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Substance Use and its Relationship to Physical Activity, Healthy Eating and Injury Prevention and the impact on Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being. Today’s workshop will:.

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  1. Substance Use and its Relationship to Physical Activity, Healthy Eating and Injury Prevention and the impact onMental Health and Emotional Well-Being PAD/ODAP March 2010

  2. Today’s workshop will: • Introduce a framework which pulls together substance use and related issues under the umbrella of Physical Activity, Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being • Allow us to consider how Substance use relates to components of Physical Activity, Healthy Eating and Injury Prevention • Consider how this impacts on Mental Health and Healthy Living PAD/ODAP March 2010

  3. Health and Physical Activity Framework* Living Skills: Personal Skills Interpersonal Skills Critical and Creative Thinking Active Living Movement Healthy Living Healthy Eating Personal Safety and Injury Prevention Human Development and Sexual Health Substance Use, Addictions and Related Behaviours Physical and Mental Health and Emotional Well-being Resiliency Building Family Peers School Community *adapted from The Ontario Health and Physical Education Curriculum PAD/ODAP March 2010

  4. Active Living Active Participation • Regular participation, life long activity • Enjoyment, motivation Physical Fitness • Fitness development through regular physical activity, personal fitness plans Safety • Personal safety and safety of others during physical activity PAD/ODAP March 2010

  5. Movement Competence Movement Skills and Concepts • Stability, locomotion, manipulation • Body awareness, effort, spatial awareness • Movement principles Movement Strategies • Components of physical activity • Strategies and tactics in physical activities PAD/ODAP March 2010

  6. Healthy Living Understanding Health Concepts • Understanding the factors that contribute to healthy growth and development Making Healthy Choices • Applying health knowledge, making decisions about personal health and well-being Making Connections for Healthy Living • Linking personal health and well being to others and the world around them PAD/ODAP March 2010

  7. Healthy Living This strand focuses on the following four health topics: • Healthy Eating • Personal Safety and Injury Prevention • Substance Use, Addictions and Related Behaviours • Human Development and Sexual Health and the impact on overall Mental Health and well being PAD/ODAP March 2010

  8. Living Skills Personal Skills • self awareness and self monitoring skills • adaptive, management and coping skills Interpersonal Skills • communication skills • relationship and social skills PAD/ODAP March 2010

  9. Living Skills Critical and Creative Thinking • processing • planning • drawing conclusions/presenting results • reflecting/evaluating PAD/ODAP March 2010

  10. Substance Use A “drug” is defined as anything other than food that changes how the body or the mind works. Drugs are a broad category which can include substances such as: • prescribed medicines • over the counter medications such as cough syrups, painkillers • caffeine, colas, tobacco and alcohol • marijuana, cocaine and party drugs. PAD/ODAP March 2010

  11. Current Statistics (from the 2009 OSDUHS) Alcohol is the most commonly used drug by youth. • 58.2%of students (grades 7-12) had used alcohol during the past year • 22.5%of students drank more than once a month • 24.7%of students reported having had 5 or more drinks at one sitting at least once in the month before the survey PAD/ODAP March 2010

  12. Current Statistics Cannabis (Marijuana or Hash) is the second most popular drug. • 25.6%of the students surveyed reported using cannabis in the previous 12 months • 14.5%used cannabis six times or more during the past year PAD/ODAP March 2010

  13. Current Statistics Non-medical use of Opioid Pain Relievers is the 3rd most popular. • About 18%of students report using a prescription opioid pain reliever non-medically in the previous year • Females (20%)are more likely than males(16%)to use an opioid pain reliever non-medically. PAD/ODAP March 2010

  14. Current Statistics Tobacco is the fourth most popular drug. • 11.7%of students (grade 7-12) smoked in the previous year • 5%of students smoked one or more cigarettes daily PAD/ODAP March 2010

  15. Factors that influence Substance Use The drug itself: • Which drug is being taken? • How much and over what period of time? • Is the drug being taken alone or in combination with other drugs? • How is being taken? PAD/ODAP March 2010

