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Jonathan M. Tirrell; Mutale Sampa; Kit Wootten; Sion Kim Harris; Robert E. McGrath; Mataanana Mulavu; Ntazana Sindano; Lameck Kasanga; Oliver Mweemba; Dana McDaniel Seale; J. Paul Seale; Wilbroad Mutale – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2025
The Global Resilience Oral Workshops (GROW) Free and Strong programs take a strengths-based, positive youth development (PYD) approach to promoting thriving. Through both prevention (GROW Strong) and intervention (GROW Free) exercises, these programs aim to build character and emotional resilience while also lowering unhealthy alcohol use. To…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resilience (Psychology), Youth Programs, Prevention
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Hutchison, Morica; Russell, Beth S. – Journal of Drug Education, 2021
A systematic review explored the creation and maintenance of community coalitions as effective for alcohol and other drug (AOD) prevention in adolescence. Community coalitions influence the implementation of effective and sustainable community-based prevention via infrastructure supporting development, delivery, and assessment of human service…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Prevention, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse
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Snyder-Young, Dani; Houston, Ashley; Bell, Ana Bess Moyer; Short, Andy; Lincoln, Alisa – Research in Drama Education, 2022
Improbable Players (IP) has been creating applied theatre for substance use disorder prevention since 1984, training more than 200 sober actor/teaching artists to perform plays and facilitate workshops addressing addiction, alcoholism, and the opioid crisis. The company operates, for its actors, as a long-term arts- integrated peer recovery…
Descriptors: Drama, Prevention, Addictive Behavior, Drug Abuse
Russell, Todd T.; Craddock, Christopher S.; Kodatt, Stephanie A.; Ramirez, Dora Maria – Online Submission, 2017
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) present serious problems for the twenty-first century. These disorders describe a variety of neurological and behavioral deficits that result from exposure of an unborn child to alcohol during pregnancy. While thousands of children are diagnosed with FASD annually, FASD is completely preventable if women…
Descriptors: Prevention, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Cultural Relevance, Hispanic Americans
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
Espel, Emma – West Comprehensive Center at WestEd, 2015
This document provides abstracts from a sample of studies that examine risk and/or protective factors or suicide prevention programs for American Indian/Alaska Native youth. Prior to the individual literature summaries, the document includes a section called "From the Literature: Overview of Risk and Protective Factors." The exhibits in…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Alaska Natives, Adolescents, Suicide
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
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Foran, Heather M.; Heyman, Richard E.; Slep, Amy M. Smith – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: Hazardous drinking is a serious societal concern in military populations. Efforts to reduce hazardous drinking among military personnel have been limited in effectiveness. There is a need for a deeper understanding of how community-based prevention models apply to hazardous drinking in the military. Community-wide prevention efforts may…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Prevention, Military Personnel, Drinking
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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
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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
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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
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Weiss, Shoshana – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1995
Reports on the knowledge of Israeli high school students about the strength of seven different types of alcoholic beverages. Low rates of correct responses were found, especially among females. The strength of distilled spirits was more accurately estimated and that of light beer less accurately estimated. Implications for prevention are…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Community Programs, Drinking
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DeGuire, Catherine A.; Thyrum, Elizabeth – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1999
Investigates changes in psychological functioning as a result of participation in Alternative Community Intervention, a community-based drug and alcohol prevention program for at-risk children (N=23). Results show that socioeconomic status and grades were associated with significant change after the program. Socioeconomic status and fair grades…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Children, Cognitive Processes, Community Programs
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
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