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Module 5: young people, society and AOD: learner's workbook

Topic 4: AOD use by young people

Page last updated: 2004

Links to other modules

Perspectives on working with young people

Key issues

4.1 Legal drug use by young people

4.2 Comparing AOD use patterns of young people and adults

4.3 Tobacco and alcohol use among young people

4.4 Marketing of alcohol and tobacco to young people

4.5 Drug-related deaths and harm among young people

4.6 Information sources on AOD use

4.7 Crime and AOD use

Web resources

Drug and Alcohol Office website (www.dao.health.wa.gov.au)

Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Office (MHDAO) on the NSW Ministry of Health website (www.health.nsw.gov.au)
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  • Table of contents
  • Section A
    • Background
    • Target occupational groups
    • Approaches to service delivery
    • Project resources
    • Developing your learning plan
    • Using the learner workbook
    • Information for distance and work-based learners - your facilitator's role
  • Section B
    • Topic 1: Introduction
    • Topic 2: Values and attitudes to AOD use
      • 2.1 Significance of values and attitudes
      • 2.2 Values and attitudes to AOD use
      • 2.3 Values and working with young people
      • 2.4 Personal values in the workplace
    • Topic 3: Understanding AOD use in society
      • 3.1 Reasons why people use drugs
      • 3.2 Types of AOD use - Schaeffer's model
      • 3.3 Dependence
      • 3.4 Models that help us understand AOD use in society
    • Topic 4: AOD use by young people
      • 4.1 Legal drug use by young people
      • 4.2 Comparing AOD use patterns of young people and adults
      • 4.3 Tobacco and alcohol use among young people
      • 4.4 Marketing of alcohol and tobacco to young people
      • 4.5 Drug-related deaths and harm among young people
      • 4.6 Information sources on AOD use
      • 4.7 Crime and AOD use
    • Topic 5: Factors influencing AOD use by young people
      • 5.1 Systems model
      • 5.2 Applying a youth-related systems approach to young people
      • 5.3 The systems approach and AOD use
    • Topic 6: Harm minimisation in AOD work
      • 6.1 What is harm minimisation?
    • Topic 7: Current policies and legalisation guiding AOD work
      • 7.1 Overview of current national drug policies and programs
      • 7.2 State policies and initiatives
      • 7.3 Key stakeholders in the AOD sector
      • 7.4 Legislation that impacts on work with young people
    • Topic 8: Issues that have shaped the AOD field
      • 8.1 AOD issues
    • Topic 9: Summary and conclusion
    • References
    • Key terms
    • Possible answers for writing exercise questions

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