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A scottish framework for nursing in schools
SERVICE COMPONENTS
22.3 Substance Misuse, Including Alcohol and Smoking
Standard Statement
Nurses working in schools are actively involved in the planning delivery and evaluation of drug, alcohol and smoking preventative initiatives.
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Smoking is the single most preventable cause of ill health and premature death in Scotland. A key target is to reduce smoking in children from 13% to 9% or less by the year 2010. The level of alcohol intake and substance misuse among young people is increasing. The Plan for Action on Alcohol (2002) recommends that education on alcohol should be delivered separately to education on drug misuse. Nurses working in schools have regular access to the school aged population and therefore have a key role to play in the multi-agency effort to address these important issues. | - Nurses working in schools provide advice, information and support on substance misuse, alcohol and smoking, to teachers, children and young people and their families.
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- The school nursing team works actively with schools, children, their parents and specialist services to promote a healthy attitude within the school towards the use of harmful substances.
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- Public health practitioners and school nursing leaders provide effective links between LHCCs, AATs DATs, schools and specialist youth addiction, smoking cessation and other services, ensuring a consistent approach to planning health promotion for children and young people within their area and access to specialist expertise for the school nursing service.
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- There is an integrated approach to smoking cessation with children and young people based on group work, individual work and peer support.
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- There are effective links to wider networks of specialist advice including appropriate referral pathways.
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