Prevention of Alcohol Use Among Aboriginal Youths

Public Health Promotion Project-
“The health promotion project plan on the prevention of
alcohol use among youths of aboriginal traits”
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Executive Summary
Usage of alcohol by youth is dangerous, not only because it deteriorates the physical health, but also
because of its consequences on their overall development, health and well-being. About one third of
youth mortalities are associated with the road accidents due to drink and drive. Underage
alcoholism leads to various problems like committing suicides, creating violence, dropping out from
schools causing education failure and bad behaviour. All of these problems are getting a vast place
due to taking up of alcohol usage at an early age: the lesser the age of the drinker, the worse is the
problem. This program aims at setting certain steps in order to create awareness about the alcohol
consumption and prevention youths of aboriginal traits.
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Table of Contents:
Executive Summary 2
Table of Contents: 3
Introduction 4
Health Promotion and Target Group 5
Aims of Health Promotion 5
Health Promotion prevention management perspective 6
Secondary prevention 6
Stakeholders and community consultation 6
Health Message/Logo 7
Health Promotion Activity 7
Health Promotion Evaluation 9
Conclusion 9
References: 10
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Introduction
Teenage and youth are considered to be the most important part of the process of development
which are marked by a series of life transitions, for e.g., entering employment after leaving the
compulsory education system. The risk of alcoholism increases at this tender age only when the
youngsters just start entering the age of early adulthood. Good and healthy eating habits as well a
better quality food to eat, extending the time period for education and delaying in the age of
marriage as well as the advancement in the technologies are some of the factors that make
generation of youth to be the healthiest since ever. On the contrary this is only the age when several
problems like adoption of poor and unhealthy life style, early involvement in sexual activities leading
to the initiation of various sexual diseases and behavioural changes arose. The wellbeing and good
health of youth largely depends on the factors like the scarcity of jobs, lesser stability in family,
deterioration of the environment, migration of people in large numbers (Patton et al., 2016). Basically
this issue is found in the indigenous community particularly. In Australia, there has been a positive
effect of employing legal intervention in order to address the problem of alcoholism and its related
consequences (d'Abbs, 2015). In the past two decades the State and the Common wealth
Governments have employed these regulatory interventions which are also known as Alcohol
Management Plans (AMPs) for the people living in the remote areas (Clough et al., 2017). According to
a study conducted by the Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011, in Australia in 2011 the
percentage of sick and injured population due to the alcohol consumption was recorded to be 4.6%
whereas 3.4% which is more than 5,000 deaths, of the population lied among the dead ones (AIHW
2018). People who are involved in excessive consumption of alcohol increase the risk of harm on
themselves as well as the others (AIHW 2017).
As shown by the NDSHS in 2016 almost 1 in 6 that is 17% of the population who have started
drinking lately aged 14 or above put themselves or others at risk of harm while under the influence
of alcohol in the previous 12 month has significantly decreased from 21% in 2013 (AIHW 2016). In
2016 drink and drive was considered to be the most risky activity (9.9% of recent drinkers) (AIHW
2017). There was a downfall seen in the number of victims of alcohol related incidents in 2016 (22%)
as compared to 2013 (26%) among Australian population. There was an overall decrease in activities
such as, verbal abuse (22% and 19%, respectively), physical abuse (8.7% and 7.3%) and being put in
fear (13% and 11%) between 2013 and 2016, (AIHW 2018). One such program that aims at creating
awareness about the alcohol consumption among youth is needed in order to curb this problem and
this program can serve the purpose.
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