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Keep Kids Alcohol Free: Strategies for Action


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This guide is for parents, teachers, health professionals, law enforcement personnel, and others who are concerned about underage drinking. It describes three basic prevention strategies that can be applied in homes, schools, and communities and offers practical strategies for communities that have decided to take action against underage drinking.

This guide addresses the following topics:

  • The overlooked age group
  • Using this guide
  • Strategies that work
    • Reduce the availability of alcohol
    • Improve the effectiveness of law enforcement
    • Change social norms
  • The home
  • The school
  • The community
  • Getting started
  • Federal agency resources
  • State agency resources

Links to the Tool:
This tool is available at: http://www.alcoholfreechildren.org/files/pubs/pdf/prevention.pdf (If you don't have the software to open this PDF, download free Adobe Acrobat Reader® software.)

Developer

The Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free

Funding Sources

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Office of Research on Women's Health (NIH); Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (U.S.)


QualityTool Topic

Prevention and Wellness


History

  • Release Date: 08/2005
  • Original Summary: 08/2005
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QualityTool Classification
Disease/Clinical Category: spacer Alcohol drinking
Patient Population: spacer Age > Child (6-12 years); Adolescent (13-18 years); Vulnerable Populations > Children
Stage of Care: spacer Preventive care
Patient Care Process: spacer Preventive Care Processes > Primary prevention; Patient-Focused Processes/Psychosocial Care > Patient education
IOM Domains of Quality: spacer Effectiveness; Patient-centeredness
QualityTool Format: spacer Workbook/Manual/Guide
QualityTool Topic: spacer Prevention and Wellness
Developer: spacer The Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free
Funding Sources: spacer National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Office of Research on Women's Health (NIH); Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (U.S.)

 

Last updated: November 04, 2009.

 

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