A Web-Based Program to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse

描述（由申请人提供）：处方药是改善许多个体健康的有效方法，然而，许多患者在药物治疗开始之前和过程中没有得到适当的教育和咨询。这个问题的关键在于，镇静剂、镇静剂、镇痛药和兴奋剂等药物如果使用和管理不当，有可能被滥用，并可能导致药物滥用、依赖和成瘾。1998年全国药物滥用家庭调查的数据表明，误用和滥用处方药的情况呈上升趋势。虽然药物滥用影响着许多美国人，但美国国家药物滥用研究所最近指出，老年人、青少年和妇女似乎越来越受到关注。当前项目的目的是开发和测试一项创新的基于网络的教育方案，旨在防止职业妇女滥用处方药。该计划将包含有关安全使用有滥用可能的药物以及服用药物的替代方法的重要信息。在项目的第一阶段，开发了原型结构和内容，并在职业妇女的焦点小组中进行了测试。在第二阶段，该计划将进行扩展、实地测试、修订和营销准备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Prescription medications are an effective way to bring improvements in the health of numerous individuals, however, many patients fail to receive proper education and counseling prior to the initiation and during the course of a pharmaceutical treatment. Critical to this issue is the fact that medications such as tranquilizers, sedatives, analgesics, and stimulants have the potential for abuse and may lead to drug misuse, dependence, and addiction if not administered and managed properly. Data from the 1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse indicated that the misuse and abuse of prescription medications is on the rise. While drug abuse affects many Americans, the National Institute on Drug Abuse recently noted that there appears to be increased concern for older adults, adolescents, and women. The purpose of the current project is to develop and test an innovative web-based educational program designed to prevent prescription drug abuse among working women. The program will contain important information on the safe use of medications with abuse potential and on alternatives to taking medications. During Phase I of the project, the prototype structure and content were developed and tested with focus groups of working women. In Phase II, the program will be expanded, field-tested, revised, and prepared for marketing.