Exam 17: Preventing Substance Abuse

You are a school principal and you have been asked by an education committee to implement the most widely used resistance-oriented prevention program. Which one is it?

Bill has been drinking since he was 15 years old, and has been convicted of three driving under the influence offences. His treatment needs would require intervention at which of the following stages?

The 2004 Inuit Health Survey estimated what percentage of people had used cannabis in the past year, compared to the Canadian national average?

Describe universal drug prevention.

Describe the 1960s socially realities and the educational strategies of the day, which eventually lead to the 1970s implementation of The Knowledge-Attitudes-Behaviour Model.

Which of these is NOT one of the successful components included in the social influence model?

What were the most important key elements that were shown to be effective based on Evans's 1976 smoking prevention paper which introduced a psychological inoculation approach based on the social influence model?

Martha told a judge the reason she broke into a car was to steal a laptop so she could sell it to support her drug habit. What type of intervention will the judge most likely use in response to substance misuse?

As a member of a profession that is generally responsible for the DARE program you will be taking the lead on launching a new program in a newly built school. What is your role?

One of the top programs on SAMHSA's list of effective prevention programs is DARE.

Why and when was there an interest in drug prevention initiatives?

Which of these is NOT one of the Institute of Medicine's classifications for prevention programs?

The Institute of Medicine has proposed a new classification of the continuum of care, which includes prevention, treatment, and maintenance. Describe the specifics that describe the Prevention efforts and how they are categorized according to the intended target population.

The textbook pointed out that drug prevention and drug ________ might have different goals and use different approaches.

Who are primary prevention programs aimed at?

What has research on the DARE program exposed?

The "Drug-Free Schools" approach has a big focus on drug laws and school policies, supporting the idea that illicit drug use is wrong and harmful.

DARE is one of the most widespread drug prevention programs in schools.

When was Canada's National Anti-Drug Strategy launched?

The Institute of Medicine's proposed prevention efforts are categorized primarily according to the age groups of the targeted populations.