Impact and Roles of Drug Information in Drug Education

1975 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Goodstadt
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Information ◽  
Drug Education ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
The Impact

Evidence is presented elucidating the role of knowledge about drugs in facilitating or impeding drug use. The issues considered include (1) the role of drug information in previous “education” programs, (2) the source and uses of drug information, (3) the impact of this information, and (4) the alternative roles for drug information.

scholarly journals Representations of Psychoactive Drugs’ Use in Mass Culture and Their Impact on Audiences

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 6000
Author(s):  
Marek A. Motyka ◽  
Ahmed Al-Imam
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Mass Culture ◽  
Film Music ◽  
Psychoactive Drugs ◽  
Frequent Contact ◽  
Preventive Actions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Staying At Home

Drug use has been increasing worldwide over recent decades. Apart from the determinants of drug initiation established in numerous studies, the authors wish to draw attention to other equally important factors, which may contribute to augmenting this phenomenon. The article aims to draw attention to the content of mass culture, especially representations of drug use in mass media, which may influence the liberalization of attitudes towards drugs and their use. The role of mass culture and its impact on the audience is discussed. It presents an overview of drug representations in the content of mass culture, e.g., in film, music, literature, and the occurrence of drug references in everyday products, e.g., food, clothes, and cosmetics. Attention was drawn to liberal attitudes of celebrities and their admissions to drug use, particularly to the impact of the presented positions on the attitudes of the audience, especially young people for whom musicians, actors, and celebrities are regarded as authorities. Indications for further preventive actions were also presented. Attention was drawn to the need to take appropriate action due to the time of the COVID-19 pandemic when many people staying at home (due to lockdown or quarantine) have the possibility of much more frequent contact with mass culture content, which may distort the image of drugs.

Drug Education: What it is and Isn't

1972 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. Grant
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Change Agent ◽  
Drug Abusers ◽  
Drug Education ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Political Implications

Drug education is a term that has many meanings. It is important that the drug educator assess his own values regarding drug use in our society, then share them freely. His values, however, should not dictate or completely overshadow rationality and honesty. Youth particularly need to know where the educator stands. To think that one can develop drug education programs that are value-free is naive. The drug educator's values, coupled with some operational assumptions, will provide the basis and direction of drug education. Drug education content must include the physiological, pharmacological, psychological, legal, moral, spiritual, and political implications of drug use in our society. This content must be presented in a way that utilizes peer values and settings. The use of ex-drug abusers should be approached rationally and humanly. Drug educators aren't going to make any difference at all, in terms of preventing drug abuse, until they view their role as being that of a “change agent.”

Drug Education: A Re-Evaluation

1971 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Miller
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Drug Education ◽  
Student Centered

The following is the description of an educational gamble. Even before Dewey, educators have wanted to involve students in the educational process. Drug use by students has catapulted educators into the need to cooperate with students in the development and execution of meaningful curricula in health education. Based on this need to re-evaluate health education methodology the Carmel Central Schools embarked on a student centered, created and executed program. Students were trained to develop a curriculum and teach it. These students also trained selected leaders in each health class to run their own micro-group discussion. The role of the teacher became that of a resource person.

A Measuring Instrument for Use in Drug Education Programs: Development of the Mc Leod High Risk Inventory

1978 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edith Archer ◽  
Rita Arundell
Keyword(s):  
Primary Prevention ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Drug Education ◽  
Statistical Relationship ◽  
Measuring Instrument ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Psychological States ◽  
Primary Prevention Program ◽  
The Impact

In order to design a primary prevention program that has a reasonable likelihood of effectiveness, one must be able to generate data that can suggest appropriate areas of concentration. This paper discusses the development and refinement of the McLeod High-Risk Inventory. This instrument has been designed to test the statistical relationship between a number of psychological states and pro-drug attitudes or frequent drug use. The instrument is also used to measure the impact of a primary prevention program on those states that have been demonstrated to be correlated to pro-drug attitudes.

The Relationship Between Drug Education Programs in the Greater New Haven Schools and Changes in Drug Use and Drug-Related Beliefs and Perceptions

1976 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 327-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosalie M. Berberian ◽  
W. Douglas Thompson ◽  
Stanislav V. Kasl ◽  
Leroy C. Gould ◽  
Herbert D. Kleber
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Education ◽  
New Haven ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
The Relationship

Street drug use during pregnancy: potential programming effects on preschool wheeze

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Alton ◽  
S. C. Tough ◽  
P. J. Mandhane ◽  
A. L. Kozyrskyj
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Perinatal Care ◽  
Maternal Distress ◽  
Substance Abusing ◽  
Prenatal Programming ◽  
Questionnaire Data ◽  
Independent Association ◽  
The Impact

