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48. [Universal prevention of substance use in school settings: the need for continuous monitoring].

Author

Puértolas-Gracia B, Juárez O, Ariza C, and Villalbí JR

Subjects
Budgets, Humans, Public Health, School Health Services, Schools, Substance-Related Disorders prevention & control
Abstract

This paper documents the management of two programs for the universal prevention of substance use offered in secondary schools by the public health services of the city of Barcelona, reviewing the period from 1989-1990 to 2016-2017. Both programs had proven effectiveness in evaluations with a comparison group, they are promoted by the public health agency free of cost, and are taught by teachers, using standardized manuals with support materials and training. The coverage achieved over recent years declined from 40% to 25%. Changes observed in the acceptance and implementation of these programs could be related with logistics and follow-up by the public health services, changes in substance availability, and with budget cuts in education. The monitoring of effective programs by public health services is essential to preserve their actual implementation., (Copyright © 2021 SESPAS. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)

Published
2022
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49. [Improving the systematization of benchmarking in public health services].

Author

Díaz JL, García-Rodríguez A, and Villalbí JR

Subjects
Humans, United States, Benchmarking methods, Health Services
Abstract

Continuous management improvement should be an aspiration for all public sector organizations. External comparison or benchmarking identifies good practices in similar organizations. For public health services, it is not easy to obtain such indicators. The objectives of this paper are to describe the process of conducting a benchmarking exercise for a public health agency, and to share its results. For this purpose, agencies that may be compared were identified, and their websites were searched for annual reports or other documents with indicators of the activities or results of public health services. Limitations and contextual aspects of the indicators of the different organizations were identified, as well as ways to improve their comparability. Finally, a set of 19 indicators is proposed, as an initial core for quality management comparisons., (Copyright © 2021 SESPAS. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)

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2022
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50. Future intentions and beliefs about roll-your-own cigarettes in adolescents.

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Codinach-Danés E, Obradors-Rial N, Mendioroz-Peña J, Villalbí JR, Bosque-Prous M, and Espelt A

Subjects
Adolescent, Cross-Sectional Studies, Humans, Intention, Male, Smoking epidemiology, Smoking Cessation, Tobacco Products
Abstract

Objective: To determine the predisposition to use roll-your-own (RYO) cigarettes and the beliefs about RYO cigarettes of all the students of 3°-4° of ESO during the years 2016-17 and 2018-19. A cross-sectional study., Setting: Bisaura High School from Sant Quirze de Besora. Primary Health Care in the Catalan Health Institute, Catalunya, Spain., Participants: 111 3rd and 4th of ESO (14-16 years)., Main Measurements: Dependent variables used were future intentions of smoking and beliefs regarding RYO cigarettes. Independent variables were sex, course and ever smoked. The prevalence of the different dependent variables was described and compared according to the different independent variables with Pearson's Khi-square test., Results: 26.6% of the adolescents intended to smoke in the future of which 17.4% intended to smoke RYO cigarettes and 13.8% manufactured cigarettes (MC). Around 30% of adolescents express at least one wrong belief regarding RYO cigarettes. For example, the 26.7% believed that smoking RYO cigarettes generated less addiction than MC and the 32.1% that was less harmful. Those who had smoked at some time in their life had a greater intention to smoke in the future (54.5%), to smoke MC (27.3%) and RYO cigarettes (40.9%) than those who had never smoked (7.7%, 4.6% and 1.5% respectively) (p<0.005). Some misconceptions differed depending on whether adolescents had ever smoked in life, sex and course. The boys believed that smoking RYO cigarettes was more natural than smoking MC (p<0.005)., Conclusions: Educational activities to improve the information that young people have regarding RYO cigarettes are needed., (Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)

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2021
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