Health External Level 2

Personal influences

• Lack of knowledge

• Mental health

• Social Situation

• Inability to say no

• Lack of confidence

Personal short term consequences

• Regret

• Danger to yourself and others

• Uneducated on the effects it may have

• Forces decisions on yourself that you don’t want to make

Personal long term consequences

• Starts using + relying on it as an escape

• Drinking/vaping/drugs, possibly bullying

• Damage to mental health or body

Personal strategies

• Seek help from a healthcare (therapy)

• Creating healthy coping strategies like talking to someone

• Do personal research before trying new things

• Find friends you feel comfortable trying things with

Interpersonal influences

• Peer pressure

• Accepted by friends/family

• Family may supply it - alcohol/vapes

Interpersonal short term consequences

• Friendship problems

• Feels pressured/uncomfortable

• Dealing with negative situations that become norm (increased danger of getting caught etc)

Interpersonal long term consequences

• Resentment against family

• Normalised behaviour and use of it - drugs/alcohol/vape

• May feel unincluded if does not participate - social life

• Harmful to yourself and others (physically)

• Puts pressures on relationships

Interpersonal strategies

• Talk to family about their use of alcohol/drugs/vaping

• Friends who can back you up when you say no

• Inform others of the consequences as they may not know

• Use assertive communication to express your lack of participation

Societal influences

• Lack of education

• Drug/drinking problems in society

• Culture

• Strain on school systems

• Accessibility

• Lack of laws/policies

Societal short term consequences

• Ignored limits or safety

• Positive portrayal of drinking or vaping

• Enthusiastic to try trends that society shows us

Societal long term consequences

• Violence

• Drugs/drinking problems in society

• Strain on healthcare

• Increase in underage substance abuse increase of addictions

• Strain on addiction services

• Bad reputation

Societal strategies

• ID scanners/limiting online selling

• Strengthening laws around drugs/vaping/alcohol in public

• Vaping alcohol products required to show what happens to the brain + lungs + liver on packaging like cigarettes are