Deck 17: Preventing Substance Abuse

Question 1

The social influence model grew out of a 1976 paper describing a successful prevention approach aimed at what?

A) Bullying
B) Binge drinking
C) Early sexual involvement
D) Cigarette smoking

Answer 1

D

Question 2

When did drug prevention initiatives begin?

A) Late 1800s
B) Early 1900s
C) Late 1950s
D) Early 1960s

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of these is NOT one of the Institute of Medicine's classifications for prevention programs?

A) Affective prevention
B) Universal prevention
C) Selective prevention
D) Indicated prevention

Answer 3

A

Question 4

As a member of a profession that is generally responsible for the DARE program you will be taking the lead on launching a new program in a newly built school. What is your role?

A) A counsellor
B) A police officer
C) A public health nurse
D) A teacher

Question 5

In the early 1970s, why was the Knowledge-Attitudes-Behaviour model questioned?

A) Drug users didn't care much what people thought about them
B) Students with more knowledge about drugs had a more positive attitude toward drugs
C) Drug-using behaviour is unrelated to attitudes about drug use
D) It was more effective just to use scare tactics

Question 6

Martin, a high school social worker is leading a group discussion about alternatives to drinking with students who have already indicated that they drink alcohol. Which prevention category would this describe?

A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Sophisticated prevention
D) Tertiary prevention

Question 7

How would the public health model describe programs designed to reach people who have already started using some substances, but the goal is to help them avoid further substance abuse or moving to more dangerous substances be classified?

A) Motivational
B) Educational
C) Secondary prevention
D) Triage

Question 8

Project ALERT and Life Skills Training were included as examples of which of the following?

A) Programs that work, according to the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
B) Values clarification programs
C) Knowledge-attitudes-behaviour approaches
D) Ineffective and outdated approaches

Question 9

When was Canada's National Anti-Drug Strategy launched?

A) 1985
B) 1997
C) 2002
D) 2007

Question 10

Which type of program typically emphasizes exploration of one's own needs and beliefs regarding drugs?

A) Affect-oriented prevention
B) Values clarification programs
C) Knowledge-attitudes-behaviour approaches
D) DARE

Question 11

Which general prevention approach asked students to discuss their reactions to various moral and ethical dilemmas as a means to help them clarify their own values?

A) Moral recognition inventory
B) Talk therapy
C) Cognitive development
D) Values clarification

Question 12

Teaching students relaxation or meditation techniques was seen as one possible way of providing which of the following?

A) Alternatives to drug use
B) Enhanced self-esteem
C) Values clarification
D) Refusal skills

Question 13

If efforts are made to prevent drug-taking behaviour from occurring when it has NOT yet happened then what type of strategy is being used?

A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Sophisticated prevention
D) Tertiary prevention

Question 14

Who are primary prevention programs aimed at?

A) Elderly patients who may need medication assistance.
B) Adolescents who require substance abuse treatment.
C) Young people who have not tried drugs.
D) Addicts who require prevention or follow up.

Question 15

Which of these is NOT one of the successful components included in the social influence model?

A) Making a public commitment not to smoke
B) Countering cigarette advertising
C) Discussing the penalties for getting caught with cigarettes
D) Use of teen leaders

Question 16

Bill has been drinking since he was 15 years old, and has been convicted of three driving under the influence offences. His treatment needs would require intervention at which of the following stages?

A) Primary prevention.
B) Secondary prevention
C) Sophisticated prevention
D) Tertiary prevention

Question 17

Martha told a judge the reason she broke into a car was to steal a laptop so she could sell it to support her drug habit. What type of intervention will the judge most likely use in response to substance misuse?

A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Sophisticated prevention
D) Tertiary prevention

Question 18

Beginning in 1980s, why did the United States government launch a massive campaign based on anti-drug policies which included school locker searches?

A) Demonstrative policing education.
B) Community Drug prevention knowledge and protection.
C) "Drug Free" Communities.
D) "Drug-Free" schools.

Question 19

Canada's National Anti-Drug Strategy is a collaborative effort among all of the following EXCEPT which one?

A) Health Canada
B) Department of Aboriginal Justice
C) Department of Justice
D) Public Safety Canada

Question 20

The textbook pointed out that drug prevention and drug ________ might have different goals and use different approaches.

A) education
B) mitigation
C) interdiction
D) demand reduction

Question 21

Studies of school-based prevention programs in the 1970s showed that students who knew more about drugs and their effects were least likely to use those drugs.

Question 22

Which of these was NOT identified as an effective family-based drug prevention approach?

