Training and Technical Assistance
Substance Abuse Prevention
DCF Prevention (Resources, funding, training)(http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/programs/samh/SubstanceAbuse/prevention.shtml)
The Substance Abuse Program Office Prevention Team website assists Floridians to access information related to substance abuse prevention, on national, state, and local levels. Information is available on the state prevention policies and rules, special projects like the Prevention Partnership Grants, the Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey and more.
CADCA- Community Anti Drug Coalitions of America (Training, conferences, webinars, technical assistance, webinars, resources for coalitions)(http://www.cadca.org/)
The Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) is an organization that trains local grassroots groups, known as community anti-drug coalitions, in effective community problem-solving strategies, teaching them how to assess their local substance abuse-related problems and develop a comprehensive plan to address them. CADCA is the nation's leading drug abuse prevention organization, representing the interests of more than 5,000 community anti-drug coalitions in the country. As a vehicle for coalition training, technical assistance, evaluation, research and capacity building, CADCA's National Coalition Institute works continually to help America's community anti-drug coalitions get smarter faster.
FADAA (Resources, training)(http://www.fadaa.org/)
The Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association (FADAA) is a non-profit membership association representing over 100 of Florida's premier community-based substance abuse and co-occurring treatment and prevention agencies, managing entities, community anti-drug coalitions and over 3,000 individual members. FADAA is at the forefront in creating responsive systems and tools to facilitate the transfer of evidence-based practices to the field and to initiate and expand continuous quality improvement activities.
NIAAA National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (Resources, grants) (http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/ )
The Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association (FADAA) is a non-profit membership association representing over 100 of Florida's premier community-based substance abuse and co-occurring treatment and prevention agencies, managing entities, community anti-drug coalitions and over 3,000 individual members. FADAA is at the forefront in creating responsive systems and tools to facilitate the transfer of evidence-based practices to the field and to initiate and expand continuous quality improvement activities.
Alcohol Abuse Prevention in College Students
The U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention (Conferences, resources, technical assistance) (http://higheredcenter.ed.gov)
The U.S. Department of Education Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention helps campuses and communities address problems of alcohol, other drugs and violence by identifying effective strategies and programs based upon the best prevention science.
NIAAA COLLEGE DRINKING PREVENTION (Resources, research) (http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/)
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's (NIAAA) college drinking prevention site provides comprehensive research-based information on issues related to alcohol abuse and binge drinking among college students.
NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (Resources, Alcohol and Other Drug Community, Annual Higher Ed AOD conference) (http://www.naspa.org/)
NASPA is the leading association for the advancement, health, and sustainability of the student affairs profession. We serve a full range of professionals who provide programs, experiences, and services that cultivate student learning and success in concert with the mission of our colleges and universities. Founded in 1919, NASPA comprises more than 13,000 members in all 50 states, 29 countries, and 8 U.S. Territories. The Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Knowledge Community provides an institutionalized and ongoing structure within NASPA to discuss issues around alcohol and other drugs on our campuses. Through the sharing of ideas/programs/results, the support of discussions of both successful and problematic practices, and the organization/planning of activities and events at regional and national meetings, the AOD Knowledge Community serves as a resource for both members of NASPA and other AOD groups that are addressing this ever-present issue in our respective college environments.
BACCHUS Network (Resources) (http://www.bacchusnetwork.org/)
The Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) is an organization that trains local grassroots groups, known as community anti-drug coalitions, in effective community problem-solving strategies, teaching them how to assess their local substance abuse-related problems and develop a comprehensive plan to address them. CADCA is the nation's leading drug abuse prevention organization, representing the interests of more than 5,000 community anti-drug coalitions in the country. As a vehicle for coalition training, technical assistance, evaluation, research and capacity building, CADCA's National Coalition Institute works continually to help America's community anti-drug coalitions get smarter faster.
Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center (resources, policy resources, training, technical assistance, conference, webinars) (http://www.udetc.org/)
The Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center was established by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (within the U.S. Department of Justice) to build leadership capacity and increase the effectiveness of States and local communities in their efforts to enforce underage drinking laws, prevent underage drinking, and eliminate the devastating consequences associated with alcohol use by underage youth. The Center achieves this goal by providing a wide variety of science-based, practical, and effective training and technical assistance services.
Prevention Strategies
Florida Substance Abuse Response Guide (SARG) (http://fcpr.fsu.edu/sarg/)
The SARG provides guidance to coalitions to reduce the impact of prioritized critical substance use issues in their county. Based on the Strategic Prevention Framework(SPF) developed by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services/Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (SAMHSA/CSAP) The SARG consists of five elements for building state and local capacity to effectively address substance use and abuse and its consequences: (1) Conduct a community needs assessment, (2) Mobilize and/or build community capacity, (3) Develop a comprehensive strategic plan, (4) Implement evidence-based prevention programs and infrastructure development activities, and (5) Monitor process and evaluate effectiveness.
