Jalisco Ministry of Health (SSJ) organized the first meeting ‘Preventing Addictions from Home’, in order to help parents to detect and prevent any legal or illegal drug dependency in their children.
Gustavo Iglesias Robles, technical secretary of the SSJ’s State Council Against Addictions (CECAJ), said the purpose of this event is to provide parents and mothers the ability to detect risk factors in children.
“The intention in this meeting is to sensitize participants on the importance of addressing situations of consumption and the formation of support networks for comprehensive care, as well as empowering mothers and fathers as protective agents from the family and social environment,” said Robles.
He said the event is a space that seeks to strengthen the parent’s identity by sharing experiences and expanding knowledge, as well as sharing ideas and proposing useful tools in the prevention of addictions; joining efforts for the welfare of girls, boys and teenagers.
Among the topics discussed are: the importance of family unity as a protective entity within a framework of respect for children’s rights, myths and realities of drugs, and domestic violence as a risk factor in the process of addiction.
Furthermore, workshops were organized covering topics such as bullying, positive parenting, 10 recommendations to prevent children using drugs, and setting limits as a protective factor of addiction.
The System for Integral Family Development System (DIF) Jalisco, and Jalisco Ministry of Education (SEJ) also participated in the event.
Through: Government of Jalisco.
