UWF Campus Alcohol Coalition презентация

Management
Review of Dr. Tom Workman’s presentation at the Town Hall Meeting, 2010

in the United States, more than tobacco and illicit drugs. (National Institute of Drug Abuse, 2007)
People aged 12 to 20 years drink 11% of all alcohol consumed in the US and more than 90% of this alcohol is consumed in the form of binge drinks. (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2005)
In 2005, there were more than 145,000 emergency room visits by youth 12 to 20 years for injuries and other conditions linked to alcohol. (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2007)

High Risk Drinking: A Public Health Issue

Drinking, Florida spends around $3 billion dollars each year due to behavior attributed to Underage Drinking
The associated costs to our local community:
Northwest Florida Region - Total Cost $222,000.00
 Escambia County Cost $65,784.00
Santa Rosa County Cost $19,230.00

High Risk Drinking: A Community Health Issue

and high risk drinking result in:
Death:  1,825 college students deaths, including motor vehicle crashes
Injury:  599,000 students are unintentionally injured
Assault:  696,000 students are assaulted
Sexual Abuse:  97,000 students are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or date rape
Health Problems: More than 150,000 students develop an alcohol-related health problem

High Risk Drinking: A College Health Issue

of California, San Diego)

Functional activity levels in the brain of a 15-year-old male on memory test

that all youth will engage in regardless of what we say.”

“If we educate youth about the dangers , they will stop high-risk behavior.”

“If we crack down on underage drinking, it will only make youth want to drink more.”

“If we let them drink younger , they will learn how to handle alcohol.”

as a task force
Became a University Standing Committee in 2008

Consists of a broad membership of campus faculty, staff, students and community representatives who are stakeholders in this issue.

Involved in:
Reviewing/revising campus alcohol policies
Recommending judicial sanctions for alcohol violations
Advising alcohol misuse/abuse prevention initiatives
Student drinking and driving safe ride program development
Data collection and research
Public relations and communication with campus/community (praise and concerns)
Collaboration with community partners

as an advisory board for alcohol misuse/abuse prevention initiatives and grants.
Provide recommendations to policy reviews, sanctions, alcohol-related violations, and environmental strategies.
Initiate collaboration with other campus and community groups in efforts to support health and safety of the entire community.
Create a campus culture that encourage responsible alcohol use through policies, programs, and education; create and enforce a consistent message of responsible drinking throughout the community.
Challenge the cultural acceptance of high-risk practice and reduce incidence of alcohol poisoning.
Support campus efforts in prevention-programming and evidence-based research.
 

among college students, the Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention promotes a comprehensive approach termed environmental management. This approach is grounded in the social ecological model of public health that acknowledges and attempts to address a broad array of factors that influence individual health decisions and behaviors on the institutional, community, and public policy levels, in addition to those at the individual and group levels.

Focus on Environmental Management

the next, as do the motivations for changing or curbing those behaviors.

Environmental management seeks to bring about behavior change through multiple channels, both promoting positive behaviors and norms and also discouraging high-risk behaviors.

Focus on Environmental Management

primary prevention to early intervention and treatment, it stresses the prevention of high-risk behavior through changes to the environment in which students make decisions about their alcohol and other drug use.

Focus on Environmental Management

NW Florida Town Hall Meeting

Environmental Approaches to Substance Abuse Prevention

Infrastructure

Resources & Materials

Climates & Conditions

High Risk Activities

Absent or Inconsistent Enforcement

Surrounding Normative Behavior

Myths, Rituals, and Traditions

Absent or Inconsistent Adjudication

Attractive Opportunities to Use/Abuse

Available Spaces and Resources

Access and Availability to Substances

of community standards;
self-efficacy

Negative
consequences or
positive reinforcement

Spaces, rituals, and practices that support
the desired behavior

covenants: Parents, bar owners, families
Parental notification policies
Education
Community standard guides
Ride along programs
Community service at detoxification centers
Community forums and media programs

Major Environmental Efforts in Other Communities

conduct
Substance coding in citation records
City Council Substance Committee
Design
Late night hours for coffee shops, recreation centers
Late night activities at schools and downtown venues
Redesigned hospitality centers with expanded options
Collaborative partnerships between retail and schools
Civic spaces with increased surveillance

Major Environmental Efforts in Other Communities

of substance
Location(s) of consumption
Patterns of consumption (time, day, locations, circumstances)
Promotional materials: Frequency, Message, Density
Substance-related calls for service by number, location
Substance-related ER visits

Knowledge Needed to Act

data to fully understand the environmental influences that create the ideal and plan strategies.
Involvement of all stakeholder groups is critical – cooperation does make a difference.
Comprehensive and sustained activity has proven to be most successful.

Where Do We Start?

important for campus-based alcohol prevention practices?

→See handout

knowledge about the UWF Alcohol Campus Coalition.
Act as an advisory board for alcohol misuse/abuse prevention initiatives and grants. Support campus efforts in prevention-programming and evidence-based research.
Provide recommendations to policy reviews, sanctions, alcohol-related violations, and environmental strategies.
Initiate collaboration with other campus and community groups in efforts to support health and safety of the entire community.
Create a campus culture that encourage responsible alcohol use through policies, programs, and education; create and enforce a consistent message of responsible drinking throughout the community.
Challenge the cultural acceptance of high-risk practice and reduce incidence of alcohol poisoning.

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behavior, and alcohol-related ER visits.
Collaboration group - Increase connection with PSC, local alcohol retailers, etc. How do they see UWF? UWF students? Do they have concerns for students? Suggestions?
Nurture relationship with establishments who have responsible beverage practices. Create incentive for students to visit these establishments over those establishments that are of concern.

Project Ideas

etc.
Ordinance work group
Health Beat article for Voyager
Campus Culture Committee – white paper identifying recommendations for campus growth (traditional aged students, residential students, tailgating, football)
Alcohol-retention calculator
Collaborate on Medical Amnesty Policy

Project Ideas