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Health involved in drug prevention activities to more than 14,000 students in primary and secondary (20/08/2012)

Only in the first seven months of the year.

Workshops drug prevention and "In the garden with my friends" are those that register higher participation.

14,127 students in primary and secondary 128 centers participated in the first half of the year's activities on Addictions Municipal Plan developed by the Department of Social Welfare and Health.

The program, which was launched in 1996, proposes the development of activities and programs to students and professionals working with the education of the township schools.

The aim is to convey to students knowledge, values â€‹â€‹and attitudes that may be protective against certain risk situations to which they will be subjected in the future.

The Municipal Plan, which follows the guidelines of the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016, considers the use prevention as the key area on which to act first and set different goals depending on the age of the children at the activities that target.

For elementary school students, the specific programs that are developed in the field of Drug Addiction Plan are "In the garden with my friends" and "The adventure of life."

The first one, that almost 2,400 children under 5-9 years is the increased participation records, aims to provide children with a complete education that teaches them to act independently, to esteem, to know and to have good relationships with others .

Meanwhile, "The adventure of life", aimed at students of 9-12 years, strikes "protective factors" against drug abuse, as the growth of self-esteem and adequate information about drugs and their effects .

High school students are recipients of 9 programs: "Building health", "Ã“rdago", "Workshops drug prevention", "Another look of youth", "Tele patio", "What are drug- What are young people-"" No turning back "," Social Competence Workshops: I have my place in society I want to be useful! "and" Let us return. "

Healthy lifestyles

In all cases, the objectives pursued pass provide knowledge, attitudes, values â€‹â€‹and healthy lifestyles to students, as well as increase awareness about the consequences of their consumption and to provide the necessary skills for teen adequately face the social influences that encourage substance use.

To have an impact on prevention activities aim to achieve other purposes, such as analyzing the situations in which the group of friends includes individual behaviors, provide alternative leisure time and develop behavioral habits that encourage lifestyle choice healthy, among other objectives.

Finally, associations of parents are also part of the population they are directed the Municipal Plan on Drug Addiction, in this case, with the "Family Education", that between January and July this year has had 270 participants from seven schools.

Overall, the rate of participation in prevention programs this semester Hall was:

PROGRAMMED Âº STUDENTS / AS / No. CLASSROOMS / CENTERS No.

In the garden with my amigos2.368/106/25

The adventure vida2.299/103/26

Building salud276/12/4

Ã“rdago! 1.809/82/10

Workshops drogas2.728/124/19 use prevention

Another look of jóvenes738/30/5

Tele patio242/11/5

What are drug-What are the jóvenes-346/18/4

No return hoja278/7/2

Workshops social1.320/66/9 competition