Extractions: Publications Links New Search ... Site Tools Drinking alcohol is one of the accepted practices of adulthood. It is legal for adults to have wine with dinner, beer at the end of a long week, or cocktails at a dinner party. But drinking to the point of losing control sends the wrong message to children, as does reaching for a drink to remedy unhappiness or tension. Although it is legal for adults to smoke cigarettes, the negative impact tobacco has on a smoker's health is well documented. If a child asks his parents why they smoke, they may explain that when they began, people didn't understand how unhealthy smoking is and that once a smoker starts, it's very hard to stop. Young people can avoid making the same mistake their parents did by never starting and risking addiction. The fact is, if you use alcohol, tobacco products, or illicit drugs, your children are more likely to use them too. However, even if you use these substances, you can do a lot to make sure that your children don't. If you use alcohol, drink moderately and refrain from always drinking for celebrations and holidays. Learn other ways to celebrate. Try to deal with stress without tossing down a few drinks. Try exercise, talking with a friend, or deep breathing, for instance. Allow yourself a "time out" from your regular routine. The children you care for will learn a lot by imitating these coping strategies.
HOW STUPID (OR DISHONEST) CAN THEY GET? smokers gathering in the nation s secondary schools and of Harvard University s studenthealth service, which Do not teach them intolerance, hatred, disrespect http://www.forces.org/writers/turci/files/dishon.htm
Extractions: Gian Turci's Corner April 13, 1999 The dishonesty of the anti-tobacco cartel is beyond the imaginable. And the naïvete of those who honestly believe the garbage the cartel spews out is equally unimaginable. Here is an article published by "On Health," a well-known lackey of the anti-tobacco industry. On Health regularly publishes garbage on tobacco, its users, and publicizes the junk science steadily mass-produced by the cartel. This particular article, however, requires some comments, because seldom I have seen something more stupid, as well as more false and misleading, all under one roof. The direct link to this article is http://onhealth.com/ch1/in-depth/item/item,33735_1_1.asp . I am reproducing it here for the sole purpose of commenting on it. The Rehooked Generation: How Do We Help Them Stop? Alarmed to discover a large, new generation of smokers gathering in the nation's secondary schools and colleges, public health officials are facing a question they've never seriously confronted before: How do you get an addicted child to stop smoking? ...Notice the resounding title: "The Re-Hooked Generation..." Where is the musical commentary á la "ABC Nightline?"
Lamplight -- Empowering And Helping Teens Make Healthy Life Choices It s bad for my health and I don t want family and friends being affected by secondarysmoking around me team, school, and home tobaccofree; teach others; join http://www.lamplight.org/body-subsection.asp?sub_section=Smoking
Partners For Substance Abuse Prevention | Resources: Links for educators, the guide helps teach students and attitudes, and values of Americansecondary school students Survey on Drug Use health SAMHSA s National http://preventionpartners.samhsa.gov/resources_links_p3.asp
Extractions: Check out our collection of information on funding sources, web links, and publications selected to support partnering for substance abuse prevention. Our Resources section also includes a glossary of terms and acronyms you are likely to find in our pages, and a list of organizational sponsors of the PARTNERS' website. Agencies, Organizations, and Clearinghouses Agencies, Organizations, and Clearinghouses Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) - SAMHSA is the Federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.
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Extractions: Phoenix, AZ 85012-1950 The Maricopa County Tobacco Use Prevention Program endorses many prevention curricula, which can be used in the classroom and/or in and after-school setting. Each curriculum provides useful and scientific information about prevention and is targeted toward the 4th-8th grades. These curricula guides are in PDF format. An application capable of viewing PDF's is required. Adobe Software provides Adobe Acrobat Reader for free download A school or community based program designed to delay and prevent high-risk behaviors by fostering the development of positive personal characteristics. Increased awareness of the social consequences of tobacco use, including health costs, diseases and tobacco restrictions. Understanding the impact of social influence on tobacco use including peer pressure, advertising techniques and tobacco laws. Demonstration of a peer empowerment approach to delay and prevent the onset of tobacco use among adolescents and pre-adolescents. Awareness of the basic physiological effects of tobacco use.
