Fergus County Capacity Building
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Presentation for prevention specialists to present to individuals, businesses and organizations focusing on underage/youth binge drinking and substance abuse. (graphs and data still incomplete).
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Fergus County Capacity Building
- 2. MISSION To establish a community collaboration that consists of individuals, businesses and organizations which mobilizes and challenges Fergus County adults to reduce the risk factors and increase the protective factors associated with underage drinking, youth binge drinking and substance abuse in Fergus County by advancing strategic enforcement, policy and education goals.
- 3. THE PROBLEM A SIGNIFICANT BODY OF EVIDENCE HAS IDENTIFIED FOUR UNDERLYING COMMUNITY CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROBLEM OF UNDERAGE AND YOUTH BINGE DRINKING. • Alcohol causes more harm for youth than all illegal drugs, combined! • Underage and youth binge drinking are contributing factors to public health, safety and quality of life indicators such as; injury, disease, crime, poor education outcomes and workforce performance. • Costs attributable to underage drinking alone total an estimated $_________ annually, for Fergus County individuals, governments and businesses. • Before the Youth Alcohol Taskforce, there was no comprehensive coordinated effort to address underage and youth binge drinking in Fergus County despite data showing above the national average. • Citizens must be mobilized for change on alcohol – everyone shares in a collective responsibility!
- 4. PROTECTIVE FACTORS • Participation in positive social activities • Support and nurturing from family and mentors • School and community connectedness • Success in academics • Spirituality/religion • Self-esteem • Social support
- 5. RISK FACTORS • Contributes to the likelihood of risky sexual behavior, including unwanted, unintended, and unprotected sexual activity, and sex with multiple partners • Increases the risk of encountering legal problems, such as being arrested for drunk driving or physically hurting someone while drunk • Increases the risk of physical and sexual assault • Increases the risk for suicide and homicide • Increases the risk of memory problems • Increases the risk of using and misusing other drugs • Increases the risk of changes in brain development that may have life-long effects • Is a risk factor for heavy drinking later in life, which can lead to other medical problems (youth who start drinking before age 15 are almost 5 times more likely to develop alcohol dependence or abuse later in life than those who begin drinking at or after age 21)
- 6. ADULT AND YOUTH ATTITUDES, BELIEFS AND BEHAVIORS THAT SUPPORT UNDERAGE AND YOUTH BINGE DRINKING AS A 'RITE-OF-PASSAGE' OR 'NO BIG DEAL, IT’S ONLY ALCOHOL' OR 'EVERYONE’S DOING IT.
- 7. THE ANSWER WHEN EVERYONE SHARES IN THE COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY AND USES EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES TO CHANGE THE FOUR UNDERLYING COMMUNITY CONDITIONS IDENTIFIED AS CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROBLEM, THIS WILL PROVIDE THE ANSWER TO UNDERAGE AND YOUTH BINGE DRINKING. • Business • Civic • Education • Faith • Government • Healthcare • Judicial • Law Enforcement • Media • Non-Profit • Parents • Youth
- 8. COLLECTIVE ACTION Creating effective organizational structures to plan, manage, and implement collective action for addressing conditions identified as contributing to the problem.
- 9. BUSINESS • Children and adolescents use alcohol 10 times more than all illegal drugs, combined. Fergus County students report alcohol is easy to get. • Nearly one-third of underage drinkers paid for the last alcohol they consumed. Underage drinkers drank more on average if they paid for the alcohol (6.0 drinks) than if they did not pay for the alcohol (3.9 drinks). • Effective business policies and practices have proven to prohibit teens from buying alcohol from their business. Businesses can also help reduce the possibility that alcohol legally sold to an adult will end up in a teenager’s hands. • Reduce costs to businesses. Underage drinking alone cost Montanans about $_____, annually. Businesses share in this cost directly through lost productivity and healthcare costs, and indirectly through government share of costs for enforcement, prosecution and incarceration.
- 10. CIVIC • Too many consider underage and youth binge drinking a rite of passage to adulthood. Significant research has identified this adult belief as a factor contributing to this behavior, along with the belief that there is nothing adults can do to change youth drinking behavior. • Parents dramatically underestimate teenage binge drinking. 33 percent of teens binged in the past month and 3 percent of parents believed their own teen binged in the past month. Parents need help to break through denial and be empowered to act for change. • Alcohol harms and kills more youth than all illegal drugs, combined. For American youth under age 21; alcohol contributes to the top three causes of preventable death (murder, suicide, car crashes) and to preventable injuries from burns, drowning, assaults, STDs, and addiction.
- 11. EDUCATION • Alcohol use undermines brain development. The brain goes through dynamic changes during adolescence, and alcohol can seriously impact learning and behavior. The brain’s hippocampus, responsible for learning and memory, can be 10% smaller in underage drinkers. • Schools are community institutions most likely to be exposed to youth alcohol related problems. Youth who drink alcohol are more likely to have; higher absences, poor grades and disruptive behaviors. • Many adolescents start to drink at a very young age. The age of first use has dropped to 13. Young people who begin drinking before age 15 are four times more likely to develop alcohol dependence than those who begin drinking at age 21.
