Health Promotion Project Plan on Prevention of Alcohol Abuse Among Aboriginal Youths

Health promotion project plan on the prevention
of alcohol abuse among youths of aboriginal
community
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• Alcohol abuse is dangerous for adolescents
and young individuals as it affects their
overall development and holistic wellbeing
(Clough et al., 2014).
• Underage alcoholism triggers issues such as
suicides, violence and poor academic
performance (Clough et al., 2017).
• The promotion program intends to
disseminate awareness among the aboriginal
youth about alcohol abuse.
BACKGROUND
• The period of adolescence and youth marks the phase of
transition to adulthood.
• Healthy diet and lifestyle pattern marks a healthy
transition (d’Abbs, 2015)
• As per statistical estimates it has been found that alcohol
consumption in Australia is the highest among the
Indigenous community members with 17% comprising of
individuals belonging to the age group of 14- 17 years
(Alcohol Alert Number, 2019).
OBJECTIVES
The target audience for the promotion program would
comprise of the individuals aged 14 to 17 years belonging
to the aboriginal community (Australia’s Health, 2018). The
primary objectives would comprise of the following:
• Disseminate awareness through social media
• Implement school based strategies
• Include policies that promote alcohol cessation within the
school environment, sports environment and social
environment
• Impart education about alcohol cessation and the
negative implication on health
• Promote education about available support strategies for
rehabilitation
SECONDARY PREVENTION
• Setting rehabilitation camps and implementing school based
interventions to promote alcohol cessation
• Impart education about the adverse impact of alcohol abuse on
physical health
HEALTH PROMOTION
ACTIVITY• Capacity building: Collaborating with youngsters in order to
disseminate awareness
• Enforce preventive measures by imparting knowledge about the
adverse impact of alcohol (Calabria et al., 2014)
• Offer effective treatment and support to affected youth individuals
• Offer effective intervention to help individuals recover from addiction
• Ensure regulation of laws that prevent alcohol abuse
• Make use of family intervention to ensure better connection with family
members and cessation of alcohol abuse
EVALUATION
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Alcohol Alert Number 83. (2019). Retrieved from https://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa83/aa83.htm
Australia's health 2018, Introduction- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). Retrieved from
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residents have experienced favourable impacts but also suffered unfavourable ones.
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• Conduct questionnaire analysis at the completion of the program
• Conduct interview sessions with the enrolled participants
• Analysing the overall report of the project
• Education and awareness would be disseminated by making use
of interactive activities against alcohol consumption
• Students, teachers as well as parents would be involved in the
support programs so as to ensure effective compliance with
alcohol cessation guidelines
• Stakeholders involved would include the government so as to
enforce laws against alcohol abuse and limiting the selling and
purchase of alcohol to the mentioned age group.
• The local police would keep a check on drink and driving cases
and publish document in relation to accidents caused due to
alcohol consumption so as to disseminate awareness
• Adults would monitor changes among the target audience after
enrolling in the program
Health Message:
Live, Laugh, Love....Alcohol, Disease, Death...Choice is yours!
METHODS
CONCLUSION
Approaches which are based on evidences drawn
from various research studies should be used as
the crucial tools in the prevention of harmful
effects of alcohol consumption. Major steps are
used as preventive measures to foster alcohol
cessation among youth.