Transcription of Environmental Strategies - CADCA
1 Acy MerchantEducationMulti-jurisdictionalAgr eementOutletDualitativeor AnecdotalData Quantitative Data ShoulderTap SocialHost Law SocialMaSou rce InvestigationProgramSynarChecksTeen Party OrdinanceZero Tolerance24olerancePolicy4 Ps of Mark eti ng Al coholPurchaseSurveyCleanAir LawsCommunityBeyondthe Basics:Topic-SpecificPublicationsfor CoalitionsTh e Coa lition Impact:Envir onm ent al PreventionSt rat egiesCo mmu nit y Ant i-Dr ug Coalitionsof Amer icaNa tio nal Com munity Anti-Drug CoalitionInstituteAboutthisPublicationCA DCA sNat iona lCoalition Inst itu te published aser ies of sev en primers that coincide with andhelp coalitions nav igate the eleme nts of the Sub -sta nce Ab use and Me ntal Healt hSe rv ices Admin -istr ation s Str at egic Preve nt ion Frame wor thefirs tin anew serie s BeyondtheBasics:Topic-SpecificPublicatio nsforCoalitions thatwo rk in conjunct ion with mea nt toas si st coa litions expa nd theirknow led ge ab out planning for pop ula tion-levelcha nge.
2 As is truewith the pr imers ,they wor kas aset, how ev er ,each also can stand pub licat ion provides anoverv iew of the envi -ronm ent al strat egies approach tocom munitypro blem solv ing. Itincludes real examples of ef -for ts wh er een vironme ntal strat egies aimed atpre ve nting and reducing commu nity problemsrela tedtoalcoh ol and other dr ugs wer eimpl e-me nte one approach or set of strateg ieswill fix every com mu nity proble m, but with anappr opr iat een vironme ntal asse ss me nt, acoali -tio ncan deter min ewhat aspects of en vironmen -talpr ev ent ion will bes tserve the ir com covere din this publicationinclu de:WH ATar een viron mental strat egie sandwh yar ecoalit ions be st suite dtoplan and implementthem ?
3 WH ATdata collect ion and analys is is essential intheinve st igat ion of environme ntal conditionsof acomm uni tytoeffe ct ively choos eandimp lement stra tegie s?HOWcan acoalit ion build capa city tocommit tothelong-t er minve st ment that is ne ce ss aryfor environm ent al strat egie sto succe ed?WH EREdo en vironme ntal strat egies fit int oacomp reh ensiv ecommu nity plan?HOWwill you rcoa lition evaluate the success andimp act of en vironme ntal strat egies ? CADCA sNationalCoalitionInstituteThe Nati ona lCommunityAnti- Drug Coali tionInsti tut e(Insti tut e),apa rt of the Communi tyAnti-Drug Coa liti ons of Amer ica( CADCA ), serv esasace nterfor traini ng, tec hnic alassistanc e,eva lua tion ,re se ar chan dcapa city bui ldi ng forcommun ity anti -dr ug coa litions throughouttheUn itedStat es.
4 The Ins titut ewas cre at ed in2002by anactof Congr essand supports coaliti onde ve lopmen tand gro wth for Drug Fre eCommu -niti esSuppor tProgr am(DFC )gr an tee san dothe rcommun ity coa liti ons .The Ins titut eoffers anexc epti ona loppor tuni ty tomov ethe coal ition fiel dforw ard. Its missi on andobj ec tiv esar eambitious but achi eva bl shor t,the Insti tut ehelps gro wnew, stron ger an dsma rt ercoa liti ons .DrugFreeCommunitiesSupportProgramIn 199 7, Congr es senact ed the Drug-Fre eCom -mun iti esAct to pro vi de gr ants to communi ty-bas edcoal ition stha tser ve asca talyst sfor multi-se ctor par tic ipa tion to reduc eloca lsubstanc eabus eprobl ems.
5 As of Sept ember 20 10, morethan 1, 700 loc alcoa litions ha ve rec ei ve dor arere ceivi ng fundin gto work on two ma in goals: Re ducesubs tance abus eamong youthand, ove rtime ,among adults byaddr ess ing the factors inacommun itythat inc re as ethe ri skof subs tanc eabuseandpromotingthe factors tha tmi nimi ze theri sk of subs tanceabuse . Es tabl ishandstr en gthencol laborationamon gcommun itie s, pr iva te nonprofi tage nc iesand feder al ,stat e, loca lan dtri bal gov ernmen ts to suppor tthe effor tsof communi ty coa liti ons to pr even tandre duce subs tanc eabuse amon ofCon ten tsCH AP TE R1: INTRODUCT ION TO AN ENVIRONMENTALAPPROAC H 1 Wha tare enviro nme nt al str ategi es?