- 12. FAITH • Because you care about strengthening families, and families are challenged by this problem. • Too many people consider underage and youth binge drinking a rite of passage to adulthood. Significant research has identified this adult belief as a factor contributing to this behavior, along with the belief that there is nothing adults can do to change youth drinking behavior. [U.S. Surgeon General’s Report] • Parents dramatically underestimate teenage binge drinking. 33 percent of teens binged in the past month and 3 percent of parents believed their own teen binged in the past month. Parents need help to break through denial and be empowered to act for change. [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
- 13. HEALTHCARE • Reduce injury and improve health outcomes for children and adolescents. For American youth; alcohol contributes to the top three causes of preventable death (murder, suicide, car crashes) and to preventable injuries from burns, drowning, assaults, STDs and addiction. [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] • Reduce healthcare costs. Up to 40% of all hospital beds in the United States, except for those being used by maternity and intensive care patients, are being used to treat health conditions that are related to alcohol consumption by youth and adults.[Drug Abuse Warning Networks, SAMHSA Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration]
- 14. JUDICIAL • Reducing underage and youth binge drinking is a key to reducing and preventing crime. [National District Attorney’s Association & U.S. Department of Justice] • Limiting youth access to alcohol is a key to the prevention of juvenile delinquency. Fifty percent of criminal cases (assault, traffic, theft, fraud, sex crime, etc.) in the juvenile justice system involve alcohol. [Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice]
- 15. LAW ENFORCEMENT • Reducing underage and youth binge drinking is a key to reducing and preventing crime. [National District Attorney’s Association & U.S. Department of Justice] • The community at-large has expressed concern and supports increased (and consistent and fair) enforcement of all cases involving youth and alcohol.
- 16. MEDIA For interviews or additional information, please contact: Marilyn Olson Alcohol & Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist 406.270.8479
- 17. NON-PROFITS • Non-profits help shape our unique community culture and way of life. In addition to doing some excellent helping work, they can have a big effect on the attitudes and expectations of the general population in relation to youth and alcohol. • Limiting youth access to alcohol is a key to the prevention of juvenile delinquency. Fifty percent of criminal cases (assault, traffic, theft, fraud, sex crime, etc.) in the juvenile justice system involve alcohol. [Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention] Private parties are the primary source by which youth obtain alcohol, frequently lacking adult supervision. [Public Health Report] • Alcohol related incidents at sponsored events carry risks. Controlling alcohol at sponsored events reduces serious alcohol related problems. Guidelines for reducing risks and/or reasons for choosing to make an event alcohol-free can help mitigate risk and limit youth access to alcohol.
- 18. PARENTS • Too many consider underage and youth binge drinking a rite of passage to adulthood. Significant research has identified this adult belief and the belief that there is nothing adults can do to change youth drinking behaviors as contributing factors. Research also provides evidence of effectiveness for strategies that can be implemented by parents/adults. [U.S. Surgeon General’s Call to Action] • Fergus County students report acquiring alcohol from someone in the community. [Fergus County Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2015] • Alcohol harms and kills more youth than all illegal drugs, combined. For American youth; alcohol contributes to the top three causes of preventable death (murder, suicide, car crashes) and to preventable injuries from burns, drowning, assaults, STDs, and addiction. [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
- 19. YOUTH • Youth who tell it like it is, are effective advocates for change. Youth don’t provide, promote or profit from alcohol – adults do. Youth who ask adults to help stop underage drinking have a positive impact and can effectively help limit youth access to alcohol. • Private home parties are the primary source by which youth obtain alcohol. Parties frequently lack adult supervision and are often a source for other drug use, risky sexual behaviors, violence and vandalism. [Public Health Report] • Youth don’t provide, promote or profit from alcohol – adults do. Youth who ask adults to help stop underage drinking have a positive impact and can effectively help limit youth access to alcohol.
- 20. 2015 YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY FERGUS COUNTY 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4 Series 1 Series 2 Series 3
- 21. • First bullet point here • Second bullet point here • Third bullet point here Group 1 Group 2 Class 1 82 95 Class 2 76 88 Class 3 84 90
- 22. STRATEGIC PREVENTION FRAMEWORK • Sustainability • Assessment • Capacity • Planning • Implementation • Evaluation
- 23. •Step 1: Assess Needs: What is the problem, and how can I learn more? •Step 2: Build Capacity: What do I have to work with? •Step 3: Plan: What should I do and how should I do it? •Step 4: Implement: How can I put my plan into action? •Step 5: Evaluate: Is my plan succeeding? The 5 Steps of the SPF
- 24. RISK FACTORS • Sexual behavior, including unwanted, unintended, and unprotected sexual activity, and sex with multiple partners • Physical and sexual assault • Legal problems, such as being arrested for drunk driving or physically hurting someone while drunk • Suicide and homicide • Memory problems • Using and misusing other drugs • Changes in brain development that may have life-long effects • Heavy drinking later in life, which can lead to other medical problems
Editor's Notes
- Protective factors are characteristics that lower the likelihood of problem outcomes, or that reduce the negative impact of a risk factor.
