Training Overview

Environmental Strategies for Population Change: The Big and Little P’s

Policies are governmental, institutional, and organizational codes of acceptable behavior that reflect the community’s or state’s attitudes toward alcohol, tobacco and drug use. Environmental strategies involve using policy tools and their enforcement to influence the environment in which substances are used and sold, as well as regulations regarding who can possess and/or use alcohol, tobacco, over-the-counter and illicit drugs. Learn how states and communities across the nation are using “big P” (governmental) and “little p” (institutional/organizational) policies to influence the behavioral norms of whole populations, as well as the steps that must be considered in any policy change effort.

Target Audience:
Coalitions interested in mobilizing to change local governmental and/or institutional policies.
 
Training Objectives:
This workshop will cover:
  1. How policies are currently used to reduce both demand and supply of substances in order to influence both substance use attitudes and behaviors.
  2. The importance of educating the community prior to engaging in policy change.
  3. The steps involved in advocating for policy adoption.
  4. Considerations in deciding whether to engage in a policy change strategy that will result in a meaningful policy that is enforceable.
  5. The rules concerning lobbying and non-profit status.
  6. How to assure that the newly adopted policy gets enforced.
  7. Questions regarding field program specific issues.
Format:
Lecture/Presentation with discussion and/or group work
 
Number of Participants:
10–30
 
Time Frame:
1 day

 

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