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Evidence Based Substance Use Prevention
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:19.12.2022 15:13:58
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SVUEK_138 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Social Welfare and Social Work; Nursing Science; Public Health; Health Management | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Kristīne Ozoliņa | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Public Health and Epidemiology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, C block, Room C-215, sbek rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67409184 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basics of public health, basics of epidemiology, English language skills. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The purpose of the study course is to provide an opportunity to acquire knowledge and practical skills about the prevalence of substance use, risk factors and evidence-based prevention. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to the European prevention program, general principles of effective prevention | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Predisposing factors and epidemiology of substance use | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Basic principles of prevention science and evidence-based prevention interventions and policies | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Quality standards for prevention interventions | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Monitoring and evaluation of measures to prevent the use of addictive substances | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | A prevention approach in different settings and environments. Prevention in families, workplaces and educational institutions | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | A prevention approach in different settings and environments. Preventive environmental strategies, interventions in communities | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Persuasion campaigns in substance abuse prevention | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Advocacy for prevention programs | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Presentations of independent work | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | For the development of the independent work, it is necessary to prepare a presentation on the evaluation of the addiction prevention program, applying quality standards in determining the strengths and weaknesses of prevention interventions. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Cumulative rating for: • Class attendance and participation in group and individual tasks (30%); • Independent work prepared by students and its presentation (30%) (independent work on the evaluation of the prevention program for the use of addictive substances, in accordance with prevention quality standards); • Results in a standardized test of multiple-choice questions for testing theoretical knowledge (40%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | • Knows the basic principles of the European prevention program and the science of substance abuse prevention; •Defines the concept of prevention of the use of addictive substances; • Name the contributing factors to the use of addictive substances; •Knows the latest trends in the epidemiology of substance abuse and their prevalence rates; •Defines the levels of prevention of the use of addictive substances; •Knows the set of principles of quality standards in determining the strengths and weaknesses of prevention interventions; •Identifies approaches to the prevention of the use of addictive substances in different conditions and environments; •Knows the evidence and importance of persuasion campaigns in substance abuse prevention; •Knows the importance of advocacy and intersectoral cooperation in the implementation of prevention programs; •Knows the basic principles of monitoring and evaluation of measures to prevent the use of addictive substances. | ||||||||
| Skills: | •Knows how to find information about evidence-based substance abuse prevention programs and policies; •Knows how to recognize an effective prevention program from an ineffective one; •Knows how to find and interpret the latest trends in substance abuse epidemiology; •Differentiates the factors promoting and protecting the use of addictive substances; • Differentiate between levels of prevention of the use of addictive substances; •Able to apply quality standards in determining the strengths and weaknesses of prevention interventions; •Differentiates approaches to the prevention of the use of addictive substances in different conditions and environments; •Able to find and evaluate evidence on the implementation of persuasion campaigns in the prevention of substance abuse; •Understands the importance of advocacy and intersectoral cooperation in the implementation of prevention programs; •Able to apply the basic principles of prevention of the use of addictive substances in the monitoring and evaluation of measures. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | •Concludes and argues the need for evidence-based programs for the prevention of addiction-causing substance abuse, taking into account actualities and priorities in the epidemiology of substance abuse; •Differentiates sources of information on good practices for the prevention of the use of addictive substances; •Concludes the appropriateness of a substance abuse prevention program as an evidence-based program. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Eiropas Narkotiku un narkomānijas uzraudzības centrs. 2019. Eiropas profilakses programma: Rokasgrāmata lēmumu pieņēmējiem, viedokļu līderiem un politikas veidotājiem par zinātniski pierādītu atkarību izraisošo vielu lietošanas profilaksi. | ||||||||
| 2 | ESPAD Group. 2020. ESPAD Report 2019: Results from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs. EMCDDA Joint Publications, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg. | ||||||||
| 3 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 4 | ESPAD Group. 2020. ESPAD Report 2019: Results from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs. EMCDDA Joint Publications, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Eiropas narkotiku lietošanas profilakses kvalitātes standarti EDPQS | ||||||||
| 2 | Eiropas Narkotiku un narkomānijas uzraudzības centrs. 2021. Eiropas 2021. gada ziņojums par narkotikām — Tendences un aktualitātes. Eiropas Savienības Publikāciju birojs, Luksemburga. | ||||||||
| 3 | Slimību profilakses un kontroles centrs. 2020. Atkarību izraisošo vielu lietošanas paradumi un tendences skolēnu vidū. ESPAD 2019 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Profilakses programmu reģistrs “X-change” | ||||||||
