Interventions Pub Flashcards
What a public health interventions into addiction
Government funded strategies
What is quitline
A telephone smoking quit line service
What did Stead et aL do
Conducted a meta analysis on over 1800 participants and found that people who received repeated telephone calls stop smoking by 60% compare to those who only received self-help materials or brief counselling
What did Beckham find
He found that from a sample of 24 veterans 11 and stopped smoking by that agreed to quit date. However this only uses a small sample
What is NIDA
A government sponsored intervention study
What did NIDA find?
Individual counselling with group counselling was most effective with a relapse rate of only 39%
What’s the adverse benefits of quitting cocaine?
Reduction in HIV risk three reduction in the frequency of unprotected sex associated with cocaine use
What does the prevention of you gambling aim to do
Denormalisation. Protection. Prevention. Harm reduction. Attempts to stop at risk of youths from escalating towards gambling. It includes early intervention strategies
What’s a positive of using prevention of youth gambling strategies
It’s proactive and so the individual has a role in the treatment
What did Derevenski and Gupta find?
Gambling during adolescence can lead to adverse outcomes such as: Strange relationship, delinquency, criminal behaviour, depression, suicide.
