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| HEC/News e-Digest | February 4, 2011 |
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New Center This Week! Features, publications, Prevention Updates, and learning and training opportunities
This Week! Addressing Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Substance Abuse Treatment
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration released a manual that describes the reasons individuals with substance use disorders who are in treatment are at high risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors and how practitioners can more effectively screen for, and treat, these clients. The publication, Addressing Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Substance Abuse Treatment: A Treatment Improvement Protocol ("TIP 50"), explains that screening those with substance use for suicidal thoughts and behaviors is very important, as the risk for a client's potentially suicidal behavior may escalate at any point in the treatment process.
More information about This Week! Features can be viewed at the Center's Web site.
The Higher Education Center's December 2010 Prevention Update, Update on the NIAAA Task Force on College Drinking Recommendations, Now Posted
Given the recommendations in the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) 2002 groundbreaking report, A Call to Action: Changing the Culture of Drinking at U.S. Colleges and its 2007 update, What Colleges Need to Know Now: An Update on College Drinking Research, what are colleges and universities doing when it comes to addressing high-risk drinking and associated problems? To answer that question, researchers at the Alcohol Epidemiology Program at the University of Minnesota surveyed 351 four-year colleges in the United States to ascertain familiarity with and progress toward implementation of NIAAA recommendations.
To view online or download Update on the NIAAA Task Force on College Drinking Recommendations, please visit the Prevention Updates page on the Center's Web site.
Still Time to Provide Your Feedback: Emerging Issues Questionnaire
To ensure that the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention's resources and programs remain current and address the concerns of our colleagues, each year we gather information on emerging issues in alcohol and other drug abuse and violence (AODV) prevention. The best place to begin understanding these emerging issues is through those of you who are working in the AODV prevention and research fields.
Please visit the Center's Web site for more information and to provide your input. Please submit all feedback by 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 8, 2011.
Register Now for Online Training: Measuring Effectiveness of Substance Abuse Prevention Efforts
Evaluating alcohol and other drug abuse and violence (AODV) prevention efforts assists in determining if chosen strategies are achieving anticipated goals. While getting started may seem daunting, an effective and feasible approach is viewing evaluation as an iterative process that is coupled with program development. This approach can make it easier for practitioners to incorporate evaluation into program implementation.
Dates: February 28 - March 11, 2011
Visit the Center's Web site for more information and to register.
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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.
Final Week: Nationwide Survey of Men's Programming Addressing Violence Against Women Men Can Stop Rape, a national non-profit organization dedicated to helping communities engage men and boys in the primary prevention of violence against women, is conducting a survey of men's groups and men's programming addressing violence against women on college and university campuses. The results will be compiled into a directory that will be shared with all groups who participate. None of the data collected will be used for any commercial purpose. The survey period will end Friday, February 11, 2011. Please visit Survey Monkey to complete the survey. Job Opportunities The following positions were recently posted to the Job Opportunities section of the Center's Web site: Health Promotion Specialist Johns Hopkins University's Center for Health Education and Wellness Project Specialist Women of Color Network (WOCN) Health Educator Saint Mary's College of California |
| From the U.S. Department of Education | | Announcements and news from the U.S. Department of Education.
February 2011 is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month
The U.S. Senate recently passed a resolution designating February 2011 as National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, which highlights the high prevalence of dating, domestic, and sexual violence and stalking affecting young people prior to and during college. Research suggests reducing dating violence requires changing multiple factors including dating violence norms, gender-role norms, communication and conflict management skills, and knowledge of available services (Foshee et al., 2005). The Higher Education Center's publication, "Preventing Violence and Promoting Safety in Higher Education Settings" describes an overall approach to planning research-based, comprehensive violence prevention efforts.
Just Released: Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) have just released Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010, which includes guidance for alcohol consumption. The document provides the following information:
- Scientific evidence indicates that if adults choose to drink, they should do so in moderation.
- Moderation is defined as up to 1 drink per day for a woman and up to 2 drinks per day for men.
- Dangerous drinking patterns are differentiated from moderate drinking, which is defined on the basis of daily consumption limits, rather than on weekly consumption averages.
- Specific definitions of heavy or high-risk drinking and binge drinking emphasize that excessive alcohol consumption has no benefits and leads to many acute and chronic health conditions.
- Certain populations should not drink any alcohol, including underage youth and individuals in high-risk situations, such as when planning to drive a car or take prescription medications that may interact with alcohol.
- No one should begin drinking alcohol or drink more frequently on the basis of any potential health benefits.
The alcohol-related guidelines are available on pages 30-31 of Chapter 3: Foods and Food Components to Reduce. Visit the USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion to download and read the full chapter.
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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.
Neighbors, C., Lewis, M. A., Atkins, D. C., Jensen, M. M., Walter, T., Fossos, N., Lee, C. M., Larimer, M. E. (2010). Efficacy of web-based personalized normative feedback: A two-year randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 78(6), 898-911.
Rasul, J. W., Rommel, R. G., Jacquez, G. M., Fitzpatrick, B. G., Ackleh, A. S., Simonsen, N., Scribner, R. A. (2010). Heavy Episodic Drinking on College Campuses: Does Changing the Legal Drinking Age Make a Difference? Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 72(1), 15-23.
More research studies can be viewed in The Latest Research section on the Center's Web site. |
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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