Promising Practices in Drug Abuse Treatment and Prevention in Latin America

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Promising Practices in Drug Abuse Treatment and
Prevention in Latin America

• Funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics
  and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)
• U.S. Department of State

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Project Overview

• Grant from the INL to conduct an assessment of
  promising practices in drug treatment and
  prevention programs that have the potential for
  replication across cultures. INL identified drug
  treatment and prevention programs in Europe,
  Latin America, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia
  to be examined in this study.

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Project Phases

• Gather background information
• In-country fieldwork and interviews
• Report on findings and promising practices

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Latin American Programs

• Brazil APOT, Amor Exigente
• Peru Instituto Mundo Libre, CEDRO
• Argentina Programa CAMBIO
• Bolivia CESE
• Colombia Surgir

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Promising Practices Treatment

• Comprehensive approach to treatment, including
  support, self-help groups, educational and
  professional development, emphasizing individual,
  group, and family work
• Integrated religious and spiritual, as well as
  educational, vocational, cultural variables (by
  country and region), and special needs of
  specific groups (women, youth, gypsies)
• Aftercare is an important component 12-step
  self-help groups are used for this purpose

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Promising Practices Treatment

• The Reinsertion phase is an important focus, with
  emphasis on teaching specific and social skills,
  as well as providing vocational training?hostel
  concept is used as a transition to community
• The effective use of community volunteers in
  providing administrative, treatment, and
  prevention services to adolescent and adult
  populations
• Intensive work programs as an alternative or
  hybrid form of therapeutic community (TC)

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Promising Practices Treatment

• Dedicated, visionary (charismatic) leadership and
  staffing
• Decisions about clients are made by a team with
  democracy in TC operations and clinical
  decision-making
• Peer-based learning Feedback is provided each
  day in the form of peer confrontations

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Promising Practices Treatment

• Involvement of key stakeholders in the entire
  program development process, from planning and
  implementation to sharing of recognition and
  rewards of success
• Integrating families of TC residents into the
  treatment process, and providing them separate
  and required treatment and meetings (to visit
  family member in treatment), and home visits

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Promising Practices Treatment

• Community concept A sense of family and
  belonging is created through client interactions
  and group socio-emotional experiences (encounter
  groups, static groups, etc.)
• Cognitive-behavioral therapy and
  relapse-prevention techniques are being used

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Promising Practices Treatment

• Applying effective outreach and media strategies
  to recruit participants
• Achieving sustainability, using fundraising and
  by selling products made by residents and other
  creative activities
• Combining prevention and treatment

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Promising Practices Prevention

• Effective presentation of prevention messages by
  peer counselors through creative media (such as
  dance, music, drama, brief lectures, role-plays,
  and debates) to improve youth participation
• Examination of the current trends in drug use to
  address areas that need the most attention

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Promising Practices Prevention

• Integration of school-based prevention programs
  within the academic curricula
• Skillful and effective use of the media to
  increase public awareness of drug abuse and to
  reduce the stigma associated with seeking help

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Medellin, Colombia
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Surgir Prevention Program
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Surgir Staff
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Surgir Prevention Program
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Surgir Prevention Program
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Surgir Prevention Program
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School-Based Prevention Program
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School-Based Prevention Program
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Teacher Training Program
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School-Based Prevention Program
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School-Based Prevention Program
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Sexual Abuse Prevention Program
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Sexual Abuse Prevention Program
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Young Adult Intervention Programs
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Surgir Prevention Program Board
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Medellin - Pablo Escobar
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Pablo Escobar (1949-1993)
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Peace March
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• Promising Practices in Drug Abuse Treatment and
  Prevention is funded by the Bureau of
  International Narcotics and Law Enforcement
  Affairs (INL), U.S. Department of State
• For more information, contact
• Jeff Hoffman jhoffman_at_danya.com
• Thank you