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Prescription Drugs SA13
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Prescription Drug Use
Abigail Newland
Prevention Specialist
(Caldwell, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Sullivan, Putnam)
Kids are using young!
First age of use averages 11.21
Why is Rx a problem with our youth?
What went well!
Perception of harm is 12.6% which is 1.5% lower than the state average
What
went well
9.8% of youth report that they have
used prescription medication not
prescribed to them before
6.2% said they have used prescription drugs not prescribed to them in the past 30 days.
What didn’t go well
The perception that prescription drugs are easy to get not from a doctor is ‘very’ or ‘sort of easy’ has risen 2.5% since 2018 and is 3.8% higher than the state average.
What didn’t
go well
Missouri Student Survey 2020
4.1% of parents approve of youth using prescription medication that was not prescribed to them and 11.6% of peers approve of this same behavior; this is 6.1% higher than the state average
Prove it!
Parent approval
95.8% of youth whose parents say it would wrong to use
Is it cool?
12.6% of youth think it is 'cool' or 'very cool' to misuse prescription drugs not prescribed to them
12.6%
Implement efective prevention programs
Strategies moving forward
Strategies
- Take-back programs
- prescription drug monitoring programs
- Parental education programs
- limit retail and social access
Strategies
- social marketing campaigns
- prescriber education on pdmp and safe prescribing and monitoring practices