Education & Advocacy: Working With Youth - Nancy Hale, Chris Lopez, Dr. Sarah Melton, and Jacob Peters

1. Working with Youth
Sarah T. Melton,
N. Chris Lopez & Jacob Peters
Nancy Hale

2. Disclosure
Statements
• Sarah
T.
Melton
has
no
financial
rela5onships
with
proprietary
en55es
that
produce
health
care
goods
and
services.
• N.
Chris
Lopez
has
no
financial
rela5onships
with
proprietary
en55es
that
produce
health
care
goods
and
services.
• Jacob
Peters
has
no
financial
rela5onships
with
proprietary
en55es
that
produce
health
care
goods
and
services.
• Nancy
Hale
has
no
financial
rela5onships
with
proprietary
en55es
that
produce
health
care
goods
and
services.

3. Learning
Objec5ves
1. Describe
the
impact
of
Rx
drugs
on
middle
and
high
school
aged
children.
2. Evaluate
the
effec5veness
of
these
two
programs
in
reaching
their
target
audience.
3. Demonstrate
how
to
change
percep5ons
among
youth
and
their
parents
toward
Rx
drugs.

4. East Tennessee State University
Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy
National Generation Rx
2nd Place Award Winning Chapter
Presented By: Sarah T. Melton,
N. Chris Lopez & Jacob Peters
Doctor of Pharmacy Panel

5. Loca5on

6. Demographic
• Tennessee
ranks
8th
in
the
United
States
for
overdose
deaths
from
prescrip5on
medica5on
• The
number
of
drug
overdose
deaths
in
Tennessee
increased
from
422
in
2001
to
1,059
in
2010
• 13%
of
Tennesseans
ages
18-­‐25
reported
abusing
prescrip5on
opioids
in
the
past
year

7. What’s
being
prescribed
The
number
of
drugs
prescribed
during
2010
to
Tennesseans
represents:
• 51
pills
of
hydrocodone
for
EVERY
Tennessean
above
the
age
of
12
• 22
pills
of
alprazolam
for
EVERY
Tennessean
above
the
age
of
12
• 21
pills
of
oxycodone
for
EVERY
Tennessean
above
the
age
of
12

8. A program developed by The Ohio State University
and the American Pharmacists Association along
with the Cardinal Health Foundation to “prevent the
abuse and misuse of prescription medications.”

9. • Toolkits
• Located
at
h]ps://pharmacy.osu.edu/outreach/genera5on-­‐rx-­‐
ini5a5ve

10. Workplace
Toolkit
h]p://www.genera5onrxworkplace.com
NEWEST
INITIATIVES!!!
Grades
7-­‐12+,
Interac?ve
online
“Trauma”
game

11. How
We
Started
• 2011
APhA-­‐ASP
Midyear
Regional
Mee5ng
• Approaching
ETSU
faculty
for
support
• Adap5ng
already
prepared
Genera5on
Rx
toolkits
for
youth
to
meet
our
communi5es’
needs
• First
presenta5on
on
May
14,
2012
–
over
6,600
educated
to
date

12. Goals
to
make
Your
Ini5a5ve
Successful
• Tailor
your
message
to
meet
the
needs
of
your
community
• Inspire
others
to
partner
with
you
in
the
effort
to
end
prescrip5on
drug
abuse
• Always
be
on
the
lookout
for
new
and
innova*ve
ways
to
get
the
message
out
there

13. The
Media
Reach
out
to
newspapers
and
television
sta5ons
to
let
them
know
what
you’re
chapter
is
doing
and
let
their
coverage
help
you
get
out
there!

