• Bull Pan Am Health Organ · Jan 1990

    Alcoholism and other substance abuse: preventive programs in Santiago, Chile.

    • R Florenzano.
    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599.
    • Bull Pan Am Health Organ. 1990 Jan 1; 24 (1): 86-96.

    AbstractThis paper describes efforts that began in the 1970s to prevent alcohol and drug abuse among adolescents in Chile and discusses current health promotion programs that focus on prevention of health-endangering behaviors. Adolescent substance abuse has been found to be strongly correlated with familial dysfunction and parental drug abuse as well as with certain behavioral characteristics. Therefore, prevention activities should target high-risk children as identified by screening instruments. Interventions should be carried out at the individual, school, family, community, and societal levels. It is important to analyze the feasibility of implementing prevention activities and to systematically evaluate their effectiveness.

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