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Working with Youth
Sarah T. Melton, N. Chris Lopez & Jacob Peters
Nancy Hale
Disclosure Statements
• Sarah T. Melton has no financial rela5onships with proprietary en55es that produce health care goods and services.
• N. Chris Lopez has no financial rela5onships with proprietary en55es that produce health care goods and services.
• Jacob Peters has no financial rela5onships with proprietary en55es that produce health care goods and services.
• Nancy Hale has no financial rela5onships with proprietary en55es that produce health care goods and services.
Learning Objec5ves
1. Describe the impact of Rx drugs on middle and high school aged children.
2. Evaluate the effec5veness of these two programs in reaching their target audience.
3. Demonstrate how to change percep5ons among youth and their parents toward Rx drugs.
East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy
National Generation Rx 2nd Place Award Winning Chapter
Presented By: Sarah T. Melton, N. Chris Lopez & Jacob Peters
Doctor of Pharmacy Panel
Loca5on
Demographic
• Tennessee ranks 8th in the United States for overdose deaths from prescrip5on medica5on
• The number of drug overdose deaths in Tennessee increased from 422 in 2001 to 1,059 in 2010
• 13% of Tennesseans ages 18-‐25 reported abusing prescrip5on opioids in the past year
What’s being prescribed
The number of drugs prescribed during 2010 to Tennesseans represents:
• 51 pills of hydrocodone for EVERY Tennessean above the age of 12 • 22 pills of alprazolam for EVERY Tennessean above the age of 12
• 21 pills of oxycodone for EVERY Tennessean above the age of 12
A program developed by The Ohio State University and the American Pharmacists Association along with the Cardinal Health Foundation to “prevent the abuse and misuse of prescription medications.”
• Toolkits
• Located at h]ps://pharmacy.osu.edu/outreach/genera5on-‐rx-‐ini5a5ve
Workplace Toolkit h]p://www.genera5onrxworkplace.com
NEWEST INITIATIVES!!!
Grades 7-‐12+, Interac?ve online “Trauma” game
How We Started
• 2011 APhA-‐ASP Midyear Regional Mee5ng
• Approaching ETSU faculty for support • Adap5ng already prepared Genera5on Rx toolkits for youth to meet our communi5es’ needs
• First presenta5on on May 14, 2012 – over 6,600 educated to date
Goals to make Your Ini5a5ve Successful
• Tailor your message to meet the needs of your community • Inspire others to partner with you in the effort to end prescrip5on drug abuse • Always be on the lookout for new and innova*ve ways to get the message out there
The Media
Reach out to newspapers and television sta5ons to let them know what you’re chapter is doing and let their coverage help you get out there!
Collabora5on
• High risk audiences • Other APhA-‐ASP Commi]ees • Girl Scouts of Southern Appalachia • Other Colleges of Pharmacy • Other Professional Organiza5ons
Provider Toolkit
What we can all do together as health care professionals to prevent prescrip5on drug abuse
ETSU Academic Health Sciences Center
Provider Toolkit Contents
• Based on the 10 Universal Precau5ons for Prescribing Controlled Substances
• Video case Study • Informa5onal PowerPoint
• Useful Screening Tools
You can do it Too! hGp://etsugenera?onrxprovidertoolkit.weebly. com/index.html
Tips to Make Your Message Great
Engage your audience – Be fun and interac5ve – Ask ques5ons – Be innova5ve to grab their a]en5on
Inspire others – Partner as Agents of Change
– Be available for ques5ons
Don’t be afraid to get on their level
Developed by The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy
This program is made possible with a grant from the Cardinal Health Foundation
Ques5ons?
UNITE Service Corps/AmeriCorps
Nancy Hale Assistant USC/AmeriCorps Program
Director Operation UNITE
UNITE Service Corps
• 1 of 12 Kentucky AmeriCorps programs • Serves 11 coun5es in Southeastern Kentucky • 44 ac5ve members present in 42 schools
• Provide tutoring and educa5on in: – Math – Health & Nutri5on – Substance Abuse
Impact of Rx Drug Abuse Pike County, KY
• 6.12% of students (551 total) enrolled are classified as homeless
• 72% of all students receive free or reduced lunch • 40 to 50% of students live with grandparents • 51% of welfare or public assistance clients have
substance abuse problems • There is an average of 2.3 children per each
household receiving public assistance • Drug abuse is intergenera5onal
Youth
• The average age of first 5me drug abuse in Eastern Kentucky is 11.
• Of 804 Eastern Kentucky teenagers surveyed: – 5.8% said Adderall is a safe study aid – 7.7% of kids think taking pain medica5on not prescribed to them is safe
– 10.6% said synthe5c drugs are safer than the natural drugs they imitate
– 13.4% said marijuana was a safe alterna5ve to pain relief
Impact of UNITE Service Corps
From 2010-‐2012: – 2,176 students were tutored in math, showing a 32.65% increase in scores
– Sponsored 42 elementary school UNITE clubs with 4,237 students par5cipa5ng
– Educated 4,529 students in substance awareness – Recruited 2,169 parent volunteers logging 17,621 volunteer hours
– Facilitated 1,645 students through the “UNITE On The Move!” educa5on program
“Substance abuse educa5on is my passion. I lost my childhood because of an addicted, alcoholic parent. I believe I must use those painful years in life as a tool to helping others, especially children. I want them to see a person who has embraced her past and instead of following in my mother's footsteps, I have chosen to make a difference…they can do the same."
“I AM UNITE” Scholarship Program
• “From first breath and first day of my life I have been exposed to the drug world…”
• “Being a family member of someone figh5ng drug addic5on, I know how important it is to have a group of people stand behind you for support …”
• “I have lost family members to prescrip5on drug abuse and I have seen the horrors that drug abuse can cause…”
UNITE On The Move!
UNITE Clubs
To Our USC Members:
“Dark 5mes lie ahead of us and there will be a 5me when we must choose between what is easy and what is right.”
To Our Students:
To One Another:
“It is important to fight and fight again, and keep figh5ng, for only then can evil be kept at bay though never quite eradicated.”
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