A) Parenting skills
B) Family interaction exercises
C) Providing urine test kits to parents
D) Parent support groups

Question 23

One of the "Taking Sides" boxes in the textbook proposed the idea that skydiving is no better for the individual or society than taking cocaine is.

Question 24

The Social Influence Model was first developed in a prison setting with former heroin users.

Question 25

Canada's approach to prevention is directed through the National Anti-Drug Strategy, which was launched 1985.

Question 26

Project ALERT is one of the "programs that work" that the textbook describes.

Question 27

The values clarification approach makes the assumption that what is lacking in drug-using adolescents is factual information about.

Question 28

What does the DARE program stands for?

A) Drug Abuse Responsible Education
B) Drug Abuse Required Education
C) Drug Abuse Resistance Education
D) None of these are correct

Question 29

Drug prevention programs are a relatively new concept dating back to the late 1970s.

Question 30

In discussing what we should be doing in drug prevention, the text says, "above all _____."

A) never admit your own substance use
B) make people believe they will be caught and punished
C) avoid sensational scare stories and preachy approaches
D) make sure that people get a complete understanding of the drug's pharmacology

Question 31

Out-of-school peer programs include peer influence approaches, as well as which of the following?

A) Peer participation programs
B) Peer policing programs
C) Peer evaluation
D) Peer pressure reversal

Question 32

What is one of SAMHSA's model community prevention initiatives?

A) Focuses on heroin users in inner city neighbourhoods
B) Is aimed primarily at AIDS prevention
C) Works for changes in alcohol policies and ordinances
D) A home-based version of DARE

Question 33

What has been the most consistent feature of workplace drug prevention programs?

A) Informational posters and videotapes
B) Random urine testing
C) Video surveillance of restrooms
D) Use of drug dogs to check desks, lockers, etc

Question 34

The 2004 Inuit Health Survey estimated what percentage of people had used cannabis in the past year, compared to the Canadian national average?

A) 40%
B) 50%
C) 60%
D) 70%

Question 35

What has research on the DARE program exposed?

A) Most parents and community members don't approve of it
B) It has not produced statistically significant reductions in drug use
C) Gang activity is greater in schools with DARE programs
D) It consistently reduces binge drinking and marijuana initiation

Question 36

The Institute of Medicine's proposed prevention efforts are categorized primarily according to the age groups of the targeted populations.

Question 37

A 1984 review of prevention studies concluded that values clarification approaches were clearly effective in actually preventing future drug use.

Question 38

The "Drug-Free Schools" approach has a big focus on drug laws and school policies, supporting the idea that illicit drug use is wrong and harmful.

Question 39

You are a school principal and you have been asked by an education committee to implement the most widely used resistance-oriented prevention program. Which one is it?

A) AA
B) DARE
C) MADD
D) SADD

Question 40

Drug education programs are designed to reduce drug use.

Question 41

What is Project ALERT, and how effective is it?

Question 42

Compared to families, fewer prevention programs have been based on using parent and community influences.

Question 43

Describe the outcome of two important, large-scale studies of the effects of DARE that were released in 1994.

Question 44

Describe universal drug prevention.

Question 45

What is Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol?

Question 46

What is the average age at which students grades 7-12 consumed their first alcoholic beverage and when they first used cannabis?

Question 47

The Institute of Medicine has proposed a new classification of the continuum of care, which includes prevention, treatment, and maintenance. Describe the specifics that describe the Prevention efforts and how they are categorized according to the intended target population.

Question 48

Although the DARE program had some effects on reported self-esteem, there was no evidence for long-term reductions in self-reported use of drugs.

Question 49

Describe at least three of the components of the Social Influence Model of drug prevention.

Question 50

Why and when was there an interest in drug prevention initiatives?

Question 51

How common are DARE programs in Canada, and which profession is predominately responsible for providing the content?

Question 52

What was the "Don't be a Patsy" program, and what was the outcome?

Question 53

Describe the 1960s socially realities and the educational strategies of the day, which eventually lead to the 1970s implementation of The Knowledge-Attitudes-Behaviour Model.

Question 54

Describe the risk factors have been identified as contributors to the level of substance abuse in Aboriginal populations.

Question 55

DARE is one of the most widespread drug prevention programs in schools.

Question 56

What should be avoided when planning or offering drug/alcohol Prevention Programs for youth?

Question 57

What were the most important key elements that were shown to be effective based on Evans's 1976 smoking prevention paper which introduced a psychological inoculation approach based on the social influence model?

Question 58

What were some of the concerns of early drug education.

Question 59

One of the top programs on SAMHSA's list of effective prevention programs is DARE.

Question 60

The 2004 Inuit Health Survey revealed that the use of cannabis, cocaine, and solvents decreased between 1992 and 2004.