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Educational Program on Nursing Care and Drug Abuse Prevention Case Study:

Educational Program on Nursing Care and Drug Abuse Prevention Case Study: School of Nursing Medical Faculty National University of Cordoba. Cordoba-Argentina V Meeting of the Group of Experts in Demand Reduction Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 2003. Background.

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Educational Program on Nursing Care and Drug Abuse Prevention Case Study:

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  1. Educational Program on Nursing Care and Drug Abuse Prevention Case Study: School of Nursing Medical Faculty National University of Cordoba. Cordoba-Argentina V Meeting of the Group of Experts in Demand Reduction Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 2003

  2. Background November 1997: School joins the CICAD/OAS Project November 1997-1999 Phase I (Steps I, II, & III) 2000- July 2003 Phase II (Steps IV, V & VI)

  3. PROJECT IMPACT CICAD/OAS School of Nursing National University of Cordoba (UNC) Curriculum Reforms Developing Nursing Leadership OutreachActivities Research Studies Training Professors, Students, and the Community

  4. RESULTS

  5. Undergraduate Curriculum with Drug-related Content

  6. Graduate Curriculum with Drug-related Content

  7. Education

  8. Outreach

  9. Research

  10. Research in the Regional and International Capacity Building Program

  11. Research Studies Produced

  12. Books and Visual Materials donated to the Library

  13. Conclusions • The project responded to the mission established in the Statute of the National University of Cordoba • Academic relationships were established at the local, national and international levels. • The issue of addiction was permanently incorporated as a topic of discussion in the school community. • A theoretical framework was created to benefict the wider university community through outreach, teaching and research in the nursing field. • The focus of outreach activities was drug abuse prevention.

  14. Conclusions • The research (both quantitative/descriptive and qualitative) was conducted, respectively, 60% by the participants in the Capacity Building Program and 40% by the professors. • The number of student-executed research studies rose 210%. • Leadership activities were initiated in 2002, and strategies were outlined for the next 3 years. • The project was evaluated to be highly cost-effective.

  15. Recommendations Develop strategies to promote the sustainability of the project through: PROJECT VISION: To promote a healthy lifestyle that avoids drug abuse. PROJECT MISSION: • To educate nurses to be capable of promoting healthy lifestyles. • To participate actively in resolving problems that result from addiction. • To stimulate cooperation and social reflexion. • To promote nursing care for people with drug problems, through public health promotion, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.

  16. Recommendations • PROJECT GOALS: to be developed for the short-term and medium-term: • To strengthen undergraduate and graduate nursing curricula. • To incorporate optional subjects into the curriculum. • To create a interdisciplinary group to track graduate students. • To set into motion inter-disciplinary and multi-centric research. • To train leaders at the community level. • To strengthen local, national and international relationships. • To continue training professors at the research level.

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