Street drug use during pregnancy is detrimental to fetal development. Although the prevalence of wheeze is high in offspring of substance-abusing mothers, nothing is known about the role of street drug use during pregnancy in its development. We investigated the impact of maternal street drug use and distress during pregnancy on the development of wheeze and allergy in preschool children. Questionnaire data were accessed from the Community Perinatal Care trial of 791 mother–child pairs in Calgary, Alberta. Using logistic regression, the association between maternal substance use and distress during pregnancy, and wheeze and allergy at age 3 years was determined in boys and girls. After adjusting for alcohol use during pregnancy, pre- and postnatal tobacco use, preterm birth, duration of exclusive breastfeeding, daycare attendance and maternal socioeconomic status, maternal street drug use during pregnancy [odds ratio (OR): 5.02, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.30–19.4] and severe maternal distress during pregnancy (OR: 5.79, 95% CI: 1.25–26.8) were associated with wheeze in girls. In boys, an independent association was found between severe distress during pregnancy (OR: 3.85, 95% CI: 1.11–13.3) and allergies, but there was no association with maternal street drug use. In conclusion, we found an association between maternal street drug use and wheeze in preschool girls that could not be accounted for by maternal distress, smoking or alcohol use during pregnancy. Prenatal programming effects of street drugs may explain this association.

A Subpoena: The Other Exception to Confidentiality

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 352-358
Author(s):  
Ann M. Ordway ◽  
Arielle F. Casasnovas
Keyword(s):  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Good Deal ◽  
The Other ◽  
Court System ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Opposing Party ◽  
Client Relationship ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Danger To Others

A good deal of attention is paid in counselor education programs to the significance of confidentiality and the rare categories of exception that would compel the counselor to break that sacred vow. The exceptions identified are danger to self, danger to others, and child abuse. In some states, additional mention is made of situations involving elder abuse. Rarely, however, do counselor educators discuss the impact of litigation on the sanctity of the counselor–client relationship and the ability of a subpoena to pierce the cloak of confidentiality that otherwise protects a client’s innermost thoughts and raw vulnerability. This article is an examination of the long arm of the court system and, by extension, the role of a subpoena as the often overlooked, other, exception to confidentiality. The effect of court involvement initiated either by the counselor’s client or by an opposing party on the counselor–client relationship should be clearly addressed in informed consent discussions and written documents to avoid unforeseen complications when a counselor receives and responds to a subpoena.

Prescription for Drug Abuse Education Managing the Mood Changers

1971 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley F. Yolles
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Information ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Drug Education ◽  
The Way

This article emphasizes the need to prepare youth to make decisions about drug use. To do this it is essential to eliminate hypocrisy about the use of marijuana, to “infuse” the curriculum with drug information and to provide students with realistic learning experiences. It focuses on such things as the way teachers have been charged with the responsibility to teach about drugs without adequate preparation. The author provides the reader with some practical suggestions and solutions to the dilemma. He presents factual background information about the nature of marijuana, the scope of the problem, and the need for immediate action regarding relevant educational programs. The key areas discussed are: 1) understanding the problem, 2) scope of the problem, 3) the need for drug education, 4) education of professional personnel, and 5) alternatives to drug abuse.

Rethinking Technology in Teacher Education Programs

2012 ◽  
pp. 205-217
Author(s):  
Jeanne Samuel ◽  
Janice Hinson
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Technology Literacy ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Instructional Literacy ◽  
The Impact

This chapter is organized around shifting paradigms of information literacy, instructional literacy, and technology literacy. Information literacy focuses on the questions of what knowledge management is. Instructional literacy advocates the promotion of new teaching methods rather than new technology. Technology literacy should be rise from grounded contexts rather than be considered a skill. The chapter explores the impact of these shifts on the role of teacher, student, and content to promote knowledge creation (learning). The authors seek to identify the most effective ways to present instruction. Finally, the chapter discusses technology literacy as the merging the two constructs—teaching and using technology.

“If We Could Make it So”: Drug Education for Exceptional Children

1977 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-70
Author(s):  
Jerald D. Floyd ◽  
Antionette B. Lotsof
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Position Paper ◽  
Drug Education ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
Exceptional Children ◽  
Critical Issues

This detailed position-paper reflects upon traditional and contemporary drug education with particular attention to programs in schools. The overview is followed by a discussion of the types of drug use, psychological needs, and a model for examining an individual's health status, with specific application for vulnerable individuals. An effective educational approach is presented by integrating the preceding critical issues with a practical rationale for developing drug education programs to meet the unique needs of exceptional children.

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