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| HEC/News e-Digest | October 15, 2010 |
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| From the Center |
New Center This Week! Features, publications, Prevention Updates, and learning and training opportunities
This Week! 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has published the findings from its National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). This annual study investigates the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of substance use and abuse in the general U.S. population, aged 12 years and older.
More information can be viewed on the SAMHSA Website.
More information about This Week! Features can be viewed on the Center's Web site.
Center Announces New Web Site Address
The Higher Education Center has a new Web address: http://higheredcenter.ed.gov. Please bookmark the new URL.
Message from the Director: AODV Prevention in Hard Fiscal Times John D. Clapp, Ph.D., Director of the Higher Education Center, discusses strategies for AODV professionals in today's budgetary environment. To read Dr. Clapp's full message, visit the Center's Web site.
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"Synthetic marijuana ('spice')"
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Police sending notes home: Effort aimed at getting college students to behave
Missoula police target overserved patrons, underage drinking
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| More information |
Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention
55 Chapel Street
Newton, MA 02458
(800) 676-1730
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| Announcements from the Field | Upcoming conferences and events, new resources and publications, and job opportunities in the alcohol, drug abuse, and violence prevention field. The Center does not necessarily endorse the events and resources listed below, but offer this information as a service to the AODV prevention field.
Registration Available for Alcohol Policy Conference 15 (AP15)
This Alcohol Policy conference is the 15th in a series of conferences on the avoidance of alcohol-related problems using public policy strategies. The conference will explore, develop, and advance public policy approaches to the prevention of alcohol problems in order to promote evidence-based strategies and to bring focus to the need for alcohol policy reform at all levels-local, regional, national, and international.
Dates: December 5-7, 2010
Location: Washington, D.C.
Agenda and information on scholarship availability, exhibit opportunities, and accommodations are available at the Alcohol Policy 15 Web site.
NASPA Student Affairs Law and Policy Conference This conference brings together professionals from the fields of student affairs and law to provide current legal information regarding case law; recommend examples from various higher education institutions; and offer the opportunity to discuss, dissect, and bridge theory to practice. Dates: December 9 - 11, 2010 Location: Austin, Texas For more information and to register, visit www.naspa.org/law.
Job Opportunities The following positions were recently posted to the Job Opportunities section of the Center's Web site:
Senior Health Promotion Specialist Columbia University Director of the Violence, Intervention and Prevention (VIP) Center University of Kentucky
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| From the U.S. Department of Education | | Announcements and news from the U.S. Department of Education.
ED's Safe and Supportive Schools News
If you would like weekly e-mail updates on Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools programs, as well as other information related to school safety, substance abuse and violence prevention in education, and the promotion of student health and well-being, you may be interested in subscribing to ED's Safe and Supportive School News. Subscription information is at www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/listserv/preventioned.html.
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| The Latest Research | The latest research related to campus-based alcohol, other drug abuse, and violence (AODV) prevention, with a special focus on the scope of the problem and promising strategies and interventions.
McCauley, J. L., Calhoun, K. S., Gidycz, C. A. (2010). Binge drinking and rape: A prospective examination of college women with a history of previous sexual victimization. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 25(9), 1655-1668. Menegatos, L., Lederman, L. C., Hess, A. (2010). Friends don't let Jane hook up drunk: A qualitative analysis of participation in a simulation of college drinking-related decisions. Communication Education, 59(3), 374-388.
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The Higher Education Center news service (HEC/News) is provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention as a way to disseminate news and information related to alcohol and other drug abuse and violence prevention on campus and in surrounding communities. Through its Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, the Department funds the Center under contract number ED-04-CO-0069/0005. The contracting officer's representative is Phyllis Scattergood. The content of HEC/News e-Digest does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Education, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. government.
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