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In this assignment you will evaluate screening for alcohol abuse and develop ideas to prevent teenage binge drinking.
Background
Linda lives in a community that has recently been stunned and saddened by the death of two local teens who died at the local university from alcohol poisoning. She works in a public health agency and has also recently seen the toll the long-term alcohol abuse has taken on a few of the clients seen at the agency. She has been tasked with developing an educational program for high school students and proposing a screening tool that the schools can use to alert them of students who may be vulnerable to drinking now or while in college.
Part 1: Education Program 30 points
Directions to complete part 1:
• Outline three main points and details that you would include in an education plan to deter high school students to not abuse alcohol and particularly not to binge drink.
• Some things to consider: statistics of binge drinking/alcohol poisoning deaths among teens and drunk driving involving teens; any correlation between drinking or binge drinking as a teen and becoming an alcoholic; information related to the health effects of alcoholism; what are the effects of alcohol poisoning on the body
• Be sure to cite any sources you use.
Part 2: Screening Process
Directions to Part 2:
• Develop a method for screening high school students to determine if they are vulnerable to drinking now, while in college, or if they are already drinking alcohol on a regular basis or binging.
• Some things to consider: the criteria listed on page 121 for judging a potential screening process; what behavioral, psychological, or social indicators would help determine an individual's vulnerability to drinking; what would entice the school and the students to participate in the screening; how would the screening process take place; should the plan include actions based on results.