The Regional Plan for Prevention of Addiction and New Information Technology

Through application of the Emilia Romagna Regional Preven- tion Plan, two pathways are presented, promoted by the Department of Mental Health and Addictions of Reggio Emilia, in collaboration with the Department of Public Health, Prevention Services and agency that deal with prevention in school and extracurricular contexts and in places of aggregation. In the Regional Prevention Plan, the Addiction Services are acknowledged specificities of intervention, in the field of selective and indicated prevention. On the contrary, when prevention interventions are of the universal type, the ownership of the interventions mainly involves the Public Health Depart- ments and, in the Reggio Emilia reality, the regional Luoghi di Prevenzione project. The involvement of addiction services in the design of interventions is in this context of a proactive type, they address people in general and contrib- ute to improving, together with the other actors involved, life skills. Particularly emphasised among the recommendations are: interventions supported by scientific evidence and the involvement of all stakeholders in the support and dissemination of activities related to universal prevention, without underestimating the types of population living in those areas, where effective health promotion activities are to be implemented.

Keywords: prevention plan, addictions, life skill, youth prevention project.

Chiara Cigarini, Il Piano Regionale della Prevenzione nelle Dipendenze e nuove tecnologie dell’informazione in "RIVISTA SPERIMENTALE DI FRENIATRIA" 3/2024, pp 147-156, DOI: 10.3280/RSF2024-003009