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11 Alcohol and Drug Abuse
11 Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Pages 104-109
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. ruse alcohol control measures can be used to limit 104 Healthy People 2000: Citizens Chart the Course consumption, the control of alcohol availability is a public health issue.1 The NCA strongly urges The inclusion of economic incentives and other policy initiatives in the form of process objectives to facilitate the achievement of a number of outcome objectives.
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Short of that, he recommends warnings on alcoholic beverage containers similar to those on tobacco products; a ban on radio and television advertising of alcoholic beverages; an increase in taxes on alcoholic beverages to be used for alcohol-related programs; and a Major and massive" educational effort aimed at health professionals, the schools, and the public. (#430J The NCA recommends the enactment of comprehensive legislation that requires education and training for servers of alcoholic beverages, third-party liability laws, and zoning ordinances specifying the location and density of alcohol gullets, with considera tion of their proximity to public and private transportation.
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(#723J SUBSTANCE ABUSE BY MINORITY GROUPS Given the differences between ethnic and racial minorities and the rest of the population in the rates of alcohol morbidity and mortality, the NCA suggests the "development of sub-objectives with specific targets for minority populations." (~467) Mario Orlandi of the American Health Foundation in New York adds that "ethnic variability presents a dilemma to health planners who are responsible for developing substance abuse prevention initiatives." Programs, he continues, must have not only demonstrated eff~ca~
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Attainment of this change of outlook, which results in a dramatic change in behavior, seems to create a contagious hope within others. The answer to a great deal of drug abuse is not education alone or provision of clean needles or addressing chemical dependency only, but providing emergency shelter, secure safe houses, psychosocial support and counselling, health care, education and training for living, camps away from the streets, community centers where opportunity for personal achievement, selfesteem, and respect for others are developed, employment counselling, etc.
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Putting it into an even broader framework, he adds that "while disease-specific objectives and monitoring of health status will continue to be legitimate, we are acting on the assumption that, at least among the urban underclass, the following health areas share a common group of underlying risk factors: sexually transmitted diseases, maternal and infant health, teenage pregnanpy, internal injuries, stress-related mental illness, and alcohol and drug abuse." (~389)
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495 Andrew, Sylvia; Our Lady of the Lake University of San Antonio 573 Wilhoit, Gene; National Association of State Boards of Education 577 Hill, Elaine and Clark, Casey; University of Colorado Health Sciences Center 616 Windle, Anne; American Public Health Association, Public Health Education Section 675 Teague, Wayne; Alabama Department of Education 692 Grant, Linda; Washington State Association of Alcoholism and Addictions Programs 696 Kauffman, JoAnn; Seattle Indian Health Board 723 Morrison, Jacqueline; Wayne State University Alcohol and Drug Abuse 109
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