Substance abuse as a community health problem.

Violence and nursing response.

Read chapters 26 and 27 of the class textbook and review the attached PowerPoint presentations. Once done answer the following questions.

1. Discuss the historical trends and current conceptions of the cause and treatment of substance abuse.
2. Identify and discuss the issues related to substance abuse in various populations encountered in the community health nursing practice.
3. Describe and discuss the concepts of interpersonal and community violence.
4. Describe and discuss the role of the nurse in primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of violence.

present your assignment in an APA format word document, A minimum of 3 evidence-based references besides the class textbook no older than 5 years must be used. A minimum of 700 words is required. Please make sure to follow the instructions as given and use either spell-check or Grammarly before you post your assignment.

Please check your assignment after the week is due because I either I made comments or ask for clarification in some statements.

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Chapter 26- Substance abuse as a community health problem

Substance abuse is a community health problem that is quite common among young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 years. There are also cases of teenagers from 12 years old who indulge in substance abuse due to negative peer pressure. Although many become substance abusers for fun, the implications are adverse to the individuals’ health and social wellbeing (Alhyas et al., 2015). Consequences…