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PREVENTION FINDINGS

SACCSC Best Practices July 2008 Report Prevention www .sisqtel.net/armstrng/best_practicesMarcia1.htm www.sisqtel.net/armstrng/best_practicesMarcia2.htm www. sisqtel.net/armstrng/community_drug_initiatives.htm. PREVENTION FINDINGS. Telephone interviews with 11 coalitions in:

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PREVENTION FINDINGS

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  1. SACCSCBest PracticesJuly 2008 ReportPreventionwww.sisqtel.net/armstrng/best_practicesMarcia1.htmwww.sisqtel.net/armstrng/best_practicesMarcia2.htmwww. sisqtel.net/armstrng/community_drug_initiatives.htm

  2. PREVENTION FINDINGS • Telephone interviews with 11 coalitions in: Montana, Oregon and California (primarily) • Review of literature on 2 meth prevention initiatives in Kansas and Illinois • Types:  Meth Prevention • Youth Prevention (Note: Adults “harm reduction” not prevention)

  3. METH PREVENTION

  4. Committees: treatment, media, enforcement and prevention New approaches to assessment Correlation meth with tobacco use The abused/traumatized as children more likely to use meth Enforcement public intoxication laws an important tool Butte Co. METH STRIKE TEAM

  5. Youth Education Public Education – Media Publish meth labs taken down Stores - suspicious transaction report Landlord training program Butte Co. currently finalizing their strategic plan Butte Strike Team Strategies

  6. Kansas Meth Prevention ProjectKMPP • “Meth Watch” Program • “Life or Meth: What's the Cost" education program for 5th and 6th grade students, provided by Midwest HIDTA. http://www.lifeormeth.org/

  7. Kansas “Meth Watch” modelwww.methwatch.com • Supply reduction by monitoring products used in meth manufacture; (pseudoephedrine, anhydrous amonina.) • Demand reduction by providing youth education and community awareness about the dangers of the drug. • Crime watch with tamper tags on fertilizer NH3 tanks.

  8. CAMA – IllinoisCoalition Against Methamphetamine Abuse • Teams – Presentations, Research, Law and Policies  Leadership through technical expertise – legislation & testimony, state task forces  Leadership through technical education, meth forums • CAMA Teens - Events

  9. Useful Resources • Landlord Training & tips for stores http://www.portlandonline.com/shared/cfm/image.cfm?id=96790 http://www.2stopmeth.org/_global/?q=node/16 • Keep Anhydrous Ammonia Safe and Secure www.methwatch.com/Other_Elements/PDFs/tfi_meth_flyer.pdf • Meth Watch logo available for use http://www.kdheks.gov/methwatch/index.html

  10. Useful Resources • Meth lab signs in rural America video http://www.kdheks.gov/methwatch/video/meth_EX_CD.wmv • Illinois Attny. Gen. “MethNet” – How to Recognize a lab, meth cook waste, a shopper, addict, drug endangered child: http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/methnet/recognizingmeth.html

  11. Useful Resources • Drug Endangered Children -signs of meth http://www.willcoxmethtaskforce.org/CPS.html

  12. PREVENTION – STRATEGIES FOR YOUTH

  13. Separate hierarchical levels of committees by function: Policy making Information sharing Strategizing Implementation Separate committees by geography; culture; age group; school site; project YouthPREVENTION COALITIONS

  14. Common Use of SAMHSA’sStrategic Prevention Framework (SPF)* FIVE STEPS • Assessment – needs, readiness, resources • Capacity building and mobilization • Comprehensive Strategic Planning • Implementation–evidence based programs, practices and policies • Monitoring and evaluation *SPF - Required for government grants

  15. CADCA - Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America http://cadca.org/ • Membership non-profit • Provides SPF training and materials, webcasts on issues, free technical assistance and conferences

  16. Common Need: Reduce Youth Alcohol Access “Environmental” Approaches • Availability: • Commercial vendors – ABC train local vendors/servers; surveillance of parking lot “shoulder tapping”; Junior High store adoption for compliance; decoy operations/compliance checks • Parents – education on social host liability laws; back to school and send home mailers; guerilla prevention in small groups where parents are • Community – change social norms through media; information booths at sports events; townhall meetings; enforcement and policies; reduce hours of sales; keg registration

  17. Project Alert (EBP)- (bad review) Friday Night Live - HS, Club Live 5-8th, Access –College “Every 15 Minutes” “Drug Store” (8th grd.–vignettes) “Lion’s Quest” Red Ribbon Campaign “Strengthening Families” 6-11 “Dare to Be You” K-2 “Towards No Drug Abuse” “STOP” Youth DV Advocacy “Be Real” 10-12 y/o “All Stars” “In My House” “Too Good For Drugs” Youth Programs/Activities

  18. SAFER – not using alcohol at events School codes of conduct Party patrol – Report a party Sober Graduation Memorial walk Intervention and separate classrooms for kids with substance abuse Alcohol and drug specialists onsite at schools and youth organizations Pool of screened trained mentors Life Skills Training in every elementary and middle school in the county. Youth Programs (contin.)

  19. Positive Youth Development • Youth Empowerment Conference at Claremont McKenna • Shasta Youth Leadership Camp • 40 Developmental Assets • Youth philanthropy (GABY) • Youth decision-makers on boards • Youth involvement in all 5 steps

  20. Useful Resources • MAPP (Mobilizing for Action Through Partnership and Planning) from NACCHO (National Assoc. of County and City Health Dept.)  strengths and obstacles analysis • Asset mapping • San Mateo Roadmap for Community Prevention http://www.plsinfo.org/healthysmc/pdf/Roadmap_ATOD.pdf

  21. Useful Resources • SAMHSA - A Guide To Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) on The Web www.samhsa.gov/ebpWebguide/index.asp Or http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov/ • Action Kit for Environmental Prevention http://www.publicstrategies.org/ECR_ActionKit.htm • Roadmap for Environ. Prev. http://www.marininstitute.org/roadmap/

  22. Useful Resources • Action kit for involving Youth in environmental prevention efforts www.alcoholpolicypanel.org/pdf/youth_involvement.pdf • GABY (Grants Advisory Board for Youth) Resource Book http://www.greatvalley.org/gaby/docs/resource_booklet.pdf

  23. Useful Resources • Compliance check system http://www.epi.umn.edu/alcohol/manual/manual.pdf;

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