Harm Minimisation and the National Drug Study - Week3

Question 1

What are the ways that stigma and language impact individuals with substance use disorder (SUD)

Answer 1

• Stigmatising language can influence healthcare providers’ perceptions and the quality of care they provide.
• Stigma can reinforce negative stereotypes, making people feel ashamed and less likely to seek treatment.

Question 2

Which of the following has been identified as an emerging public health epidemic in Australia?

Answer 2

• vaping

Question 3

Which best reflects recovery-oriented language when discussing substance use?

Answer 3

• Using first person language, such as ‘person with substance use disorder’, to avoid defining individuals individuals by their condition.

Question 4

The ‘Spectrum of Psychoactive Substance Use’ (Aggarwal et al., 2012) ranges from beneficial and non-problematic to problematic. What are the two subcategories of problematic use?

Answer 4

• potentially harmful use and substance use disorders.

Question 5

Illicit drug use contributed to 2.9% of the total burden of disease in Australia. Which illicit substance accounted for the largest proportion of disease burden?

Answer 5

• opioid

Question 6

Which of the following IS NOT a principle that aligns with the concept of harm minimisation in drug use policies and programs?

Answer 6

• Knowledge of risk automatically leads to change sin behaviour

Question 7

A detection dog, working at an airport, performing border control by sniffing for drugs, represents which approach of the ‘National Drug Strategy’?

Answer 7

Supply Reduction