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Review : Substance use: whose problem is it?

{blacksquare} Research evidence demonstrates that more young people in the UK are using illegal substances.

{blacksquare} Every child health professional has a central role to play in the area of substance use.

{blacksquare} The HAS Report (1996) advocates a 4 tiered approach identifying primary health care staff to providing services for adolescents who use substances.

{blacksquare} Assessment of a young person's health needs is crucial

{blacksquare} Nurses are ideally placed to have an impact of health issues affecting young people and substance use cannot be ignored or treated separately.

{blacksquare} Child health professionals are ideally placed to provide meaningful education and information to young people at risk.

Key Words: Assessment • Child health • Holistic • Illegal • Information • Substance use / misuse • Young people

Journal of Child Health Care, Vol. 3, No. 3, 27-30 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/136749359900300305
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