Alcohol prevention program
An alcohol prevention program educates people about the dangerous effects of alcohol consumption and tries to help them avoid or end alcohol abuse.
history
At the beginning of the 1970s, alcohol problems at the workplace were seriously discussed in a few companies in the Federal Republic of Germany and for the first time company measures were taken to remedy them. The companies BASF , Bayer , Mannesmann , Thyssen and Voith should be mentioned as companies from the very beginning.
In 1978 there were still less than 20 companies that could come up with an alcohol prevention program, by 1993, according to different estimates, there were already between 800 and 2000 companies and administrations that had set up or developed such programs with different approaches and ranges. In contrast to large companies, the public sector and the service sector followed suit with a delay of around ten years in setting up programs. Many small and medium-sized companies are hardly familiar with such programs to this day.
Action
The structure of an internal alcohol prevention program is divided into three levels, which are differentiated differently in the specialist literature.
Level 1: primary prevention
Goal: Prevention of alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence from the outset, through sensitization. Target group: All employees (especially the 'normal consumers').
Level 2: secondary prevention
Objectives: Early detection of alcohol addicts and abusers. To increase awareness of the disease in those affected so that early treatment measures can be initiated. Target group: alcohol addicts , alcohol abusers, people at risk , executives .
Level 3: tertiary prevention
Objectives: Reintegration of therapist employees and follow-up measures to prevent relapses. Target group: dry alcoholics, managers, other employees.