A Web-Based Program to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse

描述（由申请人提供）：处方药是改善许多人健康的有效方法，然而，许多患者在开始药物治疗前和药物治疗过程中未能接受适当的教育和咨询。这一问题的关键是，镇静剂、镇静剂、镇痛剂和兴奋剂等药物有滥用的可能，如果管理和管理不当，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现象正在增加。虽然药物滥用影响到许多美国人，但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。目前项目的目的是开发和测试一个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。该计划将包含关于安全使用有滥用可能的药物和替代药物的重要信息。在该项目的第一阶段，开发了原型结构和内容，并与职业妇女重点群体进行了测试。在第二阶段，该计划将扩大，实地测试，修订，并准备上市。

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.