ALCOHOL PRESENTATION

ALCOHOL A GROWING PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM.

Module Title: Evidence- based practice and the community.
Assignment Title: Evidence-based learning presentation TCA1
Module Code: NS501
Module Leader: Sarah Ambrose Wilson
Module Lecturer: David Rawcliffe
Cohort: September 2013
Date: 20th April, 2015
Student ID Number: 21309385.
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Aims
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To discuss alcohol misuse as a public health problem; the effects on health and negative social effects to individuals, families, and society at large.

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To identify and discuss public health policies on alcohol misuse in our society.

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To identify and discuss some local and national initiatives on alcohol misuse in our society.

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To identify and discuss nurses role and relevant health promotion to individual patients and the society.

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To identify and discuss challenges faced by nurses in maintaining health and social well being to individual patients and the society at large

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To discuss some possible solutions to these challenges

Introduction

What is alcohol and public health
Alcohol

is a potentially addictive psychoactive substance. it is rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream and it`s effects on the brain function are felt very quickly. The human body cannot store alcohol; it treats it as a potential poison and detoxifies it in the liver. The speed depends on age, sex, etc. Harm to the individual from drinking alcohol can be acute (immediate) or chronic (longer-term)(FPH, 2008, p.1).
World Health Organisation(WHO) suggested that, public health refers to all organized measures(whether public or private) to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong life among the population as a whole(WHO, 2004, P.5 ).
Alcohol

misuse is a serious public health problem in the UK. The misuse of alcohol – whether as heavy drinking, binge-drinking or moderate drinking in inappropriate circumstances (e.g. Operating machinery, on medication) – poses threat to the health and wellbeing of the drinker, his family, friends, community and

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