  16. Factors that Influence Substance Use The Individual taking the drug: • What is their age, gender, body weight and overall health? • Mood or state of mind? • Individuals expectations of the drug? • Knowledge and experience with the drug? PAD/ODAP March 2010

  17. Factors that Influence Substance Use The circumstance under which the substance is available and consumed: • What is the setting? • Availability of the drug? • How drug is produced? • How drug is promoted or advertised? PAD/ODAP March 2010

  18. Prevention A range of practices, strategies and interventions which aim to: • Avoid the use of substance(s) • e.g. abstinence • Delay the use of substance(s) • e.g. age of first time use • Avoid or reduce the problems associated with the use of substance(s) • e.g. harm reduction • Decrease the use of substance(s) • e.g. moderation • Stop the use of substance (s) • e.g. cessation PAD/ODAP March 2010

  19. Resiliency Lifton (1994) : identified resiliency as the human capacity of all individuals to transform and change, no matter what their risks; it is an innate “self-righting mechanism” 15 year old student (Resiliency in Action) “Bouncing back from problems and stuff with more power and more smarts” PAD/ODAP March 2010

  20. Resiliency Building Resiliency : • Individual • Family • School • Community PAD/ODAP March 2010

  21. Individual • Self esteem • Trust, optimism, sense of hope • Sense of self reliance • Ability to handle stress • Sociability • Positive coping skills • Appropriate development for one’s age • Childhood competency – regular chores, having a part-time job, etc PAD/ODAP March 2010

  22. Family • Caring family • One responsible adult throughout childhood • Family Communication • High parental expectations, support and supervision • Strong extended family network PAD/ODAP March 2010

  23. School • Provides stable and safe environment to learn • Bond and engage positively with teachers and other students • Nurtures commitment to learning and sharing with others • Nurture social abilities and development of relationships PAD/ODAP March 2010

  24. Community • Provide social support in the form of belonging, stability and continuity • Meeting adults in the community who help them develop trust, autonomy and initiative PAD/ODAP March 2010

  25. Community • Provide support to parents in their nurturing roles • Provide an open, supportive and educational climate for the basic infrastructure where family life is lived (daycare, employment, recreation, etc) and a context where shared values and expectations are developed PAD/ODAP March 2010

  26. How does Substance Use Relate to : • Physical Activity • Healthy Eating • Personal Safety and Injury Prevention • Sexual Health And what is the impact on Mental Health and overall Wellbeing PAD/ODAP March 2010

  27. Physical Activity • Team sports • Individual sport • School performance • Personal fitness • Chronic disease PAD/ODAP March 2010

  28. Healthy Eating • Body Image • Food choices • Family engagement* • Chronic disease PAD/ODAP March 2010

  29. Personal Safety and Injury Prevention • Drinking and driving / boating / snowmobiling • Marijuana use and driving • Binge drinking • Fights and aggression • Sports PAD/ODAP March 2010

  30. Sexual Health • Decision making • Dating and relationships • Unintended pregnancy • Pregnancy • Sexual harassment PAD/ODAP March 2010

  31. Mental Health and Emotional Well Being • Social anxiety • Coping with stress • Self medicating • Depression • ADHD • Learning disabilities • Anxiety disorder PAD/ODAP March 2010

  32. Relationship between Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders • Create • Trigger • Exacerbate • Mimic • Mask • Independence Reference-(Trupin &Boesky, 2001) PAD/ODAP March 2010

  33. Resources/Projects • For the Record • Taking Charge • Check it out- Hook up • What’s with Weed • Strengthening Families for Parents and Youth PAD/ODAP March 2010

  34. References The Ontario Curriculum- Health and Physical Activity Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS) – CAMH 2010 Overview of Youth Substance Use and Mental Health Problems - CAMH Resiliency Canada PAD/ODAP March 2010

  35. ODAP and PAD Joanne Brown 416-395-4970/1-877-265-9279 jbrown@parentactionondrugs.org www.parentactionondrugs.org PAD/ODAP March 2010

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