
This guide is intended to provide a road map for university prevention professionals to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders, from students to administrators, to address campus-wide drug misuse issues.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5
INTRODUCTION 7
So What Can Be Done? 7
How To Use This Guide 8
CHAPTER 1:
Drug Misuse Prevention Landscape 10
History of Drug Legislation and How It Affects Current Campus Drug Misuse Prevention 11
Current Trends in Young Adult Drug Use 12
So What Does This Mean? 13
The Impact of Environment 14
Higher Risk Groups of Students 18
Federal Policies That Affect Prevention on College Campuses 20
CHAPTER 2:
Using the Strategic Prevention Framework to Prevent Drug Misuse Among College Students 22
Strategic Prevention Framework 23
Cultural Competence 25
Sustainability 26
Characteristics of the SPF 27
CHAPTER 3:
How to Assess Drug Misuse on Your Campus 28
STEP 1: Assess Problems and Related Behaviors 30
STEP 2: Assess Risk and Protective Factors 33
STEP 3: Assess Capacity for Prevention 36
STEP 4: Share Your Assessment Findings 37
CHAPTER 4:
How to Build Capacity to Prevent Drug Misuse on Your Campus 38
STEP 1: Engage Diverse Community Stakeholders 40
STEP 2: Develop and Strengthen a Prevention Team 44
STEP 3: Raise Community Awareness of the Issue 45
CHAPTER 5:
How to Plan a Successful Drug Misuse Prevention Program on Your Campus 46
Prioritize Risk and Protective Factors 47
Select Appropriate Interventions to Address Priority Factors 49
Determine How Many Interventions You Can Realistically Implement 52
Build a Strategic Plan (or Logic Model) and Share with Your Stakeholders 53
CHAPTER 6:
How to Implement a Successful Drug Misuse Prevention Program on Your Campus 55
Connect with Key Implementation Partners 56
Balance Intervention Fidelity and Adaptation 57
Fidelity: Maintain Core Components 57
Adaptation: Modify with Care 58
Establish Implementation Supports 59
Prevention with Purpose: A Strategic Planning Guide for Preventing Drug Misuse among College Students 4
CHAPTER 7:
How to Evaluate Your Drug Misuse Prevention Program 61
Diferent Types of Evaluation 63
Four Basic Evaluation Principles 65
Evaluation Tasks 66
CHAPTER 8:
Advice for Established and Emerging College AOD Misuse Prevention Professionals: A Conversation with Dolores Cimini, University at Albany 73 For Established Professionals 74
New Professionals 77
A Final Note 78
ENDNOTES 79
APPENDIX A:
Additional Resources 85
APPENDIX B:
Tools, Worksheets, and Tips 89
A key resource and planning guide for parents of teen and college age children, health advisers, primary and secondary teachers, social workers, general medical professionals, drug and chemical substance abuse professionals.
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