PH @ A Glance: School Health - Rationale 1 as depression, aggression, physical health complaints and of girls in Zimbabwean JuniorSecondary Schools. The teach pupils greater self esteem and establish http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/HDNet/hddocs.nsf/0/14a963942b43268a85256a4e0064fcb
New Deal For Communities - About Healthy Futures within NDC schools, both primary and secondary. cooking sessions within schools toteach pupils how specialist organisation on teenage health issues including http://www.ndfc.co.uk/article/articleview/70/1/134
Extractions: The Healthy Schools Programme is a key part of the Government's drive to improve standards of health and education and to tackle health inequalities. Its aim is to make children, teachers, parents and communities more aware of the opportunities that exist in schools for improving health. The Government signaled its intention to help all schools become healthy schools in the White Paper, 'Excellence in Schools', produced by the Department for Education and Skills (DFES) in 1997. The Healthy Schools Programme was announced in the Department of Health's (DH) Green Paper 'Our Healthier Nation', and launched on 14th May 1998 by Ministers Tessa Jowell (Public Health) and Estelle Morris (School Standards). The National Healthy School Standard (formerly known as the National Healthy Schools Scheme) was proposed in the Green Paper 'Our Healthier Nation' in 1998. In this paper, the government identified the school as a setting to improve the health of children. In the government's view, a healthy school is in a key position to improve children's health and educational achievement, with the support of other agencies.
THE FIGHT AGAINST TOBACCO ABUSE teach them how to say No and handle be implemented, in elementary and secondaryschool, and Community health representatives and other health workers must http://www.niichro.com/Tobacco/Tobac4.html
Extractions: by Colette Vidal [Intro] [Protection] [Prevention] [Cessation] ... [Bibliography] Whereas the prevalence of tobacco use has declined in the general Canadian population in the last decade, the trends among the Native population are alarming . Apart from having much higher consumption rates for both smoke and smokeless tobacco, Native people also tend to start smoking earlier than non-Natives. In addition, there seems to be a certain lack of concern or awareness concerning the serious tobacco-related risks to the present and future health of many Native communities. Given the current levels of tobacco use among Native people, any effective reduction strategy will have to include at least three components, namely Protection, Prevention and Cessation. Since Environmental Tobacco Smoke (E.T.S.) is a serious health hazard to which non-smokers as well as smokers are continuously exposed, the first step is to ensure that the community has as many
School Policies as depression, aggression, physical health complaints and girls in Zimbabwean JuniorSecondary Schools. The teach pupils greater self esteem and establish http://www.freshschools.org/schoolpolicies-0.htm
Extractions: THE F R E S H FRAMEWORK HEALTH RELATED SCHOOL POLICIES SKILLS BASED HEALTH EDUCATION F ocusing R esources on E ffective S chool H ealth I FRESH Home I Core Intervention 1: Health Related School Policies The FRESH framework, an intersectoral partnership to Focus Resources on Effective School Health, provides the context for effective health related school policies. School policies, promoting good health and a non-discriminatory, safe and secure physical and psychosocial environment, are most effective when supported by other reinforcing strategies such as provision of safe water and sanitation, skills based health education, provision of health and other services, effective referral to external health service providers and links with the community. The FRESH framework provides this context by positioning health related school policies among its four core components, that should be made available together for all schools: Health related school policies Safe water and sanitation Skills based health education A ccess to health and nutrition services These core components of the FRESH framework require school-community partnerships as the supporting strategies for the success of school health and nutrition programs.
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Extractions: This Conference will emphasize a practical approach to problems in gynecology, gynecologic endocrinology and infertility, and primary care. We will update areas with significant recent advances and we will discuss new solutions to some old problems. Some of the topics to be covered include: * management of hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis, obesity and thyroid disease, * innovative approaches to nicotine addiction This exciting exchange will take place in one of the most magnificent surroundings imaginable: Big Sky, Montana. This is an area of unrivaled beauty which offers exceptional skiing in a relaxed, unpretentious, uncrowded atmosphere. Big Sky is truly an undiscovered paradise for the ski enthusiast. After this conference, participants will understand:
NDPA Homepage: Current News to which they are addicted, to teach them how to were admitted for alcohol with asecondary drug; 11.9 years may have important public health benefits because http://www.drugprevent.demon.co.uk/research_items/Vol2_ Issue6.html
Extractions: Marijuana And Multiple Sclerosis - New Study In findings that contradict earlier research, a team of scientists reports that marijuana does not improve the often painful symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Their small study found that a synthetic form of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in marijuana, and a plant extract were no better at relieving severe spasticity or muscle contraction compared with an inactive placebo. Patients muscle tone improved while taking marijuana but their self-reported ratings on a scale measuring their overall disability declined. A previous study in mice indicated that marijuana might help to relieve these painful spasms. However, the amount of the drug used in mice would not be tolerated in humans, the researchers explain. While their study included just 16 patients, it is the largest randomized, controlled clinical trial to investigate the use of marijuana to treat MS.
