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Underage Drinking
Alcohol use by underage youth is an on-going problem in Indiana and nationwide. In 2006, the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Use by Indiana Children and Adolescents survey conducted annually by the Indiana Prevention Resource Center found monthly alcohol use rates for 6th-12th graders that were higher than the use rates for any other substance. Addressing the problem of underage drinking requires the focus of the entire community including parents, school personnel, law enforcement, community leaders and retailers.
Below you will find links to resources and websites that provide information and guidance that will be assistive in efforts to reduce underage drinking in your community.
STOP Underage Drinking: Portal of Federal Resources
Rand Report:
Preventing Underage Drinking - Using Getting To Outcomes with the SAMHSA Strategic Prevention Framework to Achieve Results
This technical report from Rand Corporation outlines practical approaches to addressing underage drinking in communities through environmental strategies. The report provides information on the process of planning, implementing and evaluating efforts to reduce underage drinking. To access the report click on the title above which will link you to the publication posted on Rand Corporations website.
The Surgeon General’s Call to Action To Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking 2007
This Call to Action is a reminder that underage drinking has serious social costs and often tragic personal consequences. More than that, this Call to Action demonstrates that each of us has the opportunity to prevent underage drinking. The Call to Action also offers a way forward through the collaborative effort of societal change involving parents, police officers, colleges, and communities.
For Schools
Keep Kids Alcohol Free-Strategies for Action
This guide includes strategies that were determined to be most effective by a panel of scientist convened by the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
For Parents and Guardians
Make a Difference-Talk to Your Child About Alcohol
This guide was developed for parents and guardians of youth age 10-14 that provides suggestions for addressing the issue of alcohol. The guide is designed to provide a multitude of approaches that allow parents and guardians to select strategies that fit their beliefs and parenting style.
Start Talking Before They Start Drinking
This family guide is a resource that can assist parents/guardians in the process of discussing the important issue of alcohol use by youth to their children.
Community-Based
Strategies to Reduce Underage Drinking
The publication provides information on strategies that can be used within every community to address underage drinking in a comprehensive manner.
Underage Drinking Prevention Action Guide & Planner
This Action Guide is designed to provide community organizers with ideas and suggestions for accomplishable underage drinking prevention activities that target communities, businesses, social events, media, parents, and youth; provide community organizers with ways to coordinate prevention efforts with government agencies, local groups, and other grassroots organizations; provide factual information about the issues involved in the underage use of alcohol that can be disseminated through your prevention activities and help inform your audiences.
General
Alcohol Alert - Why Do Young People Start Drinking
This publication provides an overview of the reasons that adolescents drink, the risks associated with this behavior and information on preventing underage drinking
Alcohol Alert - Young Adult Drinking
This publication provides a general overview of the problems of underage drinking.
How Does Alcohol Affect the World of a Child
This publication from NIH provides data on the effects of alcohol on families, children, schools and communities.
Suicidal Behaviors and Alcohol
This document provides and overview of the link between alcohol use and suicidal behavior among youth.
Understanding Underage Drinking
This publication provides a short overview of the problem of underage drinking
Links
Indiana Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking
Make the Transition
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
The Cool Spot
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Publications
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Community How To Guides On Underage Drinking Prevention |
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