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Tables of Contents for Preventing Substance Abuse
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
A Problem-Solution Approach to Substance Abuse
1
12
Substance Abuse: A Constellation of Problems
2
2
How Communities Respond
4
1
Doing What Works: Reducing Specific Problems
5
2
Doing What Works: Finding Winning Solutions
7
2
Doing What Works: The Changing Role of Primary Healthcare
9
4
Problem: Preventing Drug-Exposed Newborns
13
16
Drug-Exposed Newborns as a Community Problem
13
2
Delaware Diamond Deliveries
15
2
New Start, Oregon
17
4
Project Network, Oregon
21
2
National Indian Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention (Multiple States)
23
3
General Observations
26
3
Problem: Prevention among Families in Trouble
29
14
Families that Need---and Elude---Help
30
1
Family Effectiveness Training, Florida
31
2
Strengthening Black Families, Alabama
33
2
Survival Training for Parents, Ohio
35
2
YCOSA Targeted Prevention, Alabama
37
2
General Observations
39
4
Problem: Prevention among Young Children
43
12
What Kinds of Intervention Can Young Children Use?
43
2
``I'm Special'' Program, North Carolina
45
2
Primary Prevention Impact for Caregivers, Florida
47
1
Prime Time, Texas
48
3
Social Development Project, Washington
51
2
General Observations
53
2
Problem: Preparing the Ground for Prevention in Early Adolescence
55
16
The Complexity of the 5th to 7th Grade Crisis
56
2
Drug Abuse Resistance Education (Multistate)
58
5
Adolescent Alcohol Prevention Trial, California
63
3
Alcohol Misuse Prevention Study, Michigan
66
3
General Observations
69
2
Problem: Preventing Drug Use in Secondary School
71
18
What School-Based Prevention Can (and Can't) Accomplish
71
2
Botvin's Life Skills Approach, New York
73
2
Drug Resistance Project, Arizona
75
2
Lions Quest Skills for Adolescents, Ohio
77
1
Positive Youth Development Program, Connecticut
78
1
Project Alert, California
79
2
Project Pride, Pennsylvania
81
4
Teenage Health Teaching Modules (Multistate)
85
1
General Observations
86
3
Problem: Intervening with Teenagers at Highest Risk for Addiction
89
24
``Intervention'' Rather Than Prevention or Treatment
90
1
Choice Intervention, Kentucky
91
1
Drug Prevention Project for Homeless and Runaway Youth, Connecticut
92
4
Everyday Theater Summer Program, Washington, DC
96
1
Friendly PEERsuasion (Multiple Sites)
97
2
Peer Support Retreats, Arizona
99
2
Personal Growth Class, Washington
101
2
Project Healthy Alternatives for Life's Transitions, Nebraska
103
3
Residential Student Assistance Program, New York
106
3
Smart Leaders (Multistate)
109
2
General Observations
111
2
Problem: Preventing Substance Abuse among Employees and Retirees
113
14
Barriers to Adult Prevention
115
2
Aetna HAI Managed Behavioral Health, Utah
117
2
Levi-Strauss Worksite Policy Changes, Tennessee
119
1
Los Angeles Water and Power Supervisory Training Program, California
120
3
Mental Health and Aging Workshops, Oregon
123
2
General Observations
125
2
Problem: Reducing the Costs of Alcohol Use
127
20
Behind the Myth of an Alcoholic Society
128
2
Alcohol, Drugs, Driving, and You, Colorado
130
1
Alcoholic Beverage Server Intervention (Multistate)
131
4
Community Alcohol Abuse and Injury Prevention Project, Rhode Island
135
1
Ignition Interlock Device Trial, Ohio
136
2
Self-Regulation Training, Vermont
138
3
Teams-Games-Tournaments, Georgia
141
2
University Student Alcohol Intervention, Washington
143
3
General Observations
146
1
Problem: Organizing the Community for Prevention
147
12
Selecting a Model for Prevention Infrastructure
147
1
Specialization by Client Type: The Cadre Project, California
148
2
Specialization by Function: Greater Alliance for Prevention System, Illinois
150
2
Top-Down Planning: Midwest Prevention Program/Project Star
152
3
Low-Tech Linkages: Upper Little Caillou Drug-Free School, Louisiana
155
2
General Observations
157
2
A Short ``To Do'' List for Drug Abuse Prevention
159
12
Base Prevention Priorities on Need
161
2
Match Interventions with Populations
163
1
Inventory What's in Place
164
1
Invest Money and Expertise
165
2
Call the Doctor
167
1
Patiently Measure Success
168
3
What Doesn't Work: Four Mistakes Preventionists Make
171
8
How We Know What Doesn't Work
171
1
The Self-Esteem Trap
172
2
Activities for the Sake of Activities
174
2
Knowledge Isn't Always Power
176
1
When Drug Abuse Is Logical
177
2
Appendix: The National Structured Evaluation on Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
179
10
Data Collection for the NSE
179
1
The NSE Technique for Analyzing Effectiveness
180
3
The Seven Drug Abuse Prevention Approaches
183
6
References
189
6
Index
195