Drug Abuse

Child Abuse in Homes of Substance Abusers

Research clearly indicates a connection between substance abuse and child maltreatment. Among confirmed cases of child maltreatment, 40 percent involve the use of alcohol or drugs. An estimated 480,000 children are mistreated each year by a caretaker who has alcohol or drug problems. Additionally, alcohol and drug problems are factors in a majority of cases of emotional abuse and neglect.

Answer the following:

Given these statistics, why do you think a more concerted effort is not made in the media to make citizens aware of the association between substance abuse and child abuse?
Choose one of the following audiences, and describe a plan to heighten awareness of this problem:
- Grade and high school students
- Parent or child organizations such as Girl Scouts or Boy Scouts
- Welfare recipients
Include three action points for implementing this awareness plan nationwide to the chosen audience. Be sure to specify:
- Who will deliver the information?
- How will the information be delivered?
- What systems will be put in place for support if needed by participants?
Include one additional action point to address prevention strategies in the population chosen above.

Create a two- to three-page plan. Submit your plan as a Word document to the M3: Assignment 2 Dropbox by Wednesday, January 21, 2015.

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Given these statistics, why do you think a more concerted effort is not made in the media to make citizens aware of the association between substance abuse and child abuse?

Research done by the American healthcare organization concerning why a more concerted effort is not made in the media to make citizens aware of the association between substance abuse and child abuse shows that some government leaders are drug traffickers hence they withdraw the issue of drugs from media. Through this, young children are unable to get the negative effects of using because the leaders are after money from the drugs. Therefore, the issue has remained on heat for a couple of years and this is the reason why many people have been asking the main reason why there is no concerted effort is made for drug traffickers on medias yet mortality rate has been increasing annually. ………………

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