2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LAUT2013 Prevention Module

30 creditsClass Size: 46

Module manager: Niall Scott
Email: niall.scott@nhs.net

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Pre-requisite qualifications

Mature Entry Scheme
or
Certificated evidence of successful completion of study at level 1.
and
English Language Qualification GCSE Grade C or above

This module is mutually exclusive with

LAUT1003

Prevention Issues in Addiction Studies

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module examines different approaches to the prevention of drug and alcohol use and misuse, policy governing availability and control, and effectiveness of strategies in an international context.

Objectives

- To demonstrate an understanding of the nature of prevention and of different approaches to the task of prevention;
- to describe community and national preventive initiatives and the evaluation of these;
- to discuss the role of the media and education in prevention, the law and public policy, put British prevention strategies in a European context and consider ethical questions;
- to know specific strategies that have been implemented and what their outcomes are.

Learning outcomes
On completion of the module you will be able to:
- Contrast and evaluate different definitions of prevention and consider the relevance of these to the substance misuse field
- Identify and analyse the many factors which contribute to drug, alcohol and tobacco problems and suggest the preventive efforts across all levels of society, international, national and local.
- Have a working knowledge of the main strands of current government policy to tackle drug, alcohol and tobacco problems.
- Argue the merits of local community action supplementing national and international policy and action in the prevention substance use problems.
- Consider the rationale for, and history of drug controls and the range of legislative strategies used to reduce the supply of drug use in Britain.
- Discuss the links between alcohol and drug use and crime, and have a knowledge of policies designed to combat such crime.
- Critically appraise school drug education programmes and debate the evidence for their effectiveness.
- Identify what constitutes an adequate theoretical base to drug education and have considered strategies for applying the theoretical base in practice.
- Identify the merits of different approaches to using mass media and be able to locate such responses within a perspective on the prevention of alcohol and drug related problems.
- Consider the definition of harm reduction as an approach to substance use problems, and examine the history of this approach in British drug policy.
- Have a knowledge of the problems of alcohol use in relation to road traffic accidents, and be able to evaluate the effectiveness of policies to reduce alcohol-related road accidents.
- Identify a range of drug, alcohol and smoking related problems in the workplace, and be aware of the methods by which workplace policies might be implemented.

Skills outcomes
Critical understanding and comparative knowledge of prevention policies, strategies and practices.

Syllabus

The syllabus introduces students to the debate on prevention and its goals whether these are at the national and governmental level, at the European level or at the local level. The challenge to reconcile different perspectives in the form of different sorts of action is described and methods of evaluation are discussed.

Description of widely practised as well as innovative programmes is accompanied by discussion of their outcomes. Public policy, the law and its enforcement, educational initiatives, their popularity and success or otherwise are examined in the pursuit of understanding effectiveness.

The role of the mass media both as arbiter of problem definition and as educational medium is explored as are questions of civil liberties and the boundaries of behavioural controls.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Tutorial	10	0.50	5.00
Private study hours			295.00
Total Contact hours			5.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Private study

Being a distance learning module, the majority of student learning is through private study and independent learning, guided by a study manual which replaces lectures. This is supplemented by reference lists for reading source materials and supported by telephone tutorials and email correspondence (see above).

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- End of unit checklist of topics covered.
- Module Leader feedback (through tutorials and detailed assignment feedback)
- Personal Tutor feedback (where student chooses to use this resource)
- Telephone tutorials

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	3,750 words	50.00
Essay	3,750 words	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Compensation between assessments is permitted.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 28/07/2015

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