Transcript Diapositiva 1

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PROPOSALS FOR
PREVENTION IN
SCHOOLS
A valid preparation for teachers.
Workshops for teachers and health
coordinators of middle and high
schools with specialists.
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The issuing of a questionnaire to be
compiled by parents
of middle and junior high school
pupils prepared by
specialists.
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Parent/teacher meetings to inform
parents of the risks of alcohol and
to single out family situations
which are at risk.
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The aim of these interventions is to strengthen family
relationships.
Parents have a key role. They should:
give a good example, creating a family environment
in which alcohol is present but discrete;
speak to the children about the dangers of alcohol
from an early age - broaching the subject in
adolescence could have the opposite effect.
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The involvement of the family in
weekly meeting with specialists with
the purpose of understanding what
parents and children should expect
from each other.
Controlling emotions.
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Scientific preparation of pupils of the junior high school
(14/15-year-olds) on:
- The metabolism of alcohol
- The effects of alcohol
- The harm done by alcohol
Teach young people that before 15 years of age alcohol
cannot be broken down by the digestive system because
the enzymatic system is not yet fully developed.
Moreover, girls and women in general can only eliminate
half the amount of a dose of alcohol compared to men.
After alcohol has been drunk, it passes
through the stomach and small intestine
and is absorbed into the bloodstream.
From there it travels to the rest of the
body, including the brain. It is
processed out of the body by the liver.
Alcohol is a ‘depressant’. This means it
slows down the reactions in your brain.
It lowers some of your inhibitions,
making you feel reckless. Alcohol affects
your physical coordination, reaction times
and judgment.
It takes the liver one hour to process one
unit of alcohol.
No matter how fast we drink, the liver
can only work at this pace.
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At evening school classes, talk about the sociopsychological effects of alcohol: discomfort,
advertising, effects on driving etc.
The effects of alcohol can be felt between 10 and
20 minutes and sooner on an empty stomach.
The effects depending on:
•how much you drink and how
quickly;
•what you drink (fizzy drinks and
stronger drinks such as spirits are
absorbed more quickly;
•how used you are to drinking;
•your size and weight
•your gender – women are more
affected by alcohol than men as
they tend to be smaller and have
more relative body fat and less
water in their body.
•As a result the concentration of
alcohol is higher
• Young women should know that
alcohol is harmful to the Foetus. The
unborn child does not have the
enzymatic system capable of
breaking it down. Two glasses of an
alcoholic beverage are sufficient to
compromise the child’s health and
destroy the neurons of the brain still
in formation.