Advocating for a Harm-Minimization Approach to Drug Education in Australian Schools

Guzys, Diana; Kendall, Sharon

doi:10.1177/10598405060220050301

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“…, Breen , Chew & Palmer , Heines , Wakefield et al . , Guzys & Kendall , Mwatsama et al . , Owen et al .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A salient feature is that descriptions of advocacy efforts to influence social norms/ behaviours (e.g. tobacco and alcohol control, safer drug use, healthy lifestyles) are predominant in the literature from 2000 through 2015 (Chapman & Wakefield 2001, Asbridge 2003, Ashe et al 2003, Avery & Bashir 2003, Hsu et al 2003, Breen 2004, Chew & Palmer 2005, Heines 2005, Wakefield et al 2005, Guzys & Kendall 2006, Mwatsama et al 2006, Owen et al 2006, Chapman 2007, Niederdeppe et al 2007, Freeman et al 2008, Garc ıa & Fenwick 2009, Thrasher et al 2011, Gruszin et al 2012, Hines & Jernigan 2012, Webster et al 2012, Gallagher et al 2013, Tappe and Galer-Unti 2013, Katikireddi et al 2014, Raine et al 2014, Sinclair et al 2014, Gielen & Green 2015, Haring et al 2015, Huang et al 2015.…”

Section: Limited Evidence Of Public Health Advocacy For Equity/socialmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Does public health advocacy seek to redress health inequities? A scoping review

Cohen

Marshall

2016

Health Soc Care Community

105

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What is known about this topic• Advocacy is considered a key public health strategy for redressing health inequities.• There is evidence that public health's advocacy role has not been fully realised; the reasons for this are unclear. What this paper adds• A systematic collation and critical analysis of the conceptual and empirical literature on public health advocacy focused on health equity is provided.• Public health is constrained in its health equity advocacy efforts by neoliberal conceptualisations of health problems, and by multiple barriers at the level of individual public health practitioners, institutions and the social environment. AbstractThe public health (PH) sector is ideally situated to take a lead advocacy role in catalysing and guiding multi-sectoral action to address social determinants of health inequities, but evidence suggests that PH's advocacy role has not been fully realised. The purpose of this review was to determine the extent to which the PH advocacy literature addresses the goal of reducing health and social inequities, and to increase understanding of contextual factors shaping the discourse and practice of PH advocacy. We employed scoping review methods to systematically examine and chart peer-reviewed and grey literature on PH advocacy published from January 1, 2000 to June 30, 2015. Databases and search engines used included: PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Social Sciences Citation Index, Google Scholar, Google, Google Books, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, Grey Literature Report. A total of 183 documents were charted, and included in the final analysis. Thematic analysis was both inductive and deductive according to the objectives. Although PH advocacy to address root causes of health inequities is supported theoretically and through professional practice standards, the empirical literature does not reflect that this is occurring widely in PH practice. Tensions within the discourse were noted and multiple barriers to engaging in PH advocacy for health equity were identified, including a preoccupation with individual responsibilities for healthy lifestyles and behaviours, consistent with the emergence of neoliberal governance. If the PH sector is to fulfil its advocacy role in catalysing action to reduce health inequities, it will be necessary to address advocacy barriers at multiple levels, promote multi-sectoral efforts that implicate the state and corporations in the production of health inequities, and rally state involvement to redress these injustices.

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“…, Breen , Chew & Palmer , Heines , Wakefield et al . , Guzys & Kendall , Mwatsama et al . , Owen et al .…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Limited Evidence Of Public Health Advocacy For Equity/socialmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does public health advocacy seek to redress health inequities? A scoping review

Cohen

Marshall

2016

Health Soc Care Community

105

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“…If they are given the correct information by their families, teachers or nurses, children will be less likely to rely on misinformation from friends or from those who try to attract them into illicit drug use (5,27,29). Nurses could replace traditional methods of drug use prevention with morally neutral information which is based on scientific facts (30).…”

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confidence: 99%

Addiction, childhood experiences and nurse’s role in prevention: a qualitative study

Mirlashari¹,

Jahanbani²,

Begjani³

2020

East Mediterr Health J

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Background: Parenting approach and early childhood experiences are thought to be two important factors in the initiation of substance use. Aims: We aimed to explore the nurse's role in the prevention of childhood addiction. Methods: In this qualitative study we conducted in-depth interviews with young men and women who were either in treatment for their addiction or were active drug users as well as with family members and nurses. The data analysis followed Strauss and Corbin's constant comparison method. Results: The data analysis revealed six categories: traumatic events during childhood, inappropriate parenting approach, Lack of knowledge and a tolerant attitude toward drug use, turning a blind eye on the threat of drug use, nurses' poor experience of drug use prevention, and the lack of a clear definition of the nurse's role in prevention of drug use. Conclusions: Nurses who work with young people and their families have a special opportunity for prevention, early detection and timely intervention for drug dependency.

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“…Moreover, research in countries such as the United States suggest that, to be effective, school-based drug education programs need to examine the social and cultural context in which young people make decisions related to their drug use behaviors (Guzys, 2006). In all populations of young people, there is a continuum of drug use, which ranges from abstinence to various levels of use.…”

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Translating an Adolescent Smoking Cessation Program Into Policy and Practice in an Australian Context

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Although Australia's restrictive tobacco control policies have made it an international leader in reducing smoking prevalence, and only 7% of teens smoke weekly, cessation efforts are still needed among adolescents. Of the campaigns and programs implemented in Australia to reduce this problem among adolescents, most have provided only abstinence messages and few have been effectively evaluated and translated into policy and practice. This article describes the translation of a harm minimization cessation program for teens, the Smoking Cessation for Youth Project (SCYP), derived from an approach developed with adults. In addition, the article describes the unique sociopolitical context of Australia in which the SCYP program was developed and the significant conceptual, contextual, and methodological factors that enabled and limited this program's effective implementation and translation.

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Advocating for a Harm-Minimization Approach to Drug Education in Australian Schools

Cited by 7 publications

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Does public health advocacy seek to redress health inequities? A scoping review

Does public health advocacy seek to redress health inequities? A scoping review

Addiction, childhood experiences and nurse’s role in prevention: a qualitative study

Translating an Adolescent Smoking Cessation Program Into Policy and Practice in an Australian Context

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