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Upcoming conferences and events, new resources and publications, and job opportunities in the alcohol and other drug abuse and violence (AODV) prevention field. The information shared on this site does not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Education or the Higher Education Center. The U.S. Department of Education and the Higher Education Center do not necessarily endorse the events and resources listed below, but offer this information as a service to the AODV prevention field.
Presidential Proclamation: National Domestic Violence Awareness Month - October 2011
President Obama has declared October 2011 to be "National Domestic Violence Awareness Month." In the proclamation, he draws attention to the coordinated strategy across federal agencies to prevent and stop violence against women, as well as to Vice President Biden's "1is2many" initiative to engage men and women, mothers and fathers, and schools and universities to play an active role by stepping up to stop violence when they see it.
To read the Presidential Proclamation, please visit the White House Press Office Web site.
Free Webinar: "Implementing a Model Program: Alcohol Prevention on Your Campus"
The University of Houston is pleased to offer a Webinar on how to implement a model program on your campus; specifically, the IMAGE (Intent & Motivation: Alcohol Group Exercise) program. IMAGE is a research-driven, theory-based program that has garnered national recognition across the past three years (from the U.S. Department of Education in 2008 and 2010 and from NASADAD in 2009). Results show that students who participate in IMAGE are more likely to drink less, to drink less often, and to experience fewer negative alcohol-related consequences than students who do not participate in IMAGE. The Webinar is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Models of Exemplary, Effective, and Promising Alcohol or Other Drug Abuse Prevention Programs on College Campuses Grant Competition.
Date: October 19, 2011
Time: Noon-1:00 p.m. Eastern Time
For additional information and to register for the Webinar, e-mail Reuben Parrish, IMAGE program coordinator.
New CAMY Report: Youth Exposure to Alcohol Product Advertising on Local Radio in 75 U.S. Markets, 2009
For this report, the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health analyzed alcohol advertisements placed on radio in the 75 local markets in the United States in 2009 for which full-year data from a consistent survey methodology were available. This report finds that alcohol advertisers frequently violate a relatively weak voluntary standard, resulting in substantial undue youth exposure and overexposure to alcohol advertising.
To view or download the full report, please visit CAMY's Web site.
New CADCA Publication: Strategizer 55 - Regulating Alcohol Outlet Density: An Action Guide
Strategizer 55 from Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) outlines available evidence-based community prevention strategies shown to decrease the consequences associated with alcohol outlet density, the concentration of bars, restaurants serving alcohol, and liquor and package stores in a given geographic area. Developed by CADCA in partnership with the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY), the guide provides public health departments, community coalitions and other organizations with information and tools for community action designed to regulate and reduce the number of places that serve and sell alcohol.
More information about the new publication is available on both the CAMY and CADCA Web sites.
Second Annual National Drug Facts Week
National Drug Facts Week (NDFW) is a health observance week for teens that aims to shatter the myths about drugs and drug abuse. Through community-based events and activities on the Web and TV and through contests, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is working to encourage teens to get factual answers from scientific experts about drugs and drug abuse.
Dates: October 31-November 6, 2011
For more information, visit NIDA's Web site.
NIAAA Press Release: "Social Media May Help Identify College Drinking Problems"
College students who post references to getting drunk, blacking out, or other aspects of dangerous drinking on social networking sites are more likely to have clinically significant alcohol problems than students who do not post such references, according to a study supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). A report of the findings appears online in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part of the NIH, also provided support for the study.
To read the full press release, please visit NIH News.
Job Opportunities
The following positions were recently posted to the Job Opportunities section of the Center's Web site:
Health Educator I
New York University
Director, Health Promotion and Wellness
Florida Atlantic University
Associate Director of the Alcohol and Drug Education and Support Services Department
Loyola University Maryland
Assistant Director & Outreach Coordinator, Office of Alcohol Policy & Education
Stanford University
Training and Technical Assistance Specialist II
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Coordinator for Wellness Programming(Two Positions)
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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