Drug Abuse And Dependence Policy - 1680 Words

The drug misuse and dependence policy, aims to support people misusing drugs to live safe and free from a drug dependence life (Department of Health, 2015). With this policy in place drug treatments are becoming more successful with 18% of people staying in treatment and leaving drug free (Department of Health, 2015) this shows the policy is successful and works with people to reduce drug dependency (HM Government, 2012). 193,198 people aged 18 and over were in treatment for drug use during 2013 to 2014, 29,150 of these patients completed treatment and have overcome their drug dependency (Public Health England, 2014). From when the policy was first introduced, drug use is at its lowest since measurement began in 1996 (Featherstone, 2013).†¦show more content†¦Many of the above may have contributed to the patient using drugs such as the environment they live in; the patient could have been living with other drug users which could result in the encouragement to continue abusin g drugs, this could also make it difficult for the patient to stop if she is associating with people who also abuse drugs (WHO, 2015). Two health promotion models were examined and explored; this was to determine the best model or theory to use with a patient who has a drug addiction. The first being the Prochaska DiClemente’s stages of change, the second being the health belief model. These two models have been chosen as both have relevance to the patient with her drug addiction. Prochaska DiClemente’s (1984) research suggests the Prochaska DiClemente’s model of change is effective and has an impact in health promotion. The Prochaska DiClemente’s model of change is becoming a more popular and widely used resource for health promotion; this is because it can be applied with a number of addictive behaviours such as smoking, drug use and alcohol abuse (Whitelaw, et al, 2000). The Prochaska DiClemente’s model of change has six stages these include, Pre contemplation this is when the patient is not seriously considering change, Contemplation This is when the patient is thinking a bout change, Preparation when the