Contact information:
Nathan Huba: nathan_huba@dcf.state.fl.us
Environmental Strategies to Prevent Alcohol Problems on College Campuses 
This revised version of Fisher's (2010) report (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice), describes strategies that are used to create healthier campus environments in which alcohol is less available, more responsibly promoted and served, and poses less of a threat to the health, safety, and well-being of all students. The strategies described in this document accomplish these objectives by changing conditions on campuses, by coordinating and supporting efforts in communities surrounding campuses, and by fostering better structures within States to support campus efforts.
Making the Grade on College Drinking Prevention (Archived Webcast)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) held a live Webcast of a national 2012 Town Hall Meeting on underage drinking prevention by campus communities on February 6, 2012, from 1:40-2:55 p.m. (EST). Panelists focused on the unique challenges of college drinking prevention as well as the use of environmental prevention. They responded to questions from both the live and the online audiences. Panelists at the event identified resources to support campus communities in hosting similar Town Hall Meetings.
This article by Cavanaugh & Phillips (2010) describes the published research focusing protective behavior strategies that college students employ to decrease the potential harm of heavy drinking or strategies to reduce negative consequences.
Evidence-Based Programs and Practices
Journal of Studies on Alcohol on Drugs (July 2009)
NIAAA created the Rapid Response to College Drinking Problems initiative so that senior college administrators facing an alcohol-related crisis could get assistance from well-established alcohol researchers and NIAAA staff. Following a competitive grant process, NIAAA selected 15 sites and paired each recipient college with a program development/evaluation team. Working closely with NIAAA scientific staff, each team jointly designed, implemented, and evaluated a Rapid Response project. This supplement reports the results of several projects, plus other findings of interest that emerged from that research.
Supplement Number 16, July 2009
College Drinking: New Research From the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's Rapid Response to College Drinking Problems Initiative
Special Editors: William DeJong, Ph.D., Mary E. Larimer, Ph.D., Mark D. Wood, Ph.D.Contents
Dejong, W., Larimer, M.E., Wood, M.D., and Hartman, R.
NIAAA's Rapid Response to College Drinking Problems Initiative: Reinforcing the Use of Evidence-Based Approaches in College Alcohol Prevention
Page 5Hingson, R.W., Zha, W., and Weitzman, E.R.
Magnitude of and Trends in Alcohol-Related Mortality and Morbidity Among U.S. College Students Ages 18-24, 1998-2005
Page 12Saltz, R.F., Welker, L.R., Paschall, M.J., Feeney, M.A., and Fabiano, P.M.
Evaluating a Comprehensive Campus-Community Prevention Intervention to Reduce Alcohol-Related Problems in a College Population
Page 21Faden, V.B., Corey, K., and Baskin, M.
An Evaluation of College Online Alcohol-Policy Information: 2007 Compared With 2002
Page 28Schaus, J.F., Sole, M.L., McCoy, T.P., Mullett, N., Bolden, J., Sivasithamparam, J., and O'Brien, M.C.
Screening for High-Risk Drinking in a College Student Health Center: Characterizing Students Based on Quantity, Frequency, and Harms
Page 34Amaro, H., Ahl, M., Matsumoto, A., Prado, G., Mulé, C., Kemmemer, A., Larimer, M.E., Masi, D., and Mantella, P.
Trial of the University Assistance Program for Alcohol Use Among Mandated Students
Page 45Cimini, M.D., Martens, M.P., Larimer, M.E., Kilmer, J.R., Neighbors, C., and Monserrat, J.M.
Assessing the Effectiveness of Peer-Facilitated Interventions Addressing High-Risk Drinking Among Judicially Mandated College Students Continued
Page 57Ichiyama, M.A., Fairlie, A.M., Wood, M.D., Turrisi, R., Francis, D.P., Ray, A.E., and Stanger, L.A.
A Randomized Trial of a Parent-Based Intervention on Drinking Behavior Among Incoming College Freshmen
Page 67Labrie, J.W., Huchting, K.K., Lac, A., Tawalbeh, S., Thompson, A.D., and Larimer, M.E.
Preventing Risky Drinking in First-Year College Women: Further Validation of a Female-Specific Motivational-Enhancement Group Intervention
Page 77Cranford, J.A., McCabe, S.E., Boyd, C.J., Lange, J.E., Reed, M.B., and Scott, M.S.
Effects of Residential Learning Communities on Drinking Trajectories During the First Two Years of College
Page 86Wood, M.D., Dejong, W., Fairlie, A.M., Lawson, D., Lavigne, A.M., and Cohen, F.
Common Ground: An Investigation of Environmental Management Alcohol Prevention Initiatives in a College Community
Page 96Kaysen, D.L., Lee, C.M., Labrie, J.W., and Tollison, S.J.
Readiness to Change Drinking Behavior in Female College Students
Page 106Larimer, M.E., Kaysen, D.L., Lee, C.M., Kilmer, J.R., Lewis, M.A., Dillworth, T., Montoya, H.D., and Neighbors, C.
