Evidence-based strategies to support adolescents to quit smoking cigarettes
You are working as a School Nurse at a secondary school in regional Victoria. The senior school coordinator contacted you to discuss the cigarette smoking issue that has been gaining increased attention in the school in the last 3 months. You have decided to produce an evidence-based health-promoting intervention on cigarette smoking and its consequences, with a focus on education, prevention and resources for smoking cessation for Year 11 and 12 students. In order to disseminate the information, you have been tasked to present a narrated PowerPoint presentation.
*Discuss two evidence-based strategies to support adolescents to quit smoking cigarettes.
Do you think that counselling/Cognitive Behavioural therapy for one of them?
If it is, can you please use it for the first one?
Instructions for this assessment task:
Features of a well-developed Narrated PowerPoint Presentation
Use of appropriate (non-medical) language
Use of photographs or simple illustrations to support key points
A logical flow of ideas, with use of headings and subheadings to signpost key concepts
Health education should focus on education, prevention, and smoking cessation.
You are required to think broadly to include the concepts of health literacy in developing this education strategy.
