The ES/CICAD/OAS schools of nursing project: a model of excellence for professional and scientific development on drug related issues in Latin America

Abstract

This paper presents the Executive Secretariat of Interamerican Drug Abuse Control Commission (ES/CICAD)'s successful experience introducing drug related content into nursing curricula, fostering the implementation of outreach activities at the community level, and promoting research studies on drug issues in Latin America. The "Critical-holistic international health model applied to the drug phenomenon" is used as the project's theoretical framework. The three basic components of the project are education, outreach activities, and drug research studies, which provide the scientific basis for the development and advancement of future nursing professionals to work and study drug issues in Latin America. Through this project, more than 50,000 nursing students have been or are being educated on drug-related issues; the participating schools have implemented 400 outreach activities, developed more than 500 research studies on drug-related issues, and published more than 270 articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals. The ES/CICAD Schools of Nursing Project has served as a model to address the drug phenomenon from an international health perspective for other academic areas such as medicine, public health, education, psychology, social work, social communication, and law in Latin America.

El aporte científico del proyecto SE/CICAD/SSM/OEA con las escuelas de enfermería en América Latina

“…The strategy to train teachers as basic critical mass to generate new knowledge on the subject of drugs was important in that it prepared leaders and thereby ensured the continuity of the task. [20][21] This strategy succeeded in securing the production of scientific research on the subject of drugs, and it is very likely that many research professors found the opportunity for professional growth through the definition of a line of scientific work. [22][23] In total, the schools of nursing in the region produced 263 published studies on the subject of drugs following the implementation of the ES/CICAD/SMS/OAS project.…”

Nursing and Substance Use Disorders in Mexico

“…The goal of this project was to prepare educators and new nurses with the knowledge and skills in health promotion, prevention of drug use and abuse, and social reintegration of drug abusers (Wright & Lujan, 2013). It was called The International Research Building-Capacity Program for Health Related Professionals to Study the Drug Phenomenon in Latin America and the Caribbean.…”

“…It was called The International Research Building-Capacity Program for Health Related Professionals to Study the Drug Phenomenon in Latin America and the Caribbean. The training provided by CICAD was comprised of three basic components that provide the scientific basis to develop an understanding of drug issues: education activities, outreach activities and drug research studies (Wright & Lujan, 2013). While Mexican nurses were not engaged in the early stages of this project, by 2001 some nurses were enrolled in CICAD's project through public universities, such as the University of Nuevo Leon (UANL), the University of Guanajuato and the University of Queretaro.…”

“…The nurses received training at the University of Alberta, Canada through scholarships funded initially by the Government of Japan, and then by the governments of US and Canada (Wright et al, 2005). The training provided by CICAD was comprised of three basic components that provide the scientific basis to develop an understanding of drug issues: education activities, outreach activities and drug research studies (Wright & Lujan, 2013). Below we provide a brief summary of the achievements in each component.…”

Renuncias del personal de enfermería y eventos adversos en los servicios hospitalarios de adultos del Hospital Universitario San Ignacio : Bogotá 2013-2015

“…(Chicanda, 2005) La escasez y renuncias masivas de enfermeras en el mundo y en las Américas, son problemas crecientes que están impactando intensa y negativamente a los servicios de salud y en las condiciones de vida y trabajo de las enfermeras y enfermeros. (Miotto Wright, 2013).…”