6 1 Roots of env ironm en tal ap proac he s1Ad va ntage sofenv ironme nt al strategi es1CH AP TE R2: LAYIN GTHE FO UNDATION FOR COMMUNITYCH AN GE 4 The Public He alth Mod el4 Ins titute ofMe dic ine Mod el A usefu lpl an ningapproa chfor coal itions 4 Abro ader look at policy5 Coa lition s:The organiz atio na lstruc tureforenvi ronme nt al st rategies5CH AP TE R3: THE SP FAND EN VIRONMENTALSTRATEGIES10 Cul tur al imp licatio ns in asse ss ing theco mm un ity and pl an ni ngst rategi es 10 Env iron me nt al asse ss me nt11 Env iron me nt al scan ning12As se ss con ditions with mar ket ing s 4Ps12Ge ograp hic Information System s(GIS)12 Und er st and ing pr oblem env ironm ent s13 Involvin gyo uth in ass es sme nt14 Comm itm en tthro ug hcap acit ybui lding14 Whom do weneed aro und the table?
7 14 Bolste rin gcoalitio nlead er s16 The plan nin gproce ss17CH AP TE R4: EN VIRO NM ENTA LPREVENTIONIN ACTION19Se ven str ateg iesforcom munit ych ang e:Abri efex pl anat ion19 Imp lem en tin genv iro nm en talappr oach esusi ngtheseve nstrate gi es20 Med ia an denv ironm en tal ap pro ach es22 Evaluation of env iro nm en tal strategy impl em ent at ion24 Con clus ion26CO ALITI ON EX AM PLE SShawn ee Coun ty Meth Aw ar en ess Proje ct3 North Co ast al Pr eve ntio nCo alit ion6 Hood Riv er Co unty Alco hol To bac co an dOther Dr ug Pr eve nt ionCo al ition 15 Sal tLake City Ma yor s Coalit iononAl co ho lTo bac co and OtherDrugs25EN DN OTES29 GLO SSAR Y29RE SO URC ES31Th e Coa litionImpact.
8 Envir onmental Preventi on StrategiesCADCA s National Coalit io n Insti tute1Th is pub licat ion la unchesa new se ries Beyondth e Bas ic s: Topi c-Spe ci fic Publ ic at io ns for Coa li -ti ons tha t workin conjunctionwith the Institute spopularPrimer Se ri es, bas ed on the SubstanceAbu se and Me nta l HealthServices Administra-tion s (S AMH SA) Strategic Prev entionFramework(S PF ). It ca n he lp you r coalitionstart planningandimp lem ent ing en vironmental str at egie s, but itdoe s not prov ide a set de sign for any individualcom mu nity or coa e pu blica tion inc ludesbrie f ca se studiesfromfour localcoa lition s that hav e imp lemented envi -ronmenta l st ra tegie s to success fully add ress theircom mu nities most pres sing iss ue s.
9 Ea ch groupus ed an env ironment al ap proach,bu t noneimple-me nted identical Strategies in the same way iro nmental st rategies mus t be ta iloredto loc alcom mu nity ch ar act eris tics . Your coalitionmustad-dre ss the root ca use s and localcond itionsaroundthe sp ecificprob lem you are tryingto at are env ironmentalstrateg ies?Grounded in the field of publichea lth, whichem -ph as iz es the broa der physical,social,cult ural andinstitutional force s that contribute to the problemstha t coalitions add res s, Environmental strategiesoffe r we ll-accepte d preventionap proaches thatcoalitionsuse to cha nge the context (en viron ment)
10 In wh ic h subs ta nce use and abu se iro nmental st rategies incorporate preventioneffo rt s aimedat changingor influencingcommu-nity conditions,standards , instit ut ions,struc tures,syste ms and ld selectstr ate gie s tha t lead to long- ter m out sing finesfor underage dr inking,movingto -baccoproducts behindthe counter, not sellingcol d, single-servingcontainersof bee r in conven-iencestoresand incre as ing acce ss to treat mentse rv ices by prov idingSpanish-spe ak ing counselorsare all examples of en vironmental str sofen vironm ental approaches1 Inte re st in th e scie ntificstudyof en vironmentalstr ate gie s and the corre spondinguse of alcoholpol ic y dat es ba ck to the mid-1970s.
