Alcohol, Drugs, and Baby Boomers: Are you ready?

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5个序列

等级：入门

卫生保健

语言：英语

120分

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As the baby boomer generation ages, the impacts of alcohol and drug use among this generation will become an increasingly important public health issue. This 5-week course will provide primary care givers and health care providers with an overview of this looming issue and provide strategies for the prevention and reduction of substance use associated harm.

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WEEK 1: Substance use and the older adult: how common is it and why should we care?

Who is a baby boomer: the aging population
Introduction to substance use and the older adult
Prevalence of substance use among those over the age of 50
Understanding substance use related harm and the older adult

WEEK 2: The aging body and the use of alcohol and drugs – what are the risks?

Acute effects of alcohol
Substance use disorders in the older adult
Alcohol and aging
Long term effects

WEEK 3: Reducing substance-related harm in the older adult

Introduction to prevention
Harm Reduction Model for prevention
IOM prevention model for substance use disorders
Intervention perspectives

WEEK 4: Screening for at-risk substance use in the older adult

Introduction to screening
Domains of substance use and substance use disorders
Screening approaches
Screening and assessment

WEEK 5: Brief interventions and referral to treatment - healthy choices

Referral to treatment
Comorbidity
Self-help support programs
Care givers
Maintenance: healthy living and substance use

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Deborah Finnell - Department of Acute and Chronic Care
Christine Savage - Department of Community-Public Health

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