英文摘要 |
The negative impacts of drug abuse (DA) on health and society have become important issues world-wide. In Taiwan, prevention of drug abuse was one of the central government's major concerns. The National Strategy for Drug Abuse Prevention was announced and implemented in 2017 by the Administrative Yuan in Taiwan. The prevention on DA started from the intervention on the initial use and associated risk factors of the individual users. Only through the interdisciplinary collaboration, the prevention and refusal on DA for individual could be successfully achieved. Early identification of DA and accompanied family or psychosocial determinants are important for provision of timely medical service and preventive measures. The current issue in Taiwan for DA prevention and management was a lack of enough collaboration between governmental and non-governmental organizations. The urging needs are developing an adequate model on inter-professional multidisciplinary collaboration through systematic, integrative and comprehensive approaches. This article aimed to analyze the negative impacts of DA on health and society, to present the clinical characteristics of DA, and to propose the preventive strategies. Based on evidence-based literature review, focus group findings, and multidisciplinary professional consensus, the authors developed the universal, selective and indicated strategies, which included the underlying eight major guidelines and associated 28 action plans. Through implementation of these action plans, we expected to increase the quantity and quality of professional service, strengthen the collaboration of the related parties (i.e., health and education professionals, inter-departmental communication of various levels of governments, etc.), enhance the community reintegration of DA individuals, and finally empower the general public to live safely in a supportive society. |