- Although adolescence brings increased risk for alcohol use, some factors put teens at higher risk for abusing alcohol. These include high levels of impulsiveness, novelty seeking, and aggressive behavior; having conduct or behavior problems; and a tendency not to consider the possible negative consequences of one’s actions. (www,SAMSHA.gov)
- Responsible businesses are valued and supported by the community. Effective business policies, procedures, employee training, and management are keys in helping reduce underage and youth binge drinking. Limit your business risk and liability and get involved in the change needed!
- Civic groups are made up of community leaders and can influence community alcohol norms. Civic groups can help shape community attitudes and behaviors regarding youth and alcohol. Your civic group can ‘get and give’ to help answer the call for community change!
- K-12 schools, colleges and universities are community institutions most likely to be exposed to youth alcohol related problems. Educational institutions and educators can help with needed changes while benefiting from reduced student absences, disruptive behaviors and increased academic performance!
- Underage and youth binge drinking harm youth, families, and the community. The faith community can provide trusted guidance to help cut through the chaos, confusion and mixed messages about alcohol in our society. Communities of faith focus on caring and serving others and can help lead the call for needed change on alcohol in our community!
- U.S. Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking outlines six goals for the nation to reduce the number of underage drinkers and prevent children and adolescents from beginning to drink. Research-based healthcare practitioner interventions can change social conditions, help reduce unhealthy youth drinking, and positively impact a variety of related public health indicators.
- When the full force of the justice system gets behind the resolution of public safety issues, population level change occurs. High visibility enforcement and court practices are essential to mobilizing for measurable change on underage and youth binge drinking. Justice system professionals can be courageous persuaders for the public good.
- High visibility enforcement practices are crucial to community efforts for reducing underage and youth binge drinking, which is a key to reducing and preventing crime. Limiting youth access to alcohol is a key to preventing juvenile delinquency. When the full force of the law gets behind public safety issues, population level change occurs.
- Media provides society with information and helps frame issues and challenge assumptions. Media can help clarify public opinion and inform the public about the sober truth for preventing and reducing underage and youth binge drinking. Media can help shape community alcohol norms by helping to deliver effective messaging to large audiences.
- Fergus County is home to several non-profits that shape our culture and way of life. Non-profits provide helping services and some may even share our goal for preventing and reducing underage and youth binge drinking. Many are excellent at partnering and collaborating in order to fill identified community needs.
- Parents are in a prime position to reduce underage and youth binge drinking. Parents can set an example, talk with youth, and monitor youth activities. Studies show parental disapproval the number one reason children and teens choose not to drink. Parents empowered can trump peer pressure!
- Alcohol is the top threat to youth health and safety. Underage drinking is an adult problem with youth consequences. Youth can use their voice to ask community adults to stop making alcohol so easy to get. Youth can take it back – be in charge of the change they want to see.
- The YRBS was developed by the CDC, 19 other federal agencies and state and local departments of education to measure the extent to which adolescents engage in health risk behaviors. It consists of 94 questions which assess the six priority health –risk behaviors which result on the greatest amount of morbidity, mortality and social problems among youth. These behaviors include behaviors that result in unintentional injuries and violence; tobacco use; alcohol and other drug use; sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy and STDs, including HIV infection; unhealthy dietary behaviors and physical inactivity.
- This is what the Federal Program SAMSHA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration). The Logic Model. It is a systematic and visual way to present and share an understanding of the relationships among the resources you have to operate your program, the activities youplan, and the changes or results you hope to achieve. It’s a 5-step planning process for instituting an intervention in your community. There are 5 steps and each is guided by principles of sustainability and cultural competency. Sustainability meaning the process of an effective system achieving and maintain a desired long-term outcome. Cultural competency refers to a defined set of values and principles that encourage behaviors, attitudes, policies and structures that enable an organization to work effective cross-culturally.
- The State of Montana, under the federal block grant, has identified underage drinking, youth binge drinking and substance abuse to be a problem and that although the numbers in Fergus County may be considered low, they are still above the national average. I am here to build the necessary capacity (your support to stand in alliance as a community to prevent this problem and I have completed a majority of the work necessary for you to be successful and have a sustainable taskforce. There’s an old cliché that “it takes a village to raise a child” and in order to shift the social norm, it takes commitment. I am here to help guide you, provide data and help you establish a sustainable alliance that will reduce risk factors and promote healthy behaviors (increasing protective factors) among Fergus County youth.
- Increases the likelihood of risky behaviors