ABSTRACT
Tras años de retroceso, la participación comunitaria en las políticas de drogas adquiere un nuevo auge al hilo de algunos de los más relevantes cambios y avances de los últimos tiempos en las ciencias sociales. La salud comunitaria como marco, el empoderamiento personal y ciudadano como objetivo y la participación en la definición de prioridades y políticas en el campo de la prevención del abuso de drogas como proceso metodológico, son las principales características de un modelo que requiere la formación de los equipos técnicos, así como la capacitación de las personas que se sienten motivadas para participar. Una formación que, en ambos casos, además de contenidos específicos sobre prevención del abuso de drogas, debe abordar las estrategias, dinámicas y herramientas que hacen posible una participación exitosa que refuerce un sentimiento de pertenencia. Presentamos la experiencia 'Hackeando la prevención de las drogodependencias', que ha tratado de materializar estos criterios
After years of decline, community participation in drug policies takes on a new rise in line with some of the most relevant changes and advances in the social sciences in recent times. Community health as framework, personal and citizen empowerment as aim, and participation to define priorities and policies in the field of drug abuse prevention as methodological process, are the main features of a model that requires the training of technical teams and the training of people who are motivated to participate. A formation that, in both cases, in addition to specific content on drug abuse prevention must address the strategies, dynamics and tools that enable successful participation to strengthen a sense of belonging. We introduce the 'Hacking drug prevention' experience, which has tried to realize these criteria
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Humans , Male , Female , Health Education/methods , Health Education/organization & administration , Health Education/standards , Community Health Services , Community Participation/psychology , Substance-Related Disorders/complications , Substance-Related Disorders/prevention & control , Substance-Related Disorders/psychology , Public Policy/trends , Community Participation/methods , Community Participation , Social Participation/psychologyABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To study the feasibility of an anonymous coding procedure linking longitudinal information in a multi-center trial of substance abuse prevention among adolescents. METHODS: A school-based survey with re-test procedure was conducted among 485 students (mean age 13.8 years) from three countries at four study centers in order to study accuracy and repeatability of a self-generated anonymous code. RESULTS: Errors affected 18% of codes and 3% of all digits required for the code generation, with highest figures for two of the seven generation items. Sixty-one percent of the codes generated at the test were repeated identically at the re-test. Seventy-six percent of the codes could be linked excluding the 2 digits with the highest error rate in code generation, while 92% were linked using the best combination of the remaining seven or six digits. There was substantial variation between the centers in the results. CONCLUSIONS: Self-generation of anonymous codes is a feasible, but not a very efficient procedure to link longitudinal data among adolescents. Easy derivation and iterative matching procedures are crucial for achieving high efficiency of this type of anonymous linkage.
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Follow-Up Studies , Forms and Records Control/methods , Health Care Surveys/methods , Health Promotion/organization & administration , School Health Services/organization & administration , Substance-Related Disorders/prevention & control , Adolescent , Continuity of Patient Care , Data Collection , Europe , European Union , Feasibility Studies , Female , Humans , Male , Pilot Projects , Program EvaluationABSTRACT
Many companies are exploring the issue of adopting measures to deal with involuntary smoking. The most comprehensive policies aim at systematically taking action in all possible directions (informing employees, stipulating specific smoking areas, treatment for quitting smoking...). Many agencies are likewise carrying out initiatives for intervention at companies. This study reviews interventions currently being carried out and their components, based on company studies from different European countries. The main common principles for a smoking prevention policy with the greatest prospects for success are identified. This information can be used as a reference for a European model for policies on smoking at the workplace.
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Public Policy , Smoking Cessation/methods , Smoking Prevention , Workplace , Communication , Europe , Health Promotion , Humans , Motivation , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
Muchas empresas se plantean la adopción de medidas para afrontar el tabaquismo involuntario. Las políticas más integrales se proponen actuar sistemáticamente en todas las direcciones posibles (con información a los trabajadores, delimitación de espacios, apoyo terapéutico para dejar de fumar...). Asimismo, muchas agencias desarrollan iniciativas de intervención en las empresas. En este trabajo se revisan las intervenciones existentes y los elementos que las integran, a partir de estudios de empresas de distintos países europeos. Se identifican los principios comunes en la puesta en práctica de una política de prevención del tabaquismo con mayores garantías de éxito. Esta información puede utilizarse como referencia para un modelo europeo de política sobre tabaquismo en el medio laboral (AU)
Many companies are exploring the issue of adopting measures to deal with involuntary smoking. The most comprehensive policies aim at systematically taking action in all possible directions (informing employees, stipulating specific smoking areas, treatment for quitting smoking...). Many agencies are likewise carrying out initiatives for intervention at companies. This study reviews interventions currently being carried out and their components, based on company studies from different European countries. The main common principles for a smoking prevention policy with the greatest prospects for success are identified. This information can be used as a reference for a European model for policies on smoking at the workplace (AU)
