For
more related information, please visit the following websites: Pacific
Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE)
A national institute
which promotes, undertakes, and evaluates activities, studies, and programs that
improve individual and public health, welfare, and safety.
www.pire.org Prevention
Research Center (PRC)
The
Prevention Research Center was formed in 1983 as a national center for prevention
research. PRC's focus is on conducting research to better understand the social
and physical environments that influence individual behavior that leads to alcohol
and drug misuse.
www.prev.org National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
An institute of
the National Institutes of Health (NIH) which supports and conducts biomedical
and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention
of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems.
www.niaaa.nih.gov Spatial
Systems Group (SSG)
An organization of researchers specializing
in environmental and geographic research into the etiology and prevention of health
problems.
www.pire.org/prc/ssg/ssghome.htm National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
The
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is part of the
National Institutes of Health, the biomedical research arm of the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services. The mission of the NICHD is to ensure that every
person is born healthy and wanted, that women suffer no harmful effects from the
reproductive process, and that all children have the chance to fulfill their potential
for a healthy and productive life, free of disease or disability.
www.nichd.nih.gov Underage
Drinking Enforcement Training Center
The goal of the Training Center,
funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), is
to provide science-based, practical, and effective training and technical assistance
to States and communities involved in enforcing underage alcohol access and use
laws.
www.udetc.org The
following are links to publications available from the Underage Drinking Enforcement
Training Center in conjunction with various national agencies: The
Guide to Conducting Alcohol Purchase Surveys
The
Guide provides information about one important tool for combating underage drinking:
the alcohol purchase survey. These surveys involve sending minors or young-looking
adults into stores to purchase alcohol. In this way, law enforcement agencies
and community members can find out who is selling alcoholic beverages to our children
.www.udetc.org/documents/purchase.pdf Drinking
in America: Myths, Realities, and Prevention Policy
This
report provides a more realistic picture of who drinks, how much, and how often.
It compares the drinking patterns of adults to those of people under age 21. It
then analyzes the implications of these drinking patterns for alcohol policy.
www.udetc.org/documents/Drinking_in_America.pdf Guide
to Conducting Youth Surveys
The Guide provides step-by-step information
on how States or communities can conduct surveys of youth to determine levels
of alcohol use, sources of alcohol, expectations about alcohol use, and perceptions
of community norms.
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