14. Collabora5on
• High
risk
audiences
• Other
APhA-­‐ASP
Commi]ees
• Girl
Scouts
of
Southern
Appalachia
• Other
Colleges
of
Pharmacy
• Other
Professional
Organiza5ons

15. Provider
Toolkit
What
we
can
all
do
together
as
health
care
professionals
to
prevent
prescrip5on
drug
abuse
ETSU
Academic
Health
Sciences
Center

16. Provider
Toolkit
Contents
• Based
on
the
10
Universal
Precau5ons
for
Prescribing
Controlled
Substances
• Video
case
Study
• Informa5onal
PowerPoint
• Useful
Screening
Tools

17. You
can
do
it
Too!
hGp://etsugenera?onrxprovidertoolkit.weebly.
com/index.html

18. Tips
to
Make
Your
Message
Great
Engage
your
audience
– Be
fun
and
interac5ve
– Ask
ques5ons
– Be
innova5ve
to
grab
their
a]en5on
Inspire
others
– Partner
as
Agents
of
Change
– Be
available
for
ques5ons
Don’t
be
afraid
to
get
on
their
level

19. Developed by
The Ohio State University
College of Pharmacy
This program is made possible
with a grant from the
Cardinal Health Foundation

20. Ques5ons?

21. UNITE Service Corps/
AmeriCorps
Nancy Hale
Assistant USC/AmeriCorps Program
Director
Operation UNITE

23. UNITE Service Corps
• 1
of
12
Kentucky
AmeriCorps
programs
• Serves
11
coun5es
in
Southeastern
Kentucky
• 44
ac5ve
members
present
in
42
schools
• Provide
tutoring
and
educa5on
in:
– Math
– Health
&
Nutri5on
– Substance
Abuse

25. Impact
of
Rx
Drug
Abuse
Pike
County,
KY
• 6.12%
of
students
(551
total)
enrolled
are
classified
as
homeless
• 72%
of
all
students
receive
free
or
reduced
lunch
• 40
to
50%
of
students
live
with
grandparents
• 51%
of
welfare
or
public
assistance
clients
have
substance
abuse
problems
• There
is
an
average
of
2.3
children
per
each
household
receiving
public
assistance
• Drug
abuse
is
intergenera5onal

26. Youth
• The
average
age
of
first
5me
drug
abuse
in
Eastern
Kentucky
is
11.
• Of
804
Eastern
Kentucky
teenagers
surveyed:
– 5.8%
said
Adderall
is
a
safe
study
aid
– 7.7%
of
kids
think
taking
pain
medica5on
not
prescribed
to
them
is
safe
– 10.6%
said
synthe5c
drugs
are
safer
than
the
natural
drugs
they
imitate
– 13.4%
said
marijuana
was
a
safe
alterna5ve
to
pain
relief

28. Impact
of
UNITE
Service
Corps
From
2010-­‐2012:
– 2,176
students
were
tutored
in
math,
showing
a
32.65%
increase
in
scores
– Sponsored
42
elementary
school
UNITE
clubs
with
4,237
students
par5cipa5ng
– Educated
4,529
students
in
substance
awareness
– Recruited
2,169
parent
volunteers
logging
17,621
volunteer
hours
– Facilitated
1,645
students
through
the
“UNITE
On
The
Move!”
educa5on
program

29. “Substance
abuse
educa5on
is
my
passion.
I
lost
my
childhood
because
of
an
addicted,
alcoholic
parent.
I
believe
I
must
use
those
painful
years
in
life
as
a
tool
to
helping
others,
especially
children.
I
want
them
to
see
a
person
who
has
embraced
her
past
and
instead
of
following
in
my
mother's
footsteps,
I
have
chosen
to
make
a
difference…they
can
do
the
same."

30. “I
AM
UNITE”
Scholarship
Program
• “From
first
breath
and
first
day
of
my
life
I
have
been
exposed
to
the
drug
world…”
• “Being
a
family
member
of
someone
figh5ng
drug
addic5on,
I
know
how
important
it
is
to
have
a
group
of
people
stand
behind
you
for
support
…”
• “I
have
lost
family
members
to
prescrip5on
drug
abuse
and
I
have
seen
the
horrors
that
drug
abuse
can
cause…”

31. UNITE
On
The
Move!

32. UNITE
Clubs

35. To
Our
USC
Members:
“Dark
5mes
lie
ahead
of
us
and
there
will
be
a
5me
when
we
must
choose
between
what
is
easy
and
what
is
right.”

36. To
Our
Students:

37. To
One
Another:
“It
is
important
to
fight
and
fight
again,
and
keep
figh5ng,
for
only
then
can
evil
be
kept
at
bay
though
never
quite
eradicated.”