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Abstract

Grant Number:	1R43DA015562-01A1
PI Name:	DEITZ, DIANE K.
PI Email:	ddeitz@isagroup.com
PI Title:
Project Title:	A Web-Based Program to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse

Abstract: DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): Prescription medications are an effective way to bring improvements in the health and well being of many people. Many patients, however, fail to receive proper screening and educational instruction on the prevention of prescription drug abuse. Critical to this issue is the fact that medications such as tranquilizers, sedatives, analgesics, and stimulants may lead to drug misuse, dependence, and addiction if not administered and managed properly. The National Institute on Drug Abuse recently noted that the abuse of prescription medications is on the rise and there appears to be increased concern for older adults, adolescents, and women. The purpose of the current project is to develop and test an innovative web-based educational program designed to prevent prescription drug abuse among women. The program will contain important information on the safe use of medications with abuse potential and on alternatives to taking medications. During Phase I of the project, the prototype structure and content will be developed and tested with focus groups of working women. In Phase II, the program will be expanded, field-tested, revised, and prepared for marketing to corporations and managed care organizations. There is currently a clear tack of an interactive, multimedia program for women addressing the issue of prescription drug use and abuse. Such a program is a much needed tool that should have substantial appeal to corporations wishing to provide their employees with information that can decrease their risk to drug misuse and increase morale and productivity at work. Managed care organizations should also be interested in a program that could help reduce the cost of prescription drug misuse and abuse in women of all ages.

Thesaurus Terms:
computer assisted instruction, drug abuse prevention, drug adverse effect, educational resource design /development, female, interactive multimedia
Internet, drug abuse
clinical research, human subject, women's health

Institution:	ISA ASSOCIATES, INC.
	201 N UNION ST, STE 330
	ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314
Fiscal Year:	2003
Department:
Project Start:	10-MAY-2003
Project End:	31-MAR-2004
ICD:	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
IRG:	ZRG1

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