Center for Science in the Public Interest (1996). State alcohol taxes and health: A citizen’s action guide. Washington, DC. Access the table of contents online at: http://www.cspinet.org/booze/taxguide/tax_toc.htm
Fisher, D. (1998). Environmental prevention strategies: An introduction and overview. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Available online: http://captus.samhsa.gov/northeast/PDF/fisher_d_1998.pdf
Gardner, S. E., and Brounstein, P. J. (2001). Series Guide to Science-Based Practices. Principles of Substance Abuse Prevention. Rockville, MD: Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Division of Knowledge Development and Evaluation. Available online: http://captus.samhsa.gov/northeast/PDF/gardner/gardner-cover2.cfm
Holder, H. & Reynolds, R. (1997). Application of local policy to prevent alcohol problems: Experiences from a community trial. Addiction, 92(Supp. 2), S285– S292.
Join Together (1996). Fixing a failing system. National policy recommendations: How the criminal justice system should work with communities to reduce substance abuse. Boston, MA. Available in full text online at: http://www.jointogether.org/sa/files/pdf/fail_system.pdf
National Institute on Drug Abuse (1998). Assessing drug abuse within and across communities: Community epidemiology surveillance networks on drug abuse. Washington, DC: National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Available in full text online at: http://165.112.78.61/DEPR/Assessing/Guideindex.htm
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (1999). Strategies to reduce underage alcohol use: Typology and brief overview. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program. Available in full text online at: http://www.udetc.org/documents/strategies.pdfPrevention Enhancement Protocols System (1999). Preventing problems related to alcohol availability: Environmental approaches. Rockville, MD: Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Available online: http://www.health.org/govpubs/PHD822/
Toomey, T. and Wagenaar, A. (1999). Policy options for prevention: The case of alcohol. Journal of Public Health Policy, 20(2), 193–212.
Training
CSAP’s Northeast CAPT is developing a series of trainings, with videos, that will build practitioners' capacity to incorporate each of the seven prevention strategies into their efforts.
Web Resources
The Alcohol Epidemiology Program (AEP) is a research program within the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota. The AEP conducts policy-relevant research on specific initiatives to prevent alcohol-related problems. Their website http://www.epi.umn.edu/alcohol/ contains a variety of information on policies to reduce youth access to alcohol and the development of ordinances that regulate the use of alcohol.
The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) provides national leadership in the development of policies, programs, and services to prevent the onset of illegal drug use, to prevent underage alcohol and tobacco use, and to reduce the negative consequences of using substances. CSAP is one of three Centers in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). CSAP promotes comprehensive programs, community involvement, and partnership among all sectors of society. Through service capacity expansion and knowledge development, application, and dissemination, CSAP works to strengthen the Nation's ability to reduce substance abuse and its associated problems. Available online at: http://www.prevention.samhsa.gov
CSAP’s Decision Support System (DSS) at https://preventionplatform.samhsa.gov promotes scientific methods and programs for substance abuse prevention for use within communities and State prevention systems. You can use this site to learn how to assess your needs, gain insight into how to further develop your agency capacity, and choose among effective prevention programs.
Join Together Online at http://www.jointogether.org is a national resource center for communities working to reduce substance abuse and gun violence. Their site includes news, advocacy tools, and funding resources related to prevention and treatment.
The Marin Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems conducts training, provides in-depth technical assistance, develops publications, and tracks actions of the alcohol beverage industry. Their work primarily focuses on policy and economic development as it pertains to alcohol and other drug issues. http://www.marininstitute.org
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) at http://www.madd.org is a national organization dedicated to preventing drunk driving and underage drinking as well as supporting the victims of drunk driving. Their site includes an in-depth section on public policy that tracks legislation across the country as well as the records of key legislators.
The Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center (UDETC) at http://www.udetc.org provides training and technical assistance to States and communities involved in enforcing underage alcohol access and use laws.
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