Effective Prevention Strategies:
The Training Center is developing a number of documents on the different strategies that can be used to prevent underage drinking:
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Strategies To Reduce Underage Alcohol Use: Typology and Brief Overview provides a summary of the various strategies commonly used to reduce underage drinking and indicates the level of effect that might be expected from each strategy. The information is designed to assist States in setting priorities for activities to be funded with block grant money.
Download a copy: PDF version
Guide to Conducting Alcohol Purchase Surveys & Guide to Conducting Youth Surveys provide step-by-step information for data collection efforts that can be undertaken by States or localities to identify specific problem areas and to measure and monitor changes over time in alcohol use, sources of alcohol, and merchant compliance with the law.
Download Guide to Conducting Alcohol Purchase Surveys: PDF version
Download Guide to Conducting Youth Surveys: PDF version
Strategic Media Advocacy for Enforcement of Underage Drinking Laws provides State Coordinators and others with practical information on using the media efficiently and effectively to bring about better enforcement of underage drinking laws. The vast majority of States identified media campaigns as a major component of their State action plans. In addition, media coverage is an essential component of enforcement.
Forthcoming
Preventing Sales of Alcohol to Minors: What You Should Know About Merchant Education Programs is a factsheet that defines merchant education and distills current research knowledge on the effectiveness of merchant education programs, the components they should include, and how these programs fit within a larger community effort.
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Regulatory Strategies for Preventing Youth Access to Alcohol: Best Practices identifies the various types of laws that can be used to restrict minors’ access to alcohol and to enhance enforcement efforts. The characteristics of well-crafted laws are described and common loopholes pointed out. The information can be used by State Coordinators to identify needed changes in legislation as well as useful opportunities for better enforcement.
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In addition to preparing publications, the Training Center is coordinating technical assistance events to provide opportunities to learn more about prevention strategies.
Participate in the upcoming Audio Teleconference on October 6th, 1999. Media Advocacy To Support Your Policy Objectives will provide an overview of media advocacy concepts, along with ways that media can be used as part of an overall strategy to enforce underage drinking laws. Examples of how media can be used to accomplish statewide goals will be highlighted.
View the summary from the Training Center’s Audio Teleconference on Effective Prevention Strategies. The seminar provided a framework for understanding the variety of strategies available to prevent underage alcohol use, including an assessment of the level of effectiveness that can be expected from each strategy based upon existing research and evaluation.