Presentation: Drugs and Alcohol Abuse in Rural Areas

This presentation delves into the critical issue of high rates of drug and alcohol abuse in rural areas, aiming to understand the underlying reasons and explore effective intervention strategies. The research compares findings with current practices, revealing that emotional regulation is a key intervention strategy. It highlights trends such as the impact of emotional distress on substance misuse and the prevalence of alcohol and drug abuse in rural Australia. The presentation emphasizes the use of secondary research methods, drawing on various reports and documents. The presentation concludes by summarizing the importance of understanding the causes of AOD misuse and the role of interventions in reducing abuse, providing valuable insights into this complex issue. The presentation also includes relevant references to support the research.

High rates of
drugs and
alcohol abuse in
rural areas

Introduction
• The presentation aims to state the reason for executing
the research
• It will compare the findings with the current practice
• It will also discuss the trends associated with alcohol and
other drug (AOD) and sources of information used for
researching

Different reasons to research high rates of drugs
and alcohol abuse in rural areas
• The significant reason is to understand the reasons for
AOD misuse in rural areas
• To identify the population involved in AOD misuse
• To determine effective intervention strategies to reduce or
eliminate AOD use
• To understand the effectiveness of such intervention
strategies
• To get relevant information regarding AOD abuse and
interventions

Comparing findings with practice
• As per the findings, 47% of the Australian agencies use different strategies to
minimize AOD misuse (Hughes, Sheehan and Evans, 2018)
• The findings suggest that 63% of the young adults in Australian rural areas
are exposed to AOD use
• It is found that the agency must use different intervention strategies to
minimize AOD related crimes
• As compared to the findings Australian agency must use Emotional
Regulation to intervention to reduce or alleviate AOD misuse
• It will help in promoting self-awareness and understanding the addictive
behaviour of the individuals

Research still line with a research question
• The research is in line with the research question based
on intervention strategies to minimize AOD abuse
• The overall research provides relevant information
regarding different intervention strategies
• It states that Emotional Regulation (ER) is an efficient
strategy that helps in managing physical and emotional
state as it leads to AOD abuse (Tait et al., 2016)

Trends identified in the research
• The trends identified in the research is the importance and use of
different intervention strategies
• Emotional discomfort and distressful emotions change the
individual mindset that leads to illicit misuse of AOD (Babowitch
and Antshel, 2016)
• It is identified that AOD use increases to help manage the negative
effects or improve the effects of other drug
• According to Australian Bureau of Statistics approximately 15.6%
of Australians are exposed to AOD abuse (Abs.gov.au., 2019)

Costs of drug and alcohol abuse in
Australian rural areas

Enhancing knowledge about high rates of drugs
and alcohol abuse in rural areas
• AOD misuse in Australian rural areas results in the occurrence of AOD related
crimes, hospital admissions and injuries (Spirito et al., 2017)
• It affects the health and wellbeing of people especially the younger adults in
rural areas
• It is significant to use effective intervention strategies to mitigate this issue
• Whole-of-community, Community-based intervention, person-to-person, mind
approaches, emotional regulations are different interventions
• However, emotional regulations are relevant among these interventions
• It helps in avoiding emotional discomfort and distressing emotions that lead to
AOD misuse

Sources of information
• The relevant information regarding the research has been
gathered from the secondary research method
• Different research reports and similar documents from
websites and books have been used
• This research method is chosen as it provides appropriate
information regarding AOD misuse
• It also serves relevant data regarding different
interventions

Conclusion
• The presentation demonstrates that understanding the
reason for AOD misuse and use of interventions to reduce
AOD abuse is the reason for undertaking research
• It helped in comparing the findings with the practice
• It states that the entire research is about different
interventions to alleviate AOD abuse
• It reveals the fact that the research used secondary research
method to get appropriate regarding AOD interventions

References
•Abs.gov.au. (2019). [online] Available at:
https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/ViewContent?readform&view=ProductsbyTopic&Action=Expand&Nu
m=5.7.2
[Accessed 2 Sep. 2019].
•Babowitch, J.D. and Antshel, K.M., 2016. Adolescent treatment outcomes for comorbid depression and substance
misuse: A systematic review and synthesis of the literature. Journal of Affective Disorders, 201, pp.25-33.
•Hughes, J.A., Sheehan, M. and Evans, J., 2018. Treatment and outcomes of patients presenting to an adult
emergency department involuntarily with substance misuse. International journal of mental health nursing, 27(2),
pp.593-599.
•Spirito, A., Hernandez, L., Marceau, K., Cancilliere, M.K., Barnett, N.P., Graves, H.R., Rodriguez, A.M. and Knopik,
V.S., 2017. Effects of a brief, parent-focused intervention for substance using adolescents and their sibling. Journal
of substance abuse treatment, 77, pp.156-165.
•Tait, R.J., Teoh, L., Kelty, E., Geelhoed, E., Mountain, D. and Hulse, G.K., 2016. Emergency department based
intervention with adolescent substance users: 10 year economic and health outcomes. Drug and alcohol
dependence, 165, pp.168-174.