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| HEC/News e-Digest | December 23, 2011 |
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New Center This Week! Features, publications, Prevention Updates, and learning and training opportunities
This Week! NIH Releases Clinician's Guide for Screening Underage Drinkers
Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth: A Practitioner's Guide is now available from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Developed in collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics, clinical researchers, and health practitioners, the guide introduces a two-question screening tool and an innovative youth alcohol risk estimator to help clinicians overcome time constraints and other common barriers to youth alcohol screening.
More information about This Week! Features can be viewed at the Center's Web site.
Upcoming Training Institute: "Translating Research to Practice - Overcoming Barriers to Implementing Effective Alcohol Abuse Prevention"
Research demonstrates that a comprehensive, environmental approach increases success in reducing alcohol-related problems on campus and in the surrounding community. Training Institute participants will build upon existing skills to learn how to implement science-based environmental prevention approaches around the following topics:
- Driving under the influence (DUI) prevention
- Off-campus parties
- On-premise alcohol-selling establishments (bars and restaurants)
Dates: Tuesday-Wednesday, April 17-18, 2012
Location: Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront, Portland, Oregon. A special $113/night rate (single or double occupancy) will be available.
Cost: The Training Institute is offered free of charge. Participants pay their own travel, lodging, and food.
Registration will open in early 2012. For more information, contact Tracy Downs.
To see information about previous Training Institutes, please visit the Center's Web site.
Upcoming Webinar: "Marijuana Prevention on College Campuses in a Changing Environment"
Marijuana remains the most commonly used illicit drug among college students. At a time when we know very little about effective approaches to prevent marijuana use and its attendant problems, marijuana laws have been degraded in numerous states through voter-approved medical marijuana laws. Webinar participants will learn about the prevalence of marijuana use among college students and how it affects student health, safety, academic success, and retention; understand the current research on specific harms, including physical health and disease, mental health, traffic safety and injury, and addiction; discover comprehensive prevention strategies and bolstering motivational approaches; and learn how to access Higher Education Center resources and technical assistance.
Date: February 23, 2012
Time: 1:30-3:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Registration: Coming in mid-January 2012
Presenter: James E. Lange, Ph.D., Coordinator of Alcohol and Other Drug Initiatives, San Diego State University
For more information about the Webinar, please visit the Center's Web site.
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College hazing rituals escalate from childish to deadly, experts say
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Waltham, MA 02453
(800) 676-1730
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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.
Upcoming: Kennesaw State University's 3rd National Collegiate Recovery Conference
Join experts and specialists in collegiate recovery at the upcoming conference sponsored by the Kennesaw State University Center for Young Adult and Addiction Recovery, to identify the challenges of young adult addiction; develop understanding about effective programs and strategies to promote and sustain recovery among young adults and the college campuses that support them; and learn about current trends in research.
Dates: March 7-9, 2012
Location: Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia
More information is available on the Kennesaw State University Web site.
Call for Abstracts for the APHA 2012 Student Poster Showcase Award Contest
The American Public Health Association (APHA) Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Section features a poster contest to students in the field of alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs. The 2012 contest will be the fifth contest of its kind. There are only a very limited number of slots open for consideration. If chosen, posters will be reviewed and judged at the APHA conference in San Francisco by experts in their respective fields (alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs) and one poster in each category will be recognized with an award. The submission deadline is February 6, 2012.
For more information regarding the APHA Student Poster Showcase Award Contest, please contact either Andrea Frydl or M. Justin Byron.
Job Opportunities
No new job opportunities have come to our attention.
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| From the U.S. Department of Education | Announcements and news from the U.S. Department of Education.
ED's OSHS Prevention News Digest
If you would like weekly e-mail updates on Office of Safe and Healthy Students 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 OSHS Prevention News Digest. Subscription information is at http://www2.ed.gov/news/newsletters/listserv/preventioned.html. |
| The Latest Research | The latest research related to campus-based alcohol and other drug abuse and violence (AODV) prevention, with a special focus on the scope of the problem and promising strategies and interventions.
Schweizer, C. A., Doran, N., Roesch, S. C., & Myers, M. G. (2011). Progression to problem drinking among Mexican American and white European first-year college students: A multiple group analysis. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 72(6), 975-980.
Wardell, J. D., O'Connor, R. M., Read, J. P., & Colder, C. R. (2011). Behavioral approach system moderates the prospective association between the behavioral inhibition system and alcohol outcomes in college students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 72(6), 1028-1036.
More research studies can be viewed in The Latest Research section on the Center's Web site.
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