Deck 7: Preventing Alcohol and Drug Problems

Question 1

For the sake of effectiveness, current prevention factors are now beginning to focus on .

A) propaganda and scare tactics
B) the ecology of risk factors, protective factors, and resilience
C) single-strategy solutions as part of affective education
D) information and education alone

Answer 1

the ecology of risk factors, protective factors, and resilience

Question 2

Light cigarettes, naloxone, methadone, and a "sober-up" pill are all examples of to affect the relationships among the agent, environment, and members of a population to reduce the rate of occurrence of a disorder..

A) service measures that pharmaceutical companies use to increase profit margins
B) service measures that pharmaceutical companies use to enhance goodwill in the communities in which they operate
C) technologic measures that modify the environment in which a substance is used
D) technologic measures that modify a noxious agent or its effect

Answer 2

technologic measures that modify a noxious agent or its effect

Question 3

Suppose you are involved in the administration of a community-based drug prevention program. It is an evidence-based program listed by SAMHSA. Although the program is successful in client outcomes, you could be reaching many more addicts who need your help. Funds are low. What do you do? Perform .

A) a cost-effectiveness analysis so you can show potential funders how effective your outcomes are compared with the cost of the program
B) a cost/benefit analysis to demonstrate the benefits of your program outcomes in dollars and cents
C) cost/benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses so you can better demonstrate the value of your program to potential funders
D) cost/benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses to determine the least expensive means of operating at a higher capacity while maintaining high outcomes

Answer 3

cost/benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses to determine the least expensive means of operating at a higher capacity while maintaining high outcomes

Question 4

The Institute of Medicine uses a prevention paradigm of levels for the general population, defined at-risk populations, and populations with problems, respectively.

A) primary, secondary, and tertiary
B) universal, selective, and indicated
C) primary-universal, secondary-selective, and tertiary-indicated
D) predictive, personalized, and participatory

Question 5

Suppose your child has been using a tobacco company promotional bag and t-shirt that he received from a friend. You did not know he received these items until about a month later. Which of the following might you conclude?

A) Your child will not be influenced to smoke by these products because of your strong parental influence.
B) Even with your positive parental influence, your child may reliably progress to established smoking.
C) Your parental influence on smoking prevention is low because it took a month for you to even recognize your child was using the bag and t-shirt.
D) If you do not smoke, your child will not smoke. Your child's using these free products will have no influence on progression to established smoking.

Question 6

You are asked to help design an employee assistance program as part of a prevention program. What challenges do you face?

A) Because as many as 70% of illicit drug users work regularly, the program will have too many employees clamoring to enter it.
B) The physical health of employees has not deteriorated seriously, so employees will not be forthcoming in entering the program.
C) Service programs like EAPs are labor intensive, expensive, underutilized, and focus on remediation rather than prevention.
D) Service programs like EAPs are focused on prevention rather than remediation and therefore are underutilized.

Question 7

DUI schools are primarily .

A) adult education programs that have had more success with people who are not alcoholics than with those who are
B) adolescent education programs that have had more success with people who are not alcoholics than with those who are
C) adult education programs that have had less success with people who are not alcoholics than with those who are
D) adult education programs that have had great success with people who are alcoholics

Question 8

Regarding the legislation of drugs and alcohol, what happened in 1914, 1917, 1937, and 2009? Of these four historical legislative events, which law has since been repealed? What are the pros and cons of governmentally required health warnings?

Question 9

What impact do lobbyists have in legislation related to alcohol and drug use? Consider the impact of both for-profit and nonprofit lobbyists. What is your general opinion of the leadership ability of those who write and enact the legislation, based on the impact of lobbyists? Support your opinion with facts.

Question 10

Establishing a minimum age of consumption is an example of .

A) harm reduction
B) zero tolerance
C) an environmental/cultural approach
D) an ecological approach

Question 11

Suppose about one third of your community is Native American, one third is African American, and one third is Latino. What might you conclude?

A) High rates of poverty exist in your community, and those problems must be addressed before any drug prevention programs can be implemented.
B) Project Venture, H2P, and Storytelling for Empowerment would work best in your community.
C) Programs that inhibit decision-making skills and resilience would work best in your community.
D) Programs that build positive cultural identities and inhibit decision-making skills would work best in your community.

Question 12

Suppose you are a human resources specialist at a trucking company that implemented a random drug testing program to comply with state and federal laws. The detection rates of drug abuse have increased since implementation, but prevention rates have not changed. How might you improve prevention rates?

A) Add an EAP that trains employees to apply peer pressure.
B) Add a peer-based substance abuse prevention program.
C) Recognize that random drug testing is the best preventive measure you can take.
D) Add a peer-based informant program for reporting suspicious behavior.

Question 13

What are Dusenbury's and Falco's 11 components of an effective school-based drug abuse prevention program? Do you agree that the components are necessary? Why or why not?

Question 14

Tamper-resistant prescription pads with six security devices to prevent copying exemplify an) to affect the relationships among
The agent, environment, and members of a population to reduce the rate of occurrence of a disorder.

A) affective measure that minimizes the chances of onset of legal- drug abuse by applying technologic methodologies
B) technologic measure that modifies a noxious agent
C) service measure that modifies the environment in which a substance is used
D) technologic measure that modifies the environment in which a substance is used

Question 15

If you were to design a successful service program, what proven components) should you include?

A) Research partnerships
B) Evidence-based best practices for inventions
C) Research partnerships and evidence-based best practices for interventions
D) Interventions that offer treatments rather than fines under compulsion from law enforcement authorities

Question 16

Suppose you are chatting with the Athletics Director at a high school that has no drug prevention programs. She tells you it is known that many sports team members do use steroids and amphetamines, but the school board has not approved any funds for a specialized prevention program for sports. What do you recommend she do?

A) Invite a specialist in drug abuse prevention in sports to present an educational lecture to the students in the sports programs.
B) Hold a fundraiser to purchase ATHENA and ATLAS program materials and implement them as part of regular practices.
C) Prepare a presentation to the school board on the dangers of steroid and amphetamine abuse so that they will approve funds for a program.
D) Give a presentation to the students about the dangers of steroid and amphetamine use in sports. They will listen because of her authority.

Question 17

What are some guidelines regarding the depiction of alcohol in television and/or movies? Consider the guidelines determined by a caucus of writers, directors, and producers, the position of the National Association of Broadcasters, and industry standards. How do you think alcohol should be depicted on television?

Question 18

Suppose one third of your community practices Hinduism, one third practices a Judeo-Christian tradition, and one third do not practice any form of organized religion. However, about half of the last group says they are spiritual, not religious. Eighty percent of the community are nature lovers. What might you conclude?

A) A spiritual approach to prevention not based in a specific religion would work best in your community
B) Celebrate Recovery and Natural Connection would work best in your community
C) Art of Living and Celebrate Recovery would work best in your community
D) A mix of Art of Living, Celebrate Recovery, and a prevention program based in spirituality and nature would work best in your community

Question 19

What are some spiritual and cultural programs that help prevent substance abuse? What populations do they serve?