400210 Health Promotion and the Nurse : Prevalence of Alcohol Consumpt

The report further focuses on an evaluation plan that should be helpful for assessing the success of the proposal. Finally, a teaching plan, an evaluation strategy, campaign posters to direct the children will be found in the appendix section of the paper.

Prevalence of alcohol consumption among the aboriginal youths in Tasmania

As per the statistical data, in 2010-11, the national consumption of pure alcohol was about 9.99 litres per day per person. As per the reports atleast 62% of the total volume of alcohol consumed by the Australian population are at risks of acute harms and about 44% of the alcohol per volume consumed bears risks of chronic diseases (Australian Drug Foundation, 2016).

As per the data produced by the department of Police and Emergency Management, Tasmania has not been immune to harm related to alcohol. Nearly 1,194 families and 514 victims were affected by alcohol, 1219 public assaults. There had been 2607 notices of liquor infringement and 1232 cases of liquor confiscations (Australian Drug Foundation, 2016). As per the fact sheets of the Tasmanian Alcohol Trends 2016, produced by the Department of Health and human Services, Since 1995, the proportion of drinking at minimum risk levels among the Tasmanian aboriginal youths has increased from 4.2% to 7.9% on the other hand the high risk levels have risen from 2.7 to 4.7% (National Health Survey: First Results, 2014-15. 2017). Studies say that Tasmania has got the highest rate of alcohol consumption among the youths.

Figure1: Prevalence of alcohol consumption in Tasmania. Indigenous Vs Non-indigenous

(National Health Survey: First Results, 2014-15. (2017). Abs.gov.au)

Program development and planning

There are numerous reasons that prompted the development of the health proposal. Problematic alcohol has become a serious public issue in Tasmania as it can put people at the risk of injury, crime, poisoning, family breakdown, long term health issues and self destruction (Calabria et al., 2013). It has been reported that Tasmania has received $5 million from the Government of Australia for implementing plans for the controlling of alcohols among the aboriginal resident of the state. Despite of all the measures taken, the alcohol use amongst the aboriginal teenagers is still visible in the state of Tasmania. According to (National Health Survey: First Results, 2014-15", 2017). The aboriginal youths of the Tasmania are becoming susceptible to different health issues due to the excessive consumption of alcohol such as cardiovascular diseases, self harm, alcohol related accidents and many more. Another factor that acts as a driving factor for the health proposal is that, disparity in treatment is found amongst the aboriginals due to many factors such as racism and their non reliance on the western modes of treatment (Chikritzhs & Pascal, 2004). This is not only hampering the professional life of the aboriginals but also jeopardizing with their cognitive development. In order to mitigate this, it is necessary to take some extensive health strategies.
The primary target audience for this initiative will be aboriginal younger adults between the age 15-28, residing in the aboriginal areas of Tasmania (Chikritzhs & Pascal, 2004). We have also included the parents of these participants and the other elderly people of the population as the secondary audience, which will help to evaluate the success of the assessment.

Engagement of the stake holders

As per the author (Adegbija, Hoy & Wang, 2015). In order to implement a successful health strategy, a dedicated work force is required that would be able to invest ample time for this project, set achievable goals and implementation of those goals. Initially the South East Tasmanian Aboriginal health Corporation (SETAC) would provide with education, workforce, early intervention, case management, counseling and prevention of the relapse (Chikritzhs & Pascal, 2004). The whole regimen has to be done in collaboration with the families of the participants. Organizations such as The Drug Education Network (DEN) will work in collaboration with the Tasmanian Aboriginal Corporation for delivering safe and appropriate education and training regarding alcohol treatment – (National Health Survey: First Results, 2014-15", 2017).

Time frame

A good action plan should have a proper time frame for achieving the goals and assessing the outcomes of the success. The goals and the objectives of the ‘Aboriginal alcohol strategy in Tasmania’ should be done in a time frame of one year (Chikritzhs & Pascal, 2004). The planning sessions should not take more than a month and the implementation sessions would commence from the next month and should get completed within a year, depending upon the availability of the resources.

Objectives of the program

Long term objectives

• To decrease the rate of alcohol consumptions among the aboriginal youths in Tasmania.
• To decrease the risks like health risks, alcohol related injuries and self harm.
• To decrease the disparity among the aboriginals and the non aboriginals and the non aboriginals in terms of health, education and profession, that would help to decrease the stress and anxiety among the aboriginal youths.

In order to achieve the long term objectives in the near future it is essential to work on a set of short term goals. The objectives can be listed below as:-

• Creating awareness among the youths of the Aboriginal population regarding the ill effects of alcohol on their health and social life (Gilligan et al ., 2012).
• Creating awareness regarding the risks of penalties for supplying alcohol to the aboriginal youths in Tasmania.
• Imparting education to the secondary audiences that is the parents regarding the ill effects of alcohol consumption (Gilligan et al., 2012).
• Imparting educationto the other persons of the aboriginal community of different age groups for creating a mass awareness.
• Providing rehabilitation to the already addicted aboriginal youths.

Strategies

It should be noted that it is no possible to remove all the sources that triggers alcohol consumption among the aboriginal youths in Tasmania, but simple interventions can be adopted to improve their way of living (Treeby & Bruno, 2012). The different strategies that can be taken up are as follows:-

• Promotion of programs and events in Tasmania that are alcohol free.
• Underage license for business in liquors should be discouraged and license should not be permitted. In order to accomplish this it is necessary to reinforce the proof of age.
• There should be sports and recreation for the youths (Peacock et al., 2013).
• The young aboriginals should be impart with the knowledge regarding the detrimental effects of alcohol on their health on their, social, personal and professional life.
• It is necessary to impart education to the whole aboriginal community, as it is from them that most of the children imitate.
• Setting up rehabilitation clinic for providing shelter to the already victimized youths and provide them with appropriate holistic care (Peacock et al., 2013).
• To close the gaps between the health care facilities received by the indigenous and the non indigenous population of Tasmania. Mobile dispensaries can be there to provide health support to those who cannot get access to the healthcare due to the remote locations.
• Setting up alcohol awareness campaign throughout Tasmania.
• Involving the government organization and the federal government to strengthen the chalked out plan.

Program implementation

The next step to this project is the preparation of a proper action plan or teaching plan for exploring on the topics about the ill effects of alcohol, the key strategies to reduce the rate of alcohol consumption, the strategies, the use of appropriate resources and time frame (Gilligan et al ., 2012). Action plan is a plan which normally contains the list of tasks that are required to be done to achieve the goals within a stipulated time period. This portion of the paper will be discussing about the action plan that is required to fulfill the strategy and achieve the goals. The action plan will enlist the goals and the strategies that have to be taken up supported by a valid time frame. As per the guide lines provided by the World health organization (WHO), strategies can be considered as approaches that can be used to attain objectives or goals of a health proposal. The strategies taken up will be able to minimize the harm inflicted by the excessive use of alcohol. There should be extensive and sound strategies in order to achieve the goals taken in the action plan.

Action plan