Thursday, April 25, 2024
4/25/2024
The coalition will prevent and reduce youth substance use by implementing the following strategies: provide information, enhance skills and change policy by expanding LifeSkills Training to parents; provide information, enhance skills and modify and change policy by expanding LifeSkills Training in Middle and High School; provide support and changing consequences by offering TIPS (Training for Intervention Procedures) for merchants; change consequences by providing responsible merchant pledges; enhance access/reduce barriers by convenience store makeover to make the stores more welcoming to the community; provide information and enhance skills by point of sale education campaign; provide information by assessment of 2013 prevention needs assessment and the result of LifeSkills Training to be presented at town hall style meeting; change physical environment with a community mural to minimize graffiti and further preventive message; enhance access/reduce barriers by advertising no smoking in public parks; change policy by changing local noise ordinance and eliminate late night parking to decrease visibility and activities of late night bars; change policy by creating community service alternative for students suspended for alcohol related incidence; change consequences by social norming photo-voice campaign to address high alcohol density and expand Red Ribbon substance prevention week in Middle school; change consequences by developing new print media, billboard and texting campaign around alcohol prevention; provide information, enhance skills and change policy by prescriber education and prescription drug disposal campaign; and provide support by expanding Red Ribbon Week activities to the Middle School.
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