Community Strategies for the Reduction of Youth Drinking: Theory and Application.

Wagenaar, Alexander C.; Perry, Cheryl L.

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ERIC Number: EJ485366

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Publication Date: 1994

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Community Strategies for the Reduction of Youth Drinking: Theory and Application.

Wagenaar, Alexander C.; Perry, Cheryl L.

Journal of Research on Adolescence, v4 n2 p319-45 1994

Proposes an integrated theory of youth drinking behavior and reviews two large-scale, randomized trial programs in Minnesota utilizing this model to help reduce adolescent drinking: (1) the Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol (CMCA) project; and (2) Project Northland. Effective long-term alcohol use prevention programs require strategies for community and societal change. (MDM)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Drinking, Early Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education, Longitudinal Studies, Prevention, Program Effectiveness, Social Change, Theories

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Minnesota

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