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Can you help me identify programs and
resources for preventing substance abuse among girls and young women?
Selected science-based programs: The following
programs were developed specifically for girls and young women. For more
information on these programs, visit the Northeast CAPT's Database of
Effective Programs at http://www.hhd.org/capt/default.asp.
Urban Women Against Substance Abuse
Urban Women Against Substance Abuse (UWASA) aims to strengthen bonds between
preadolescent girls and their mothers or significant female relatives
to increase girls' self-esteem and prevent their involvement in high-risk
behaviors. Funded by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and under
the aegis of the Institute for Community Research, the program targets
girls who are predominately African-American, Caribbean, Puerto Rican,
and Hispanic, and who are living in economically deprived urban neighborhoods.
CSAP has rated this program as Promising.
Contact Information: Marlene J. Berg Institute for Community Research>
Telephone: (860) 278-2044
Fax: (860) 278-2141
E-mail: infor@incommunityresearch.org
Web Site: www.incommunityresearch.com
CEDEN Family Resource Center
CEDEN (Center for Development Education and Nutrition)
provides comprehensive services to promote and strengthen families in
need of prenatal, early childhood and parenting education. The agency's
programs seek to improve birth outcomes of pregnant adolescents and at-risk
women by providing information to reduce the incidence of premature and
low birthweight babies.
Contact Information:
Terry Aruguello, Program Coordinator (Contact for technical assistance
& materials) Janet Chapman (Contact for technical assistance & materials)
Any Baby Can Child and Family Resource Center
Telephone: (512) 477-1130
Fax: (512) 477-9205
Email: terrya@abcaus.org , janetc@abcaus.org
Web Site: http://www.abcaus.org
Health Start Partnership and CARES Parenting
Program
Health Start parenting programs are an outgrowth of the agency's prenatal
and pediatric services. Women are enrolled in late pregnancy or as early
post-partum as possible, and enrolled children range in age from newborn
to five years. Program design is rooted in attachment theory and includes
three essential components: home visits, support and education groups,
and medical care. Families "graduate" when the last drug-exposed child
is enrolled in kindergarten.
Contact Information:
Gloria Ferguson, Team Leader (Contact for general program information)
Carol James (Contact for general program information) Health Start
Telephone: (651) 221-4368 (main number), (651) 221-3441, ext. 207
Fax: (651) 221-3946
Email: gloria.j.ferguson@healthstart.org
Nurse-Family Partnership (formerly the
Prenatal/Early Childhood Nurse Home Visitation Program)
The Nurse-Family Partnership (formerly the Prenatal
and Early Childhood Nurse Home Visitation Program) is a well-tested model
that improves the health and social functioning of low-income first-time
mothers and their babies. Nurse home visitors develop a supportive relationship
with the mother and family which emphasizes education, mutual goal setting,
and the development of the parents' own problem-solving skills and sense
of self-efficacy.
Contact Information:
Matt Buhr-Vogl, MPH (Contact for general program information) Kempe Prevention
Research Center for Family and Child Health
Telephone: (303) 864-5839
Fax: (303) 864-5236
Email: buhr-vogl.matthew@tchden.org
Web Site: http://www.nccfc.org
For more information on these and other effective
programs, visit the Northeast CAPT's Database of Effective Programs at:
http://www.hhd.org/capt/default.asp.
Resources:
Websites:
National Women's History Project
The National Women's History Project is an educational nonprofit organization
that recognizes and celebrates the diverse and historic accomplishments
of women by providing information and educational materials and programs.
http://www.nwhp.org
National Women's Health Information Center
This website provides health information for
women, including a database of resources, and information on topics areas
like heart disease, disabilities and pregnancy.
http://www.4woman.gov
Girl Power
Girl Power is a national public education campaign
sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help
encourage and motivate 9- to 13- year-old girls to make the most of their
lives by reinforcing and sustaining strong attitudes about their health.
http://www.girlpower.gov
Women and Substance Abuse FACT Sheet
This fact sheet provides information on a variety
of alcohol and other substances-related topics, as they apply to women.
http://www.well.com/user/woa/fswomen.htm
Join Together: Women and Substance Abuse
Resource Guide
This Join Together resource guide includes a
list of national organizations, publications, community stories and community
leaders with an expertise in women and substance abuse.
http://www.jointogether.org/sa/files/pdf/women.pdf
NIAAA Publications: Drinking And Your
Pregnancy
This publication answers some important questions
about the effect of alcohol on women's pregnancies.
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/brochure.htm
Alcohol and Sexual Assault
The relationship between alcohol and sexual assault
is explored, looking at the multiple pathways through which alcohol contributes
to sexual assaul.
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/brochure.htm
Drug Strategies Publication: Keeping
Score: Women and Drugs: Looking at the Federal Drug Control Budget
Keeping Score assesses Federal drug control spending with a special focus
on women, specifically looking at alcohol, tobacco and other drug use
among women from many different perspectives: public health, criminal
justice, impact on children, treatment and prevention. http://www.drugstrategies.org/reports.html
Pulications from The National Center
on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University:
The Formative Years: Pathways to Substance Abuse Amond Girls and
Young Women Ages 8-22; February 2003
The Formative Years seeks to identify characteristics of girls and young
women who abuse substances and when they are at highest risk of doing
so. It assesses the impact of such use--including the likelihood that
experimentation will become addiction--on girls and young women. www.casacolumbia.org/absolutenm/templates/Home.aspx
Reid, J. Under the Rug: Substance Abuse
and The Mature Woman; June 1998
This report is a comprehensive analysis of substance
abuse and addiction involving alcohol, prescription drugs and tobacco
among the 25.6 million mature American women--those age 60 and older.
www.casacolumbia.org/publications1456/publications_show.htm?doc_id=5882
Please contact CSAP's Northeast CAPT at capt@edc.org
for more information.
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