Maine Learning Community: Day 2 Selecting Strategies and Implementation

1. Maine Learning Community: Day 2Selecting Strategies and Implementation March 26, 2007 Maine Office of Substance Abuse (OSA) Northeast Center for Application of Prevention Technologies (NECAPT) Hornby Zeller Associates, Inc (HZA) Maine’s Environmental Substance Abuse Prevention Center (MESAP)

2. Learning Objectives By the end of the day two workshop, participants will be able to: • Recognize key issues in the 18-25 year old population • Identify strategies to address alcohol and prescription drug misuse among 18-25 year olds • Create logic model using complementary strategies • Consider implementation issues in constructing strategic plan • Use resources to find additional funding and ensure sustainability of efforts

3. Agenda • Welcome and Review • Strategies: College and Workplace • Question and Answer Discussion • Using Complementary Strategies • Building a Logic Model • Implementation Considerations • Preparing for Implementation Activity • Sustainability • Next Steps from OSA

4. Highlights from Prioritization • Did you do the prioritization of intervening variables in your county? • What process did you use? • What challenges did you find in the process? • What really worked? • Did you encounter any surprises? • What do you plan to do next?

5. Strategies Targeting 18- 25- YearOlds 18-25 Year Old Population College Interventions Workplace Interventions

6. 18-25 Year Old Population: General Characteristics • Risk takers • Skeptical of institutions • Cynical about government participation • Rebellious • Hold high ideals regarding social ills • Impacted by culture

7. Looking at the Data- College vs. Non-College

8. Intervention Opportunities Host • Host: Potential Users • College • Workforce • Environment • Social Norms • Policy • Enforcement • Agent: Sources • Retail Access • Pharmacists • Physicians • Parents/Other Adults • Peers Environment Agent

9. College Strategies Becky Ireland Maine Higher Education Alcohol Prevention Partnership (HEAPP)

10. Environmental Impact on College Campuses ME Office of Substance Abuse

11. Factors Contributing to Alcohol and Drug Use • Abundantly available, inexpensive alcohol • Aggressive alcohol promotions targeting college students • Unstructured free time for students • Inconsistently enforced laws and policies • Widespread belief that college alcohol and other drug abuse is normal The US Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alchol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention http://www.higheredcenter.org/

12. College Strategies • Policies & Laws • Availability of Alcohol • Marketing/Promotion of Alcohol • Alcohol--Free Social and Recreational Options • Normative Environment • Early Intervention The US Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alchol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention http://www.higheredcenter.org/

13. Components of Successful College Approaches • Comprehensive (individual and environmental) • Strong administrative leadership • Faculty involvement • Staff involvement • Student involvement The US Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alchol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention http://www.higheredcenter.org/

14. The US Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alchol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention http://www.higheredcenter.org/

15. Resources • Becky Ireland, ME HEAPP www.MaineHEAPP.org • Education Development Center, Inc. Higher Education Center http://www.higheredcenter.org/ • The National Center on Addiction & Substance Abuse at Columbia Universityhttp://www.casacolumbia.org

16. Workplace Strategies Geoffrey Miller Maine DHHS, OSA Geoff.miller@maine.gov

17. Workplace Interventions Discussion Questions: • What collaborations do we have in place to help access employers? • What do we need to cultivate in order to access employers in our communities?

18. Using Complementary Strategies Erica Schmitz MESAP

19. Building a Logic Model • Choose a priority problem to focus on • Record intervening variables that have been identified as priorities • Choose potential types of strategies to address intervening variables • Consider cultural competence issues • Add/subtract strategies to develop a more comprehensive approach

20. Directionality of Logic Model Consequence and Consumption Pattern Intervening Variables Strategies Planning Planning Consequence and Consumption Pattern Intervening Variables Strategies Evaluation Evaluation

21. Example of a Community Logic Model for Planning Consequence and Consumption Pattern Intervening Variables Strategies Communication: Media campaign and or describing the penalties for hosting Social Access: Parents Enforcement: Enforcing social host liability laws Underage Drinking Retail Access Enforcement: Compliance Checks Education: Merchant Education Knowledge of Health Risks Communication: Social Marketing campaign targeted at youth perception of harm from alcohol

22. Cultural Competency Considerations • Is the target population involved in the design of interventions? • Is your intervention responsive to the population you have targeted and how do you know? • Does the implementing organization (s) understand the shared values, attitudes, and beliefs of the community or population that is being targeted? • Does the organization (s) have the resources needed to deliver culturally competent strategies? • Is information shared in a manner that is appropriate and understandable?

23. Poster Session Review logic models of other counties Lunch