Transcript Alcohol & Drug Programme

Project Brief
To develop evidence based holistic and cost effective
strategies to help communities in contributing to reduce
the demand and consumption of alcohol and other
drugs.
1.
To offer reliable information about alcohol and drug
use to communities within the City of Cape Town
2. Render services in tiers 1, 2 & 5 of the City’s Seamless
Services Delivery model (New Financial Year)
3.
Partner with the Department of Health in establishing
8 Sub District Alcohol and Drug Action Committees
4. Offer input and secretariat support the 8 Sub District
Alcohol and Drug Action committees
5. Actively participate in the Cape Town Alcohol and Drug
Action Committee
6. Develop, encourage and support evidence based
prevention and harm reduction programmes
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Establish SDF task team
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Team still to be formalized
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Audit and assess all work
done in the field of alcohol
and drugs in 2009
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Access to departments’ 6
monthly report gained
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Facilitate drug & alcohol
abuse information
sessions across all districts
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Presentation and content
still to be finalized
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Pilot seamless services
model in one district in
conjunction with Health
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Programme dependent on
Province’s involvement
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Establish sub district alcohol
and drug action committee
in conjunction with the Dept
of Health
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Meetings held with SA
coordinator & meeting with
developers to follow
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Sensitize existing Local
Drug Action Committees
about the 8 sub district drug
and alcohol action
committees
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Initial meetings already held
with Mitchell’s plain &
Helderberg LDAC
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MRC follow up presentation
on what constitutes
evidence based
programmes for identified
team members
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Presentation will be done
when Nadine Harker returns
from maternity leave in May
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Desktop research on
evidence based prevention
practices globally in order to
develop an evidence based
prevention plan for the City
of Cape Town
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Relevant websites sourced
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