Peter Dawson Peninsula Drug and Alcohol Program PenDAP

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Peter DawsonPeninsula Drug and Alcohol Program
(PenDAP)
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Area Map
40km to Melbourne
Frankston
Mornington
Hastings
Rosebud
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Background

• Issue of poor oral health highlighted
• Issue that Health Promotion can impact on
• Health Promotion Social Model of Health
• Dry Mouth (Xerostomia)

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Strategies

• Information
• I. Posters
• II. Information Booklet
• III. Animation
• Capacity Building
• GPs
• Pharmacists
• Dentists
• NSPs
• DA Workers

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Strategies (cont.)

• Education packs
• I. Toothbrush
• II. Toothpaste
• III. Drink Bottle
• IV. Sugar free chewing gum
• V. Information brochure

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Meth Mouth

• Meth Mouth Moral Panic
• Ice pipes banned in Victoria
• Dry Mouth (Xerostomia)

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Elements
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Play Animation
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Learnings

• Illicit Drug Users concerned about their teeth
• Values impact on information dissemination
• You cant please all the people all the time
• Oopsa Polly look-a-like!

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Recommendations

• Continued distribution of materials
• Partnerships between DA and Community Dental
  Services
• Further Polly adventures

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Partnerships

• Collaboration with Peninsula Community Health
  Service (PCHS)
• GPs, dentists, pharmacists, DA workers, NSPs
• Illicit drug users
• Corporate Sponsors and DHS
• ADF distribution

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Health Promotion in Drug Alcohol treatment
services

• Limited use of Health Promotion in AOD sector in
  Victoria
• Opportunities for locally based projects
• 19th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion
  and Health Education in Canada, June 2007

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Thanks to

• Department of Health and Ageing (Commonwealth)
• Department of Human Services (Victoria)
• Peninsula Health
• Peninsula Community Health Service
• Sponsors - Colgate, GlaxoSmithKline,
  JohnsonJohnson, Wrigleys

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Contacts

• Peter Dawson (Project worker)
• Ph. [phone]
• Email pdawson_at_phcn.vic.gov.au
• Dean Rankine (Cartoon artist)
• Email rankine_at_alphalink.com.au
• Brad Down (Graphic Designer)
• Website www.known.com.au