❓ The Minister for Health details a visit to Royal Perth Hospital with the Minister for Road Safety to celebrate the 10,000th participant in the 'Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth' program and announce further funding and expansion.
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PREVENT ALCOHOL AND RISK-RELATED TRAUMA IN YOUTH
PROGRAM
612. Ms E. EVANGEL to the Minister for
Health:
I understand that the minister
visited Royal Perth Hospital this morning with the Deputy Premier; Minister for
Road Safety. Can the minister please advise the house on the purpose of his
visit?
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612. Ms E. EVANGEL to the Minister for
Health:
I understand that the minister
visited Royal Perth Hospital this morning with the Deputy Premier; Minister for
Road Safety. Can the minister please advise the house on the purpose of his
visit?
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I thank the member for the question.
I was very pleased to visit Royal Perth Hospital with the Minister for Road
Safety this morning for a very important event and, in particular, to mark the
occasion of the 10 000 th student participating in the prevent
alcohol and risk-related trauma in youth program. Together with my colleague,
we were pleased to meet with students from Kolbe Catholic College in
Rockingham, introduce them to the program and have a conversation with them.
This is a very important program that is intended to introduce students in
years 10 to 12 to the consequences of serious trauma, to hopefully encourage
students to think carefully about their choices and to be aware of the
consequences of excessive alcohol consumption and mixing that with driving on
the roads and other risk-taking behaviour, including illicit drug use. From the
research that has been undertaken, the program has been very effective and it
is one that we very much want to continue operating. In that context, I was
very pleased that the Minister for Road Safety announced that $402 000 from the
road trauma trust account will be allocated to assist in funding the RPH PARTY
program and also its expansion into rural areas over the next year. The
Department of Health is underwriting the program until at least 2020. This
program is also being offered through satellite programs in Bunbury, Albany and
Geraldton. A condensed mobile outreach version of the program is available to
high schools and youth groups, including juvenile justice clients who are
unable to attend an on-site program.
This program has received a number of awards relating to
injury prevention. It is notable that Western Australia apparently has the
youngest overall population and the highest proportion of young drivers coming
into the road transport system. Research indicates that over the past 20 years
young adults are consuming alcohol at an earlier age, so we are making them
very well aware of the consequences of mixing alcohol and driving, for example,
which can have catastrophic results. A 2012 study of the program linked
attendance with the change in attitudes of juvenile justice offenders about
risk-taking behaviour. Participation in the program also significantly reduced
the subsequent risk of injuries and committing traffic or violence-related
offences.
This is a very valuable program that has been in operation
for 10 years. It is modelled on one that originally started in Canada. I commend
all those who are involved at Royal Perth Hospital, the Department of Health
and other community organisations, including Headwest, and all the ambassadors,
who in some cases have been seriously injured themselves, who make their time
and experiences available to senior high school age students so that those
students can hopefully avoid the same sorts of incidents.
I was very pleased to visit Royal Perth Hospital with the Minister for Road
Safety this morning for a very important event and, in particular, to mark the
occasion of the 10 000 th student participating in the prevent
alcohol and risk-related trauma in youth program. Together with my colleague,
we were pleased to meet with students from Kolbe Catholic College in
Rockingham, introduce them to the program and have a conversation with them.
This is a very important program that is intended to introduce students in
years 10 to 12 to the consequences of serious trauma, to hopefully encourage
students to think carefully about their choices and to be aware of the
consequences of excessive alcohol consumption and mixing that with driving on
the roads and other risk-taking behaviour, including illicit drug use. From the
research that has been undertaken, the program has been very effective and it
is one that we very much want to continue operating. In that context, I was
very pleased that the Minister for Road Safety announced that $402 000 from the
road trauma trust account will be allocated to assist in funding the RPH PARTY
program and also its expansion into rural areas over the next year. The
Department of Health is underwriting the program until at least 2020. This
program is also being offered through satellite programs in Bunbury, Albany and
Geraldton. A condensed mobile outreach version of the program is available to
high schools and youth groups, including juvenile justice clients who are
unable to attend an on-site program.
This program has received a number of awards relating to
injury prevention. It is notable that Western Australia apparently has the
youngest overall population and the highest proportion of young drivers coming
into the road transport system. Research indicates that over the past 20 years
young adults are consuming alcohol at an earlier age, so we are making them
very well aware of the consequences of mixing alcohol and driving, for example,
which can have catastrophic results. A 2012 study of the program linked
attendance with the change in attitudes of juvenile justice offenders about
risk-taking behaviour. Participation in the program also significantly reduced
the subsequent risk of injuries and committing traffic or violence-related
offences.
This is a very valuable program that has been in operation
for 10 years. It is modelled on one that originally started in Canada. I commend
all those who are involved at Royal Perth Hospital, the Department of Health
and other community organisations, including Headwest, and all the ambassadors,
who in some cases have been seriously injured themselves, who make their time
and experiences available to senior high school age students so that those
students can hopefully avoid the same sorts of incidents.
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