Wmed In High Schools: Personal Statement

Pursing a career as a medical doctor is an opportunity for me to mentor youth in underserved populations. As a child, I was raised in the low income, urban community of Roxbury, MA. Although not as notorious today, the neighborhood had garnered negative attention for its high crime rates. My mother emigrated from Haiti and raised me as a single parent. Due to our financial circumstance, Roxbury became our permanent residence. I have always felt there was something lacking in Roxbury in comparison to other towns I visited. My teenage years were largely spent in the suburban town of Stoneham where I attended high school. There was a literal difference in air quality and a psychology contrast in future prospects. While native students of

The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids’ campaign for The Meth Project- Meth: Not Even Once “was founded in 2005 by the Thomas and Stacey Siebel Foundation, in response to the growing Meth epidemic in the U.S. Today, the Meth Project is a program of the national nonprofit organization The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids. The Meth Project is a large-scale prevention program aimed at reducing Meth use through public service messaging, public policy, and community outreach. Central to the program is a research-based marketing campaign, community action programs, and an in-school lesson all designed to communicate the risks of Meth use” (http://www.methproject.org/about).

Children, starting as early as elementary school, are being educated on substance abuse. As of 2013, Drug Abuse Resistance Education, D.A.R.E., administers a school-based substance abuse, gang, and violence prevention program in 75 percent of the United States school districts. Since 1983, 70,000 police officers have taught the D.A.R.E. program to approximately 114 million elementary through high school students in the United States alone ("Is the D.A.R.E. Program Good for America's Kids K-12?"). This program is aimed at preventing drug use in elementary, middle, and high school students. A needle-exchange program implicitly encourages the exact opposite message, condoning immoral and illicit behavior. Governments should focus on discouraging drug use, providing more productive treatment for recovery, and punishing drug users instead of supplying the materials to continue their addiction. Young children have the potential to take more risks and must receive a clear message on drugs, which should coincide with the no tolerance policy they are being taught in school with implementation of the D.A.R.E. program. A needle-exchange program is more of a hopeful harm reduction campaign that sends the wrong message to young children and society as a whole. If there is to be a positive change in America regarding intravenous drug use, then the government and school programs all need to be on the same page; we

With assistance from local educators such as Dr. Fagan and government policies could help bring awareness to opioid addiction to reduce and limit opportunities for misuse. Communicating this problem among healthcare physicians, providers, health departments can provide the public with information to help those with recovery and prevent further exposure. With effective communication, healthcare providers can spread knowledge, stories, break the stigma surrounding opioid use, and bring more discussion. “Children who learn about the dangers of drugs at home are up to 50 percent less likely to use drugs.”Therefore, we must start a conversation to break the stigma that affects individuals and families throughout our communities. Within the environment, some individuals may feel stigmatized by substance abuse which can be a barrier for those to seek help and contributes to poor mental and physical health ultimately increasing rates of relapse, delay recovery and increase involvement in risky

This nation is facing a problem with a powerful stimulant, known as Meth. Meth is a highly addictive drug that is, and a hard to kick. Meth is a huge money making business so the marketing of the drug is not only targeted to adults, but the younger generation as well. Despite the effort with the war on drugs, Law Enforcement is facing a tough battle of controlling the clandestine meth labs, and meth brought to the United States from Mexico. Meth not only hurts the user, but families, and communities as well. Education and awareness to the public can help with the battle on Meth. Although through education, intervention, and rehabilitation there is help to combat meth abuse, meth is a potent dangerous drug that destroys lives,

1Executive SummaryTo determine the best way of supplying naloxone (Narcan) to victims of opioid overdoseat Mason Public Schools, I first confirmed that naloxone administration might benecessary on school grounds. By surveying the public, researching news articles, andconducting personal interviews, I have determined that opioids are being useddangerously or illegally by Mason students and visitors to our schools. It is possible thatsomeone will need emergency treatment with naloxone after overdosing on schoolproperty.Local teens and young adults are suffering from opioid addiction. Some studentsexperiment with drugs and end up hooked. Others are prescribed opioid pain medicationand their addiction begins more innocently. Local students have

The topic for a DNP scholarly project is to create and implement an educational module for substance use disorders and addiction behaviors. The goal of this project would be to promote knowledge, decrease misunderstandings and misconceptions related to addiction and increase understanding of treatment options for nurse practitioners, other health care providers and the community where opioid addiction rampant. This topic is specifically interesting because there is increased incidence of health care disparities in rural communities especially in the Appalachian area. Professional practice as a DNP that would utilize this type of education would increase credibility to the nursing field and promote access to care in rural communities. With the

First education, Pharmacologic Abuse: A Nation Epidemic written by Dee-Dee Patrick, MS, RN, CARN, CLNC, A crucial first step in tackling the problem of prescription drug abuse is to educate parents, youth, old and young about the dangers of abusing prescription drugs while requiring prescriber’s to receive education[…](Patrick6). In the

I am writing to you today in regard to your request that I develop a program to decrease substance abuse in low-income teenagers at Glenville High School in Cleveland, Ohio. This memorandum will discuss the program I recommend and the reasons why I believe it will help reduce substance abuse in this population.

The Drug Abuse Resistance Education program known as D.A.R.E has become a very widespread and popular program throughout the United States. The program appeals to all ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic lines, which is a large part of the reason why the DARE program has grown exponentially. The program’s basic premise was meant to introduce kids to the danger of drugs, before the drugs got to them. The implementation of the DARE program appeared to be what America needed to begin to put a dent in the war on drugs.

The four main health priority topics, that the CHES is concerned about include; overweight and obesity, mental health, violence prevention, and methamphetamine education. Being that these were the county's main concern, the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) brought forward goals for the community. One goal of CHIP is “Contribute to the reduction of the number of individuals in Anoka County who are considered obese”. To help achieve this goal, CHES will continue to support its Partnership for Better Health initiative, a program that provides consultation to organizations and school districts interesting in improving healthy behaviors and reducing overweight and obesity. (CHIP pg 12) Another important program that addresses CHIP goal I; “Raise community, parental, and educator’s awareness of drug abuse risk among Anoka County adolescents” is the Community Coalitions facilitated by CHES. These Coalitions are in partnership with social services, mental health, and community correction department, they are awarded a one-year grant from the Anoka County Children and Family Council (ACCFC) to assess school needs in chemical health education. I believe that since these two issues seemed to be of most importance for the health

In order to create better policies tackling the problem of synthetic drug use, and saving our youth and young adults from the substance’s ill and often deadly effects, we need to create a climate which includes access to educational materials, and a two-way conversation, and include many community partners in the process. Less than one year following the U.S. Senate approval of the National Youth Synthetic Drug Awareness Week in 2014, The Minnesota Department of Human Services began painting a mural, by young artists to gain the attention of young adults and students to find their website “knowthedangers.com” (Mintz,

important to begin educating about the reality or drugs and addictions so we know what to look

1) Dorchester Boys & Roxbury Boys (Exhibit 6):- Kids are aware of drug problem. They listen to the family member’s opinions about drugs. Educational programs are effective and have a good recall. The focus group however should have

Majority of the focus group participants identified the weaknesses and drawbacks associated with the current health education classes particularly in substance misuse education in middle and high schools. For example, the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program introduced in the fifth grade is cited as a weak and ineffective program that employs scare