Extractions: This workshop combines knowledge from a variety of evidence-based sources, provided in a framework of NIDAs Principals of Drug Addiction Treatment, designed to improve treatment outcome, often with little or no additional cost to the provider. Among the material presented will be that on expanding levels of care, providing more individualized treatment both to individual patients and as a way or of reorganizing a structured treatment program, the role of continuing care, lengths of service and outcome for various subpopulations of addicted individuals, case mix concerns, seven day coverage models for residential/impatient programs and different treatment models for patients with different severities of co-occurring mental health problem. Back to top 11:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Lunch
RCP | Annual Review ! 1999 to appraise and assess, as well as how to teach. training in GIM and introducing generichealth workers to activities which cross the primary / secondary divide http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/AnnualReview/1999/annualreview_1999_mftp.htm
Extractions: One year ago I wrote that "it has been a year of continuing change nationally and there has been a major drive within the College to contribute positively…" The same could be said this year, but even more so. Another major proposal was the need to strengthen regional activities. We have opened a further office in Wales, jointly with the RCS, and three more will follow this coming year. They have proved universally popular and I suspect that despite the cost there will be offices in each Deanery eventually. We have also increased the number of Regional "Teach ins" both for SHO's and for Consultants, forming a significant component of CME for the latter. There is also now a handbook containing the job descriptions of all College Officers (except myself) both in Regents Park and in the regions. This should help clarify some of the confusion that exists regarding the interface between the College and the Deaneries. In the wake of Bristol, where I gave evidence, there has been continued pressure on self-regulation. Clinical governance is being introduced. The College has worked closely with other Colleges through the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges to produce a generic model. This will involve annual appraisal by the Trust, participation in audit and CPD with a personal portfolio. Revalidation was agreed by the GMC in February and a wide range of working groups have been looking at options. Our Standards Committee (created in the College reorganisation) has made major contributions in both these areas. Revalidation will be introduced in 2001, but we are making the point
Extractions: Helsinki 1997 Belgium Luxembourg Austria Sweden ... Ireland Table 1. Estimated smoking prevalence among men and women, 15 years of age and over, %. Table 2. Smoking prevalences of youth in certain countries 1993-94 (smoked cigarettes at least once a week, %). Table 3. Per capita consumption of cigarettes: top 25 countries 1990-92. Contents Smoking is a serious public health problem. At the same time it is a significant problem in terms of national economy.
AMCHP | Policy: Women's And Perinatal Health: Tobacco Use Women's and Perinatal health. Tobacco Use Cessation and Youth. Issue Brief, August 1999. Why Tobacco Cessation For Youth? Recently, much attention has been focused on the problem of tobacco use. http://www.amchp.org/policy/docs/brief-smoking-youth.htm
Extractions: Women's and Perinatal Health Tobacco Use Cessation and Youth Issue Brief, August 1999 Why Tobacco Cessation For Youth? In spite of this increased attention on tobacco and the prevention of its use among young people, little concern has been given to youth who already smoke, with some exceptions that will be described later in this paper. In the fight against tobacco use and addiction, prevention is the top priority and the key to promoting healthy lifestyles. However, even with successful health education efforts, which have resulted in significant progress towards preventing children and adolescents from ever using tobacco, more than 3,000 young people still become regular smokers each day and approximately six million are current smokers (1). Tobacco Use Among Youth Tobacco use is the leading cause of death in theUnited States (4). It is a pandemic that has its roots in adolescence almost 90 percent of adult smokers began at or before age 18 (5). Over the past ten years the number of kids under 18 who become daily smokers each year has increased by over half a million. This is a greater than 70 percent increase (6). It is estimated that 3,000 children become regular smokers each day and given current smoking and disease trends, almost a third of these underage smokers will ultimately die from tobacco use (6,7).
