answer ✔✔This stage involves the development of diverse proposals
and counterproposals for how to respond to the crisis
Cohesive Response - correct answer ✔✔Typified by a comprehensive planning process based on
a thorough needs assessment.
Agent (drug), host (user), and environment (drug availability) - correct answer ✔✔The general
model of prevention (public health model) focuses on these three interacting components of
the model.
, Primary prevention - correct answer ✔✔Refers to activities that are designed to forestall the
use of drugs.
Secondary prevention - correct answer ✔✔Targets experimenters and occasional users of drugs
through early identification and intervention to prevent more serious drug use patterns.
Tertiary prevention - correct answer ✔✔Parallels treatment efforts by focusing on ameliorating
existing drug-related problems and preventing relapse.
Abstinence and harm reduction - correct answer ✔✔What are the two major purposes of
prevention?
Causal model - correct answer ✔✔A model that specifies the presumed antecedents of
substance abuse so factors that are subject to change and thereby reduce the occurrence of
abuse can be identified.
Comprehensive approach - correct answer ✔✔An approach that would involve multiple
strategies targeted at multiple systems
Counterprevention - correct answer ✔✔The ensuring disagreement over the means and ends of
prevention.
Positive Balance - correct answer ✔✔When positive effects outweigh the negative effects
General prevention program - correct answer ✔✔One that is applicable to a large array of
individuals regardless of their degree of involvement in substance use and abuse.
Specific prevention programs - correct answer ✔✔Focus on certain groups, with the specificity
defined in terms of a presumed or empirically validated common characteristic.
Questions
Prevention - correct answer ✔✔Refers to activities that reduce or stabilize the incidence of
substance abuse and thereby redact the prevalence.
Definition and measurement of the problem, determining the causes of substance abuse -
correct answer ✔✔What are the two problems associated with substance abuse prevention?
Denial, panic, fragmentation, cohesion - correct answer ✔✔What are the stages of community
responses to substance abuse?
Denial - correct answer ✔✔Community leaders and members find it difficult to accept that
substance abuse is a problem and may actively or passively resist the development of
prevention.
Panic - correct answer ✔✔This stage is generally initiated in response to a crises but may be
stimulated through a needs assessment survey or a demonstration of the extent of substance
abuse.
Fragmentation - correct answer ✔✔This stage involves the development of diverse proposals
and counterproposals for how to respond to the crisis
Cohesive Response - correct answer ✔✔Typified by a comprehensive planning process based on
a thorough needs assessment.
Agent (drug), host (user), and environment (drug availability) - correct answer ✔✔The general
model of prevention (public health model) focuses on these three interacting components of
the model.
, Primary prevention - correct answer ✔✔Refers to activities that are designed to forestall the
use of drugs.
Secondary prevention - correct answer ✔✔Targets experimenters and occasional users of drugs
through early identification and intervention to prevent more serious drug use patterns.
Tertiary prevention - correct answer ✔✔Parallels treatment efforts by focusing on ameliorating
existing drug-related problems and preventing relapse.
Abstinence and harm reduction - correct answer ✔✔What are the two major purposes of
prevention?
Causal model - correct answer ✔✔A model that specifies the presumed antecedents of
substance abuse so factors that are subject to change and thereby reduce the occurrence of
abuse can be identified.
Comprehensive approach - correct answer ✔✔An approach that would involve multiple
strategies targeted at multiple systems
Counterprevention - correct answer ✔✔The ensuring disagreement over the means and ends of
prevention.
Positive Balance - correct answer ✔✔When positive effects outweigh the negative effects
General prevention program - correct answer ✔✔One that is applicable to a large array of
individuals regardless of their degree of involvement in substance use and abuse.
Specific prevention programs - correct answer ✔✔Focus on certain groups, with the specificity
defined in terms of a presumed or empirically validated common characteristic.
