Transcript City of Newport - All Wales Sexual Health Network

Working Towards Quality
Substance Misuse Education &
Sex and Relationships Education
Andrew Powles
Newport City Council
Background
• Community Safety Partnership and Children and
Young People’s Partnership joint fund post of
Substance Misuse Education Coordinator
• Post is sited within School Improvement and
Inclusion and based with the Local Public Health
Team within Newport Local Health Board
Initial Work
• Establishment of Education Sub-group of
Newport Substance Misuse Action Team
• Working with all children and young people’s
organisations (in and out of schools) to support
the development and implementation of
substance misuse education
• Support Newport Healthy Schools Scheme
Community and Teacher Adviser
(Health)
• In October 2007 the post of Substance Misuse
Education Coordinator was replaced with the
post of Community and Teacher Adviser (Health)
• The post continues to be joint funded by the
Community Safety Partnership and the Children
and Young People’s Partnership
National Children’s Bureau: Sex,
Alcohol and Other Drugs
• Forty percent of sexually active 13- and 14 year
olds in the UK were “drunk or stoned” at first
intercourse (Wright et al. 2000)
• Young people are having sex earlier, and may
are having unsafe and unprotected sex. Alcohol
and drug use is often associated with first sexual
intercourse among young people, and this can
lead to regret (MacHale and Newell 1997,
Ingham 2001)
National Children’s Bureau: Sex,
Alcohol and Other Drugs
• Hingson et al (2002) showed that condoms were
less likely to be used when alcohol had been
consumed. In the same study, the relationships
between condom and drugs use was even more
significant. Of the young people who had
reported intercourse after drinking 16 percent
also reported less condom use on these
occasions. In addition, 25 percent of those who
had used drugs before having intercourse
reported lower condom use on these occasions.
National Children’s Bureau: Sex,
Alcohol and Other Drugs
• A third of females and almost 40 percent of
males aged 15 and 16 have tried illegal drugs
(Plant and Miller 2000)
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Hingson, R.W. et al (2002) “Beliefs about AIDS, use of alcohol and drugs and unprotected sex among
Massachusetts adolescents”, American Journal of Public Health, 80, 295-9
Ingham, R. (2001) “Young People, Alcohol and Sexual Conduct”, Sex Education Matters, No.27,9-10
MacHale, E and Newell, J (1997) “Sexual behaviour and sex education in Irish school-going teenagers”,
International Journal of STD and AIDS, 8, 196-200
National Children’s Bureau (2004) Sex, alcohol and other drugs: Exploring the links in young people’s lives.
Plant, M and Miller, P. (2000) “Drug use has declined among teenagers in the United Kingdom”, British Medical
Journal, 320, p.1536
Wright et al. (2000) “Extent of regretted sexual intercourse among young teenagers in Scotland: a cross sectional
survey” British Medical Journal, Vol 320, 433-44
Integration of the links into
future policy
• Future policy developments include an explicit
and consistent integration of the links
between sex, alcohol and other drugs into all
children’s policy.
• When guidance and programmes are topic
based it is recommend it is always be located
in the context of young people’s ‘joined up
lives’.
Training and development
• Integrated sex and relationships and drug
education messages are incorporated into all
national and local training programmes including
Personal, Social and Health Education for
teachers and nurses, Sexual Health Training
Strategy as well as helpline advisors.
Resource Development
• Resources, leaflets and campaigns must
address the links between sex, alcohol and
other drugs and the NCB recommend:
• Leaflets for young people exploring the issues
are commissioned focusing on both younger
people and those in their late teens and early
20s
Resource Development
• National campaigns such as DAN 24/7,
Teenage Pregnancy and Sexual Health
should develop materials that explore the
links between sex, alcohol and other drugs
• When commissioning resources on sex and
drug education, agencies are required to
ensure the links are addressed.
Quality Approach to Substance
Misuse Education
• Policy – there is an agreed and up-to-date policy for
substance misuse education (including incident
management);
• Programme – there is a planned substance misuse
education programme tailored to the needs of the young
people;
• Delivery – staff are well trained (mapped to DANOS)
and confident in delivering substance misuse education;
DANOS – Drug and Alcohol National Occupational Standards (www.skillsforhealth.org.uk/danos)
Quality Approach to Substance
Misuse Education
• Incident management – staff are aware of the process
and protocols for managing a substance misuse-related
incident;
• Monitoring and evaluation – the policy and programme
are regularly monitored and reviewed;
• Health promoting environment – substance misuse
education is delivered as part of an overall approach to
promoting the health and well-being of all staff and
young people.
Now and the Future…
• Implementing recommendations developed as a
result of a audits of SRE and SME carried out
across a range of children and young people’s
settings
• Production of a SRE Toolkit as an inter-borough
initiative
Now and the Future…
• Open up membership of the SMAT Prevention,
Education and Training sub-group to sexual
health staff
• Utilise GTCW grants release teachers from
school in order to build understanding and skills
in bother SRE and SME and facilitate resource
development
Now and the Future…
• Open up SMAT-funded training to members of
the local c-card scheme
• Promote sexual health training to substance
misuse workers
Contact Details
Andrew Powles
Community and Teacher Adviser (Health)
Victoria House
136-140 Corporation Road
Newport
NP19 OBH
[email protected]
01633 261448