Provides an overview of research focusing on several general strategies for reducing drinking-related problems, including controls on alcohol advertising and counter advertising; laws and regulations pertaining to minimum legal drinking age, and service to minors and drinking and driving. Concludes with a commentary on the potential effectiveness…

Compares potential for twelve psychosocial variables to act as change agents in substance use prevention programs. Students (grades 6-11) were surveyed during a two-year longitudinal study. A model of psychosocial influences was used to predict subsequent alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use. Structural equation modeling revealed the factor Drug…

Each year approximately 51,000 incidents of rape and sexual assault occur in the workplace. If an incident of rape occurs in the workplace, management can adopt several procedures for both the assaulted victim and the organization. This article highlights those procedures, as well as administrative controls and environmental designs that function…

Emphasizes the importance of an annual security review of a school facility's door hardware and provides a description of the different types of locking devices typically used on schools and where they are best applied. (EV)

Uses the resilience perspective to examine the risk and protective mechanisms associated with adolescent substance use. Resilience is defined and resilience processes related to substance use are explored. Effective adolescent substance use prevention programs that promote youth resilience are reviewed. (Contains 120 references.) (GCP)

Discusses how the killing of three professors by a suicidal student horrified the University of Arizona and prompted colleges around the country to consider ways of heading off such rare violence. (EV)

Describes improvements in closed circuit television systems which make the systems easier and more useful for school security. One such innovation is the movement to tapeless systems that digitally record on computer hard drives: digital video multiplexers/recorders (DVMRs). (EV)

Describes various efforts schools have made toward "homeland security" to combat the threat of terrorism directed at schools, despite a lack of legislation or funding. (EV)

Describes the development and impact of a self-instruction indicated drug abuse prevention program, Project Towards No Drug Abuse. Describes the justification for the self-instruction program, keys to good programmed self-learning, and how a 12-session health-educator delivered program was converted to a self-instruction format. Presents the…

Describes a model integrated pest management (IPM) program for schools used in Monroe County, Indiana. Addresses how to implement an IPM program, specific school problem areas, specific pest problems and solutions, and common questions. (EV)

Describes eight topics related to chemical/biological terrorism for a standalone nursing course or integration into other courses: surveillance systems; identification, communication, and response; chemical agents; biological agents; recognition of covert exposure; patient decontamination and mass triage; availability and safety of therapies; and…

This article acknowledges the need for multiple approaches in understanding the problem of adolescent male aggression and seeks to add to the research on this topic by analyzing information obtained from interviews with 15 aggressive boys and outlining prevention and intervention strategies. (Contains 27 references.) (Author)

Reviews the extent of underage drinking and alcohol abuse by college students currently and in an historical perspective. Profiles of those individuals and groups most at risk for problem drinking are suggested. Provides examples of efforts to prevent or reduce collegiate drinking, including campus-community coalitions, environmental management…

Describes a "reality check" on 11 essential components of the safe-school planning process. For example, staff is educated in violence-prevention instructions, actions, and knowledge. (PKP)

Discusses sexual harassment on college campuses. Defines sexual harassment, noting that it covers a wide range of behaviors. Describes studies of prevalence of sexual harassment on college campuses. Discusses misconceptions and myths and what institutions can do to eliminate harassment and its effects. (ABL)