Evaluating Level of Specificity of Normative Referents in Relation to Personal Drinking Behavior
Page 115Oster-Aaland, L., Lewis, M.A., Neighbors, C., Vangsness, J., and Larimer, M.E.
Alcohol Poisoning Among College Students Turning 21: Do They Recognize the Symptoms and How Do They Help?
Page 122Schaus, J.F., Sole, M.L., McCoy, T.P., Mullett, N., and O'Brien, M.C.
Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention in a College Student Health Center: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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The National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, established two panels of nongovernment experts to research alcohol consumption among college students. The two panels are Contexts and Consequences (panel 1) and Prevention and Treatment (panel 2). An article in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol entitled "College Drinking, What It Is, and What To Do about It: A Review of the State of the Science" consists of commissioned papers by the two panels.
Journal of Studies on Alcohol
College Drinking, What It Is, and What To Do about It: A Review of the State of the Science
National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Task Force on College Drinking
Special Editors: Mark S. Goldman, Ph.D., Gayle M. Boyd, Ph.D., Vivian Faden, Ph.D.
Introduction
Overview
Supplement No: 14
Updated Research on Environmental and Individually-Oriented Interventions
In 2007, in order to continue to provide state-of-the-art research information, NIAAA developed a new publication, “What Colleges Need to Know Now: An Update on College Drinking Research.” This research update revisited some of the key research areas of the College Task Force and analyzed new and emerging areas of inquiry.
Environmental Policies to Reduce College Drinking: An Update of Research Findings
Traci L. Toomey, Kathleen M. Lenk, Alexander C. Wagenaar
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Mary E. Larimer, Jessica M. Cronce
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) (http://www.nrepp.samhsa.gov/Index.aspx)
SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) is a searchable online registry of more than 250 interventions supporting mental health promotion, substance abuse prevention, and mental health and substance abuse treatment, including prevention and intervention programs and practices for alcohol abuse among college students.
Evaluation Resources
A guide to measuring advocacy and policy(A Guide To Measuring Advocacy and Policy )
The Annie E. Casey Foundation commissioned the creation of this document( Reisman, Gienap, & Stachowiak, 2007) to help grantmakers, program evaluators and community members to evaluate the impact of advocacy and public policy grantmaking.
CDC Evaluation Working Group (http://www.cdc.gov/eval/framework.htm)
The website includes their core product, a Framework for Program Evaluation, as well as an extensive collection of evaluation-related links, including standards, organizations, publications, manuals, and reports in its resources section.
Advocacy progress planner (computer software) ( www.planning.continuousprogress.org)
The Aspen Institute provides a free advocacy progress planner software online, Continuous Progress Tools. The Continuous Progress Tools can be used to enable efforts by advocators, funders and evaluators to plan, evaluate and advocate policies.
Innovation Network (www.innonet.org)
Innovation Network provides knowledge and expertise to help nonprofits and funders learn from their work to improve their results.
The Evaluation Center (Western Michigan University) (www.wmich.edu/evalctr/)
The Evaluation Center website contains an evaluation bibliography, instruments, models, and tools.
Alcohol Policy
Alcohol Policy Information System
The Alcohol Policy Information System (APIS) provides detailed information on a wide variety of alcohol-related policies in the United States at both State and Federal levels. Detailed, state-by-state, information is available for the 33 policies listed below. APIS also provides a variety of informational resources of interest to alcohol policy researchers and others involved with alcohol policy issues.
Alcohol Epidemiology Program (Alcohol Policy resource) (http://www.epi.umn.edu/alcohol/)
Alcohol Epidemiology Program (AEP) is a research program in the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health within the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis campus). The AEP conducts advanced research to discover effective community and policy interventions to reduce alcohol-related social and health problems.
Florida Coalition for Alcohol Policy
The Florida Coalition for Alcohol Policy website contains a variety of resources on alcohol policy, including epidemiological information, current policy discussions and proposed solutions, regulatory strategies for preventing youth access to alcohol, strategies to prevent over-consumption of alcohol as well as other resources.
Florida Coalition Underage Drinking Policy Update
A one-page overview of underage drinking policy updates across the state of Florida from November 2008 through May 2011. For a complete overview of actual ordinances described, interested readers may go to www.municode.com.
Report on Underage Drinking and Alcohol Abuse on University and College Campuses, developed in November 2006 by the Committee on Regulated Industries for the Florida Senate. This report provides a comprehensive overview of underage drinking and alcohol abuse on university and college campuses, including: 1) a discussion of background issues, e.g., prohibitions against underage access to alcohol; 2) an overview of the methodology employed to obtain report results; 3) results regarding the extent of underage drinking and alcohol abuse on university and college campuses; 4) a discussion of prevention efforts undertaken by the alcoholic beverage industry; as well as 5) other issues and possible remedies.
