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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)

Learning Objectives

By the end of the day two workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Recognize key issues in the 18-25 year old population

2. Identify strategies to address alcohol and prescription drug misuse among 18-25 year olds

3. Create logic model using complementary strategies

4. Consider implementation issues in constructing strategic plan

5. Use resources to find additional funding and ensure sustainability of efforts

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

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?

Strategies Targeting 18- 25- Year Olds

• 18-25 Year Old Population

• College Interventions

• Workplace Interventions

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

Looking at the Data- College vs. Non-College

Annual Prevalance of Use of Various Drugs for College and Non-College Adults (2004)

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10

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Alcohol Tobacco Illicit Drugs Marijuana Other Narcotics

Non-College

College

Intervention Opportunities• Host: Potential Users

– College– Workforce

• Environment– Social Norms– Policy– Enforcement

• Agent: Sources– Retail Access– Pharmacists– Physicians– Parents/Other Adults – Peers

Host

Environment Agent

College Strategies

Becky Ireland

Maine Higher Education Alcohol Prevention Partnership (HEAPP)

ME Office of Substance Abuse

Environmental Impact on College Campuses

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

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/

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/

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/

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 University http://www.casacolumbia.org

Workplace Strategies

Geoffrey MillerMaine DHHS, OSAGeoff.miller@maine.gov

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?

Using Complementary Strategies

Erica SchmitzMESAP

Building a Logic Model

1. Choose a priority problem to focus on

2. Record intervening variables that have been identified as priorities

3. Choose potential types of strategies to address intervening variables

4. Consider cultural competence issues

5. Add/subtract strategies to develop a more comprehensive approach

Strategies

Consequence and

Consumption Pattern

Intervening Variables

Directionality of Logic Model

Planning Planning

Consequence and

Consumption Pattern

Intervening Variables StrategiesEvaluationEvaluation

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Strategies

Consequence and

Consumption Pattern

Intervening Variables

Example of a Community Logic Model for Planning

Underage Drinking

Social Access: Parents

Retail Access

Knowledge of Health Risks

Communication:Media campaign and or describing the penalties for hosting

Enforcement:Enforcing social host liability laws

Education:Merchant Education

Enforcement:Compliance Checks

Communication:Social Marketing campaign targeted at youth perception of harm from alcohol

Cultural Competency Considerations

1. Is the target population involved in the design of interventions?

2. Is your intervention responsive to the population you have targeted and how do you know?

3. Does the implementing organization (s) understand the shared values, attitudes, and beliefs of the community or population that is being targeted?

4. Does the organization (s) have the resources needed to deliver culturally competent strategies?

5. Is information shared in a manner that is appropriate and understandable?

Poster Session

• Review logic models of other counties

• Lunch