Friday, November 22, 2024
11/22/2024
Jackson State University Metro Jackson Community Prevention Coalition (MJCPC), located in Jackson, Mississippi, proposes to implement the Mississippi Underage Drinking Prevention Program (MUDPP) in the Jackson Metropolitan area (Hinds County) with youth ages 12-20 at high risk of alcohol abuse by utilizing evidence-based prevention education and refusal skills training with at least 2,000 students annually and at least 8,000 during the project’s lifetime. According to the 2019 Mississippi High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey, the percentage of Mississippi youth in grades 9-12 who drank at least one drink of alcohol on at least one day during the 30 days before the survey was nearly 26%. Females and males who drank at least one one drink of alcohol on at least one day during the 30 days before the survey was 25% and 25.9%, respectively. Mississippi youth who usually obtained the alcohol they drank by someone giving it to them during the 30 days before the survey was nearly 36% overall and 38.5% for females and 33.6% for males. The tendency of underage youth to drink alcohol as reported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (2022) can be attributed to the following clinical characteristics asserting independence as a consequence of maturing age, seeking new challenges, engaging in risky behaviors, peer pressure, stress and access to alcohol. Additionally, According to the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2022), youth who drink alcohol are more likely to experience school absenteeism, lower grades, fighting, legal problems due to arrests, physical and sexual violence, alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes, increased risk of suicide and homicide; unwanted, unplanned and unprotected sexual activity, as well as physical harms such as hangovers and illnesses, normal growth/sexual development disruption, memory problems, brain development changes which ma have lifelong effects and alcohol poisoning. MJCPC will conduct alcohol prevention education and refusal skills training utilizing the evidence-based Class Action High School Alcohol Use Prevention training curriculum with 9th-12th grades in Jackson Public Schools and the LifeSkills Training program with 12- to 13-year-olds in the City of Jackson Summer Youth Enhancement program. The goals and measurable objectives of the project related to skills enhancement and information dissemination are: Goal One: Establish and strengthen information dissemination among youth and community members to address the dangers of underage drinking. Objective 1: By September 30, 2024, increase the awareness about the nature and extent of underage drinking in the Jackson Metropolitan area, by 5%. Goal Two: Reduce underage drinking among youth by providing prevention education and skills enhancement. Objective 1: By September 30, 2024, reduce the percent of youth aged 12-17 in Jackson, MS who have consumed alcohol within the past year, as indicated by pre- and posttests, by 3%.
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