Preventing Substance Abuse

by Stoil, Michael J.; Hill, Gary

• ISBN13: 9780306454547
• ISBN10: 0306454548
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-11-01
• Publisher: Plenum Pub Corp
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Summary

Text on drug abuse programs, for physicians, managed care organizations, and rehabilitation professionals. Focuses on documented program attempts and their outcomes rather than theory. Discusses what works in programs and what does not work. Graphs and charts.

Table of Contents

A Problem-Solution Approach to Substance Abuse	1	(12)
Substance Abuse: A Constellation of Problems	2	(2)
How Communities Respond	4	(1)
Doing What Works: Reducing Specific Problems	5	(2)
Doing What Works: Finding Winning Solutions	7	(2)
Doing What Works: The Changing Role of Primary Healthcare	9	(4)
Problem: Preventing Drug-Exposed Newborns	13	(16)
Drug-Exposed Newborns as a Community Problem	13	(2)
Delaware Diamond Deliveries	15	(2)
New Start, Oregon	17	(4)
Project Network, Oregon	21	(2)
National Indian Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention (Multiple States)	23	(3)
General Observations	26	(3)
Problem: Prevention among Families in Trouble	29	(14)
Families that Need---and Elude---Help	30	(1)
Family Effectiveness Training, Florida	31	(2)
Strengthening Black Families, Alabama	33	(2)
Survival Training for Parents, Ohio	35	(2)
YCOSA Targeted Prevention, Alabama	37	(2)
General Observations	39	(4)
Problem: Prevention among Young Children	43	(12)
What Kinds of Intervention Can Young Children Use?	43	(2)
``I'm Special'' Program, North Carolina	45	(2)
Primary Prevention Impact for Caregivers, Florida	47	(1)
Prime Time, Texas	48	(3)
Social Development Project, Washington	51	(2)
General Observations	53	(2)
Problem: Preparing the Ground for Prevention in Early Adolescence	55	(16)
The Complexity of the 5th to 7th Grade Crisis	56	(2)
Drug Abuse Resistance Education (Multistate)	58	(5)
Adolescent Alcohol Prevention Trial, California	63	(3)
Alcohol Misuse Prevention Study, Michigan	66	(3)
General Observations	69	(2)
Problem: Preventing Drug Use in Secondary School	71	(18)
What School-Based Prevention Can (and Can't) Accomplish	71	(2)
Botvin's Life Skills Approach, New York	73	(2)
Drug Resistance Project, Arizona	75	(2)
Lions Quest Skills for Adolescents, Ohio	77	(1)
Positive Youth Development Program, Connecticut	78	(1)
Project Alert, California	79	(2)
Project Pride, Pennsylvania	81	(4)
Teenage Health Teaching Modules (Multistate)	85	(1)
General Observations	86	(3)
Problem: Intervening with Teenagers at Highest Risk for Addiction	89	(24)
``Intervention'' Rather Than Prevention or Treatment	90	(1)
Choice Intervention, Kentucky	91	(1)
Drug Prevention Project for Homeless and Runaway Youth, Connecticut	92	(4)
Everyday Theater Summer Program, Washington, DC	96	(1)
Friendly PEERsuasion (Multiple Sites)	97	(2)
Peer Support Retreats, Arizona	99	(2)
Personal Growth Class, Washington	101	(2)
Project Healthy Alternatives for Life's Transitions, Nebraska	103	(3)
Residential Student Assistance Program, New York	106	(3)
Smart Leaders (Multistate)	109	(2)
General Observations	111	(2)
Problem: Preventing Substance Abuse among Employees and Retirees	113	(14)
Barriers to Adult Prevention	115	(2)
Aetna HAI Managed Behavioral Health, Utah	117	(2)
Levi-Strauss Worksite Policy Changes, Tennessee	119	(1)
Los Angeles Water and Power Supervisory Training Program, California	120	(3)
Mental Health and Aging Workshops, Oregon	123	(2)
General Observations	125	(2)
Problem: Reducing the Costs of Alcohol Use	127	(20)
Behind the Myth of an Alcoholic Society	128	(2)
Alcohol, Drugs, Driving, and You, Colorado	130	(1)
Alcoholic Beverage Server Intervention (Multistate)	131	(4)
Community Alcohol Abuse and Injury Prevention Project, Rhode Island	135	(1)
Ignition Interlock Device Trial, Ohio	136	(2)
Self-Regulation Training, Vermont	138	(3)
Teams-Games-Tournaments, Georgia	141	(2)
University Student Alcohol Intervention, Washington	143	(3)
General Observations	146	(1)
Problem: Organizing the Community for Prevention	147	(12)
Selecting a Model for Prevention Infrastructure	147	(1)
Specialization by Client Type: The Cadre Project, California	148	(2)
Specialization by Function: Greater Alliance for Prevention System, Illinois	150	(2)
Top-Down Planning: Midwest Prevention Program/Project Star	152	(3)
Low-Tech Linkages: Upper Little Caillou Drug-Free School, Louisiana	155	(2)
General Observations	157	(2)
A Short ``To Do'' List for Drug Abuse Prevention	159	(12)
Base Prevention Priorities on Need	161	(2)
Match Interventions with Populations	163	(1)
Inventory What's in Place	164	(1)
Invest Money and Expertise	165	(2)
Call the Doctor	167	(1)
Patiently Measure Success	168	(3)
What Doesn't Work: Four Mistakes Preventionists Make	171	(8)
How We Know What Doesn't Work	171	(1)
The Self-Esteem Trap	172	(2)
Activities for the Sake of Activities	174	(2)
Knowledge Isn't Always Power	176	(1)
When Drug Abuse Is Logical	177	(2)
Appendix: The National Structured Evaluation on Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Abuse	179	(10)
Data Collection for the NSE	179	(1)
The NSE Technique for Analyzing Effectiveness	180	(3)
The Seven Drug Abuse Prevention Approaches	183	(6)
References	189	(6)
Index	195