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Schools and the Community Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Environment: Opportunities for Prevention
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 2013
Schools have long been central to community-based alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) prevention programs. Yet research consistently shows that school programs have only a marginal effect on student substance use and community ATOD problems. Schools are only one of the many influences on young people, and even the best curriculum will fail if…
Descriptors: Prevention, Substance Abuse, Smoking, Alcohol Abuse
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 2011
This guide describes the role of enforcement and community organizations or groups in preventing underage drinking parties and how to safely disperse them. It describes the problem of underage drinking, in general, and youth-drinking parties in particular. It provides step-by-step information on how to address underage drinking parties and how to…
Descriptors: Drinking, Law Enforcement, Community Organizations, Prevention
Ogenchuk, Marcella – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2009
In Canada, the prevalence of alcohol use among school-age students has emerged as a leading public health issue. Though governments at all levels have called for inter-organizational collaboration to address the issue, the representation of youth interests by key community groups is critical to the efficacy of those initiatives. This article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Drinking, Alcohol Abuse, Adolescents
Moore, Simon; Shepherd, Jonathan – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2008
This article describes the methodology and observational data from a project that sought to, first, investigate the prevalence of alcohol related harm and alcohol misuse in Cardiff's night-time economy and, second, deliver a targeted server training intervention to premises identified as at risk of misselling alcohol. The bulk of the work is…
Descriptors: Intervention, Drinking, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education
Mastache, Claudia; Mistral, Willm; Velleman, Richard; Templeton, Lorna – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2008
The National Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for England places much emphasis on creating partnerships at both national and local levels between government, the drinks industry, health services, police, individuals and communities to tackle alcohol misuse and associated harm and disorder. This article describes the characteristic structures and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Programs, Alcohol Education, Partnerships in Education
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. – 2001
Community-based prevention efforts to curb substance abuse problems in the United States have led to significant reductions in substance use and abuse. Many of these efforts have been carried out under the leadership of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) as well as…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Community Programs, Drug Abuse, Prevention

Kast, Sherry – Children Today, 1994
Describes activities of various youth councils of the United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY) network. The activities include developing projects in the areas of alcohol abuse education, community service, Native American heritage, and the environment. (HTH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, American Indians, Community Programs

Saxe, Leonard; Tighe, Elizabeth – New Directions for Evaluation, 1999
Describes the evaluation of the Fighting Back initiative, in which communities across the country receive funding to combat alcohol and drug use. The evaluation has been designed to be responsive to national policy agendas and local community contextual differences so that it yields important insights at both levels. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Community Programs, Drug Abuse, Evaluation Methods
New York Governor's Office, Albany. Statewide Anti-Drug Abuse Council. – 1994
Research shows a clear link between drug and alcohol use and crime and violence. This report describes progress made in 1993 as a result of New York State's anti-drug abuse agenda and priorities for 1994. Efforts exist in three complementary areas: prevention (preventing people from being involved in substance abuse); treatment (treating those who…
Descriptors: Advertising, Alcohol Abuse, Community Cooperation, Community Programs
Sherwood, Kay E. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2005
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation began developing a multisite initiative in 1986 that would employ community-generated strategies to reduce the use and abuse of alcohol and illegal drugs. From a community planning phase that began in 1990 through two phases of implementation, the Fighting Back initiative had been in place for twelve years,…
Descriptors: Community Planning, Community Programs, Program Effectiveness, Drug Abuse
Boggess, Patricia A.; Reiman, Dean – 1990
This report describes a service model developed for the Division of Children and Family Services in Wenatchee, Washington that attempts to address the needs of families impacted by substance abuse. The service area is rural and has an overwhelming drug problem. Caseload trends provide evidence for a large number of drug-related referrals and an…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, At Risk Persons, Children, Cocaine
Wolfsberg, Jeffrey S. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2006
During the year 2004, 20% of eighth-graders and 60.3% of twelfth-graders reported that they had gotten drunk at least once over the course of just one year, according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA). Of the 10.7 million underage youth who drink, 7.2 million or 31% of all high school students binge drink with a frequency of at least…
Descriptors: Prevention, Motor Vehicles, Sexual Abuse, Social Development
Ellis, Theresa M.; Lenczner, Sarah J. – 2000
This document describes a study of the organization, operation, sustainability, and impact of community anti-drug coalitions nationwide. The study involved case studies of eight highly effective community coalitions and a cross-case analysis of characteristics shared among the coalitions. A consistent set of distinguishing features was examined…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Community Programs, Drug Abuse
Melton, Ada Pecos; Chino, Michelle; May, Phillip A.; Gossage, J. Phillip – 2000
This report presents case studies of nine successful programs designed to reduce alcohol and substance abuse among American Indians and Alaska Natives. These case studies highlight effective solutions developed within tribal communities and combining Western and traditional approaches to build upon the strengths of the respective Indian…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, American Indians
Strategy Alert, 1992
How community-based groups are confronting and preventing alcohol and other drug problems and related crime in their communities is the focus of this publication. A wide range of approaches and strategies, used by 10 nonprofit, community-based organizations representative of urban and rural areas, are presented. Case studies describe two community…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alcohol Abuse, Case Studies, Community Action
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