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Project Northland I Cheryl Perry etal.

Project Northland I & II involved multi-level, multi-year initiatives targeting alcohol prevention for youth in Minnesota through curricula, parental education, peer leadership, and community engagement. The program achieved positive outcomes in reducing alcohol use initiation and prevalence among participants.

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Project Northland I Cheryl Perry etal.

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  1. Project Northland I Cheryl Perry etal.

  2. Multi-level, multi-year community-wide alcohol prevention program in Minnesota

  3. 1991 (sixth graders)- 1998 (graduate)

  4. Multi-level • Curricula x 3 years • Peer leadership • Parental education • Task forces

  5. Sixth Grade: Slick Tracy Home Team Program • Slick Tracy/Breathtest Mahoney activity story books completed with parents • Northland Notes for Parents • Family Fun Night • Community-wide task forces • Pass 5 ordinances • “Gold Card” program

  6. Seventh Grade Amazing Alternatives! Progam • Evening party with parents • 8 week teacher/peer-led class curriculum • Peer leadership program to create alcohol-free social activities • Amazing Alternatives booklets • 3 issues of Northland Notes for Parents • Task forces (cont’d)

  7. Eighth Grade Powerlines • 8 session Powerlines curriculum (interview “key informants”, e.g. liquor merchants, gov’t officials) • “It’s My Party” theatre production • New issues of Northland Notes for Parents • Peer leadership groups (cont’d) • TEENSpeak newsletter by/for 8th graders • Task forces (cont’d)

  8. Outcomes • Perceive fewer peers that drink • Endorse not drinking • Greater self-efficacy to resist @ parties • Greater perceived costs/sanction for drinking & driving • More communication with parents about drinking • After 3 years, intervention group lower levels of onset & prevalence of alcohol use than controls

  9. Project Northland II

  10. Life Skills Training

  11. 3 years, starting in 6th • Focus on “gateway” drugs (cigs, alcohol, mj) • Variety of settings (schools, CBOs, PAL) • 50-75% lower use vs. controls & sustained over time • Technology (computers, biofeedback) • Content areas: • Drug resistance skills • Self-management skills • Social competence

  12. Drug Resistance Skills: • Increased awareness of social influence • Decreased estimation of prevalence • Resistance skills (e.g. “fogging”)

  13. Self-management skills: • Problem solving/decision making (scripts) • Stress reduction (e.g. belly breathing)

  14. Social Skills: • How to begin a conversation • How to keep a conversation going • How to ask for help • How to express appreciation • How to give negative feedback

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