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As member states of the United Nations take stock of the drug control system, a number of debates have emerged among governments about how to balance international drug laws with human rights, public health, alternatives to incarceration, and experimentation with regulation. This series intends to provide a primer on why governments must not turn a blind eye to pressing human rights and public health impacts of current drug policies.
The main purpose of the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) is to collect comparable data on substance use among 15–16-year-old European students in order to monitor trends within as well as between countries. So far, five data-collection waves have been conducted in the framework of the project. The first study was carried out in 26 countries in 1995, while data collection in 2011 was performed in 37 countries. …
This report provides results from the SHPPS conducted in 2014. Following a detailed Methods section, 2014 results are presented in a series of 168 tables organized around the 10 components of the WSCC model. Tables 1.1 through 10.4 provide the percentage of schools or classes with certain policies and practices in place; these results are shown separately for each school level—elementary school, middle school, and high school. For each variable, the prevalence estimate is shown along with a 95% confidence interval. …
Promoting health and a healthy lifestyle among children and youth is a national priority for all Eastern European and Central Asian countries, and is reflected in their country policies. Schools have an important role to play in health promotion, by preparing children, adolescents and youth for a healthy and safe adulthood. This review of policies and practices provides a brief account of the achievements to date in prevention education (with special focus on drug use prevention), and outlines the challenges still to be addressed.
It is a statutory requirement for all schools in Northern Ireland to have a drugs policy and publish details in relation to the policy in their prospectus; deliver drugs education to include legal and illegal substances; and inform the Police Service of Northern Ireland if they believe or suspect a pupil to be in possession of a controlled substance. The guidance has been designed to assist schools in the development, implementation, evaluation, and review of their drugs policy and to support procedures for the management of suspected drug-related incidents and issues.
The purpose of this policy is to provide a framework for the prevention, intervention and elimination of the use of illegal drugs and abuse of legal drugs in schools.
Key messages: Universal drug education programmes in schools have been shown to have an impact on the most common substances used by young people: alcohol, tobacco and cannabis. The approaches which appear to be most effective are those based on social influences and life skills, for example Life Skills Training and Unplugged. Interventions which are not drug-specific but focus on children and young people’s attachment to school can also be effective in reducing substance misuse. The Good Behaviour Game is one example of these. …
Drug And Alcohol Advisory Group – Key Recommendations - Increase parents’ and carers’ knowledge and skills about drug and alcohol education and prevention enabling them to better inform and protect their children; - Improve the quality of drug and alcohol education by making PSHE a statutory subject – to enable schools and colleges to promote well-being effectively, and to improve the quality of training for PSHE teachers; and - Improve identification and support for young people vulnerable to drug misuse in schools, colleges and non-formal settings.
Cet outil pédagogique s’adresse aux enseignant-e-s du degré primaire qui prennent en charge des classes d’enfants âgés de 10 à 12 ans. Si la mission principale de l’école est de transmettre des savoirs, celle-ci est également consciente qu’il existe un lien étroit entre la santé et l’acquisition de connaissances. L’école est donc attentive à renforcer les compétences telles que l’estime de soi, l’analyse critique, la résistance à la pression du groupe; le climat de l’établissement scolaire et la réussite des élèves en bénéficieront. …
Com o presente conjunto de textos, a Direcção-Geral de Inovação e de Desenvolvimento Curricular (DGIDC) com o apoio do Grupo de Trabalho de Educação Sexual/Saúde (GTES), nomeado em Junho de 2005 pelo Ministério da Educação, continua o seu objectivo de fornecer aos agrupamentos escolares informações actualizadas sobre os temas definidos como prioritários para a área da Educação para a Saúde. …
La presente Guía para docentes de 4º, 5º y 6º de primaria, junto con la Guía para docentes de 1º, 2º y 3º, y la Guía para fortalecer la gestión escolar con énfasis en prevención, dirigida a los directivos para el trabajo con los colectivos escolares, conforman la serie de materiales denominada: Orientaciones para la Prevención de Adicciones en escuelas de educación primaria. …
La presente Guía para docentes de 1º, 2º y 3º de primaria, junto con la Guía para docentes de 4º, 5º y 6º, y la Guía para fortalecer la gestión escolar con énfasis en prevención dirigida a los directivos para el trabajo con los colectivos escolares, conforman la serie de materiales denominada: Orientaciones para la Prevención de Adicciones en escuelas de educación primaria. …
A través de las secciones que integran la presente guía de capacitación, los docentes analizarán las posibilidades de la escuela secundaria para promover en sus alumnos conocimientos, habilidades y actitudes necesarios para el autocuidado frente a los riesgos del entorno, así como para el ejercicio responsable de su libertad. …
El Manual presenta un panorama actualizado sobre las características del consumo de sustancias adictivas en México, particularmente en la población adolescente y las repercusiones de dicho consumo en su salud y desempeño escolar. Asimismo, se brindan las bases teóricas y metodológicas de un modelo integral para la prevención de adicciones tendiente a la promoción de habilidades y actitudes de protección frente a los riesgos que representan las drogas, así como para la construcción de un proyecto de vida, positivo y saludable. …
Para orientar el trabajo docente, este Manual para fortalecer la prevención de adicciones desde la educación secundaria brinda, por un lado, información sobre el panorama actual del fenómeno de las adicciones en México, y por otro, describe el Modelo de prevención de adicciones desde la Educación Básica y sus propósitos. El modelo preventivo aquí presentado se sustenta tanto en bases científicas como en el potencial formativo del Plan y los Programas de estudio de la Educación Básica. …
