Originally published as Health Education Volume 108 Issue 3
ISBN: 978-1-84663-876-3
Guest Edited by:
Judith Aldridge
This special issue is aimed to provide an opportunity for those with a focus in their work on young people’s substance use to describe recent trends, and to reflect on the implications of their findings for health educators. Although all the papers in the issue describe trends and patterns in substance use amongst young people in the UK, there is evidence of considerable overlap in substance use trends across many developed countries, and the observations made should have implications for health educators in other countries.
Special Health Education bundle offer
Buy this title plus two other special issues of Health Education for only $90 (individual price per issue is $45)
Please click here to see the special offer.
Other titles within this bundle include:
Volume 107, issue 6 - “Thinking Positive: The Importance of Resilience and Listening to Children and Young People”
Volume 108, issue 1 - Sex and Relationship Education: Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice
Contents:
Guest Editorial
A Hard Habit to Break? A Role of Substance Use Education in the New Millennium
The purpose of the Editorial is to introduce the five papers comprising this special issue on post-millennium trends in young people's substance use in the UK. The positions taken by the authors of each of the papers in the issue are compared with respect to their conclusions on how best to reduce harmful outcomes for young people in relation to their substance use, and what role exists for health education in this process.
Decline but no Fall? New Millennium Trends in Young People’s Use of Illegal and Illicit Drugs in Britain
This paper describes trends since 2000 in young people's use of illegal/illicit drugs in Britain, and to place these into a longer-term context alongside recent theorizing on youthful drug taking. The implications for health educators are to be examined.
The Turning Tides of Intoxication: Young People’s Drinking in Britain in the 2000s
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of recent changes in young people's consumption of alcohol in Britain before then charting emerging academic perspectives and some of the recent regulatory and legislative changes.
Trends in Smoking among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United Kingdom: Implications for Health Education
Trends in smoking prevalence among adolescents and young adults in the UK since the millennium are discussed in this article and developments in health education theory and practice relating to adolescent tobacco use since 2000 are identified. The implications of such research are discussed.
Youth, Heroin, Crack: A Review of Recent British Trends
Situating in its proper evidential context the emotive issue of young people's use of what are believed to be the most dangerous illicit drugs, and appraising these data from a public health perspective, may lead to a more realistic and appropriate research and policy response. The purpose of this paper is to review the research evidence on recent British trends in the use of heroin and/or crack-cocaine by young people in order to appraise the scale and nature of the contemporary health problem they pose.
Identifying and Preventing Health Problems Among Young Drug-Misusing Offenders
The NEW-ADAM surveys provide an original source of information on the drug and general health needs of young people at the first point of entry in the criminal justice system. The purpose of this paper is to identify the health problems and treatment needs of drug-misusing offenders and to draw out the implications of the findings for health education and prevention.
About Health Education
Health Education is a leading edge journal which reflects the best of modern thinking about health education, offers stimulating and incisive coverage of current debates, concerns, interventions and initiatives, and provides a wealth of evidence, research, information and ideas to inform and inspire those in both the theory and practice of health education.
Health education is in the news; it is a high-profile topic for national government, local authorities, health authorities, and educational agencies. Yet budgets are often tight, and with public interest in the subject growing all the time, responsible groups have to be seen to be promoting health and awareness and improving conditions and facilities throughout the community in line with the evidence base. Health Education plays a crucial role in the development of a healthy, inclusive and equitable social, psychological and physical environment. It reflects current best practice, using an empowering, multi-dimensional, multi-professional approach which relates to all settings, organizations, and parts and levels of society, including schools, colleges, universities, the health services, the community and the workplace.
Visit the Health Education homepage
