| NCJ Number: |
193819   |
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| Title: |
Promising Approaches in the Prevention of Underage Drinking, Final Report |
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| Corporate Author: |
National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD)
United States of America
National Assoc of Governors' Highway Safety Representatives
United States of America |
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| Date Published: |
1995 |
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| Page Count: |
76 |
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| Sponsoring Agency: |
National Assoc of Governors' Highway Safety Representatives
Washington, DC 20001
National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD)
Washington, DC 20036
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin (SAMHSA)
Rockville, MD 20857
US Dept of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Admin
Washington, DC 20590 |
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| Sale Source: |
National Assoc of Governors' Highway Safety Representatives
444 North Capitol Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
United States of America |
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| Type: |
Program/Project Description |
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| Format: |
Document |
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| Language: |
English |
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| Country: |
United States of America |
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| Annotation: |
Ten case studies describe current State efforts considered by
each State to be particularly effective or promising in
preventing underage drinking of alcoholic beverages; these
strategies were selected to represent a broad range of efforts to
prevent underage drinking throughout the country.
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| Abstract: |
The States represented are North Dakota, New York, New Jersey,
Massachusetts, Virginia, Washington, Maryland, California,
Minnesota, and Ohio. North Dakota's network of community traffic
safety programs demonstrates how a State Highway Safety Agency
and a single State Authority for Alcohol and Drug Abuse can
achieve the common objective of supporting local alternative
activities with no duplication of effort. The New York program
features professional athletes and extensive youth involvement in
a 14-year effort of mentoring and education designed to prevent
underage drinking. New Jersey's efforts to maintain alcohol-free
and smoke-free residential facilities and entertainment centers
are at the core of a distinctive initiative to prevent underage
drinking by college students. Massachusetts' State-initiated
alcohol awareness seminars focus on the detection of underage
patrons at drinking establishments as well as liability
protection through the systematic involvement of and support from
public and private sectors at the local level. Virginia is at the
national forefront in detecting the use of fraudulent
identifications used in underage drinking, as it uses digitized
imaging for drivers' licenses. Washington State's media campaign
challenges the parents of young children to talk to their
children about alcohol while they are young; and Maryland's
Underage Drinking Prevention Coalition incorporates a variety of
strategies for reducing underage drinking, ranging from
influencing public police and collecting and disseminating
information to increasing knowledge about available alcohol-free
activities for youth. California's Teenwork has a long history as
an effective statewide youth conference in which youth
participate in the planning and implementation of the conference.
Minnesota has a long history of using peer-to-peer, cross-age
teaching to foster healthy decision-making by teens; and Ohio has
a flexible public information campaign that can be inserted
within local community prevention programming or be used as an
independent campaign. All programs are considered replicable in
other States and jurisdictions. Appended program contacts and
resources
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| Main Term(s): |
Underage Drinking |
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| Index Term(s): |
Alcoholic beverage consumption; California; Juvenile delinquency prevention; Maryland; Massachusetts; Minnesota; New Jersey; New York; North Dakota; Ohio; Virginia; Washington |
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To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=193819 |
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