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Drug Aware The Drug Aware - Know what you’re getting into website is a great source of information about drugs and where to get help. The program targets young people with messages about drug use that focus on the prevention of use and associated harm. It aims to do this providing credible, factual information that [...]
Big Porn Inc, recently published by Spinifex Press and written by Melinda Tankard Reist puts the spotlight on our harm of the growing porn culture. It features essays by prominent writers and anti-porn activists including Gail Dines, Maggie Hamilton, Helen Pringle, and others. The essays cover a wide array of issues connected to the porn [...]
Alarming facts: In the US children watch an average of 3 hours (and up to 8 hours) of TV per day Many school children spend as much time in front of the TV as they do in class. Children under 3 spend up to 30% of their waking hours watching TV and videos, even though [...]
A recent study, The Immediate Impact of Different Types of Television on Young Children's Executive Function, took 60 four year old children and randomly assigned them to watch either the fast paced and hectic cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants or the slower-paced PBS cartoon Caillou or to draw pictures. Experts have long felt that exposing children to [...]
FASD can cause ADHD, autism and other neurological conditions. This year World FASD Day is on September 9th and important to raise awareness of FASD because many studies have linked alcohol consumption by pregnant women with several developmental problems in babies. Foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), which include foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), alcohol-related birth defects [...]
It is a case of the media not being sensitive to, or taking responsibility for the impact they have on their viewers, especially young impressionable girls. This time it is the case of a teenage model, who is appearing on Australia’s Top Model, being bullied by the judges for being too fat. Yet this young [...]
Every hour of TV watched by the over 25’s could shorten their life by 22 minutes. A recent study carried out in Australia and published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine has found that watching too much television could shorten your life. Dr Lennert Veerman, from the School of Population Health at the University [...]
Mental Health & Wellbeing of Young People 2011. For Education, Health and Welfare Professionals. PERTH ALL SPEAKERS WILL DELIVER THEIR PRESENTATIONS LIVE AND IN PERSON AT THE VENUE! Australia’s leading experts will be in Perth to present to you in person, authoritative and up-to-date information on current issues surrounding young people today! Please advise your [...]
A recent study Spiritual Beliefs Associated with Better Drinking Outcomes by Steven Dubovsky, MD has found that people who have a religious or spiritual aspect to their lives are more able to have a balanced approach to potentially addictive substances such as alcohol and drugs. The study found that “Changes in beliefs over 6 months [...]
Leading experts including the AER Foundation are urging the Federal Government to make new alcohol health warning labels mandatory to help reduce the harms caused by alcohol. They want to get the message out there that drinking any alcohol can harm unborn babies, damage young developing brains and increase the risk of cancer. The Australia and New [...]
