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Wyoming s SPF SIG Community Needs Assessment

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Wyoming s SPF SIG Community Needs Assessment

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    1. Wyoming’s SPF SIG Community Needs Assessment Rodney A. Wambeam, Ph.D. Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center

    3. Findings from the state level needs assessment “The State of Wyoming should target its Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant efforts on the Misuse of Alcohol. This means that: 1. The primary target for prevention efforts should be underage drinking and adult binge drinking. Underage drinking refers to any use of alcohol by anyone under the age of 21, while adult binge drinking refers to those 18 years and older who have five or more drinks on any one occasion. 2. The secondary target for prevention efforts should be the most significant consequences of the misuse of alcohol in Wyoming: alcohol dependence and abuse, alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes, and alcohol-related crime.”

    5. Community needs assessment logic model (page 7)

    6. Basic process: Gather data & answer questions (page 26) Table 29. Percentage of Adults (18 Years and Older) Who Report Binge Drinking, Defined as Having Five or More Drinks in a Row in the past 30 Days (2001-2005 BRFSS)

    7. Basic process: Gather data & answer questions (page 28) Albany County “Adult binge drinking in Albany County ranks the highest in the state at 23.0%. This compares to 16.5% across the state. This statistic speaks volumes about the population of Albany County and the issues surrounding adult alcohol use.” Uinta County “Our adult binge drinking and adult heavy drinking in Uinta County is one of the lowest in the state. Uinta County ranks last on Table 29, and second to last on Table 30. Again, this may have to do with the religious influences and the public perception of alcohol in the community.” Question 8. Based on Tables 29 and 30, along with your community’s other local data, how does adult binge drinking, and adult heavy drinking in your community compare to adult binge drinking, and adult heavy drinking across the state? Is your problem bigger, smaller, or about the same? Discuss the differences.

    8. Causal areas

    9. Retail availability (page 30) Table 31. Liquor Licenses per 100,000 Population over 14 Years Old (2005 Department of Revenue and US Census Bureau)

    10. Retail availability (page 31) Albany County “Of the 23 counties in Wyoming, Albany County ranks 20th for having the lowest number of liquor licenses per person.” Teton County “Teton County’s number of liquor licenses is significantly larger than the rest of the state due to the nature of our community. As a tourist destination, we have a large number of hotels, resorts, restaurants and bars.” Question 10. Based on Table 31, how does the number of liquor licenses per person in your community compare to the number of liquor licenses per person across the state? Is your rate bigger, smaller, or about the same? Discuss the differences

    11. Final retail availability question (page 35) Question 13. Based on information gathered about liquor licenses per 100,000 population 14 years and older, alcohol compliance check failure rates, drive-up liquor window percentage, and other local data, what are the concerns around retail availability that might contribute to the misuse of alcohol and its consequences in your community? Justify your decision. Question 14. Based on the above considerations, to what degree does your CAC believe retail availability is impacting the misuse of alcohol and its consequences in your community? Justify your decision. (place an “x” next to a number from 0 to 10)

    12. Prioritization (page 66)

    13. Final question (page 71) Question 40. It is very unlikely that your community can or needs to address every possible cause or implement every possible evidence-based strategy to change alcohol-related problems. What combination of causal areas is your community going to target with the PF project, and why? “Sublette County is planning on targeting community norms along with social availability and eventually retail availability. The coalition feels that this is the best way to address reducing DUI and MIP and adult and youth binge drinking, and that the above named causal areas are those with the most concern connected with them. In addition, the coalition feels that according to the data gathered and provided in this workbook these are the areas it will be best to focus on because of the high rate of social events with alcohol served, the high level of acceptance of drinking in the community and the large amount of retail outlets that sell alcohol.”

    14. Results Causal Area Rankings (Prioritization)

    15. Results Communities Targeting Each Causal Area (Final Question)

    16. Lessons learned The process is as important as the result Coaches would have been nice Data needs to be interpreted Wonderful things can happen when communities look at data before making decisions Escalators are really just moving stairways

    17. Contact information: Rodney A. Wambeam, Ph.D. Senior Research Scientist manager Center for Justice Research Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center university of Wyoming (307) 760-8928 rodney@uwyo.edu

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