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Improving
School- and Community-Based Substance Abuse Prevention
Programs (COM HL
604)
Outline and Schedule
(1999)
Sept 8: Introduction and Overview of Course
Readings:
- ARHS NIJ Grant Proposal
- MassCALL RFP
Part I: Costs & Consequences; Context for defining
Program Goals
Sept 13:
Readings:
Hawkins, Communities That Care,
Preface and Chapter 1, "The Problem of Alcohol and
Other Drug Abuse."
Excerpts from National Drug Control Policy,
1999, pp. 1-36
Reuter, Peter. "Drug Use Measures: What are they
really telling us?" National Institute of Justice
Journal, April, 1999.
Baumrind, Diana, Moselle, Ken. "A Developmental
Perspective on Adolescent Drug Abuse." Advances in
Alcohol and Substance Abuse, 1985
Newcomb, M, and, Bentler, Peter. Chapter 1, "Scope
of the Problem and the Nature of Drug Use
Consequences"; Chapter 2, "Theories of Drug Use
Consequences"; and, Chapter 15, "Integration and
Conclusions," in Consequences of Adolescent Drug
Use: Impact on the Lives of Young Adults. Sage
Publications, 1988. pp. 10-40, 212-240.
Simmel, Barry. "Addressing the Use of Mood-Altering
Drugs: Defining the Problem," Chapter One in Drug
Abuse and Social Policy in America: The War that Must
be Won, 1996
Sept 15:
Readings:
Bakalar, James, and Grinspoon, Lester. "Questions
of Risk and Liberty" Chapter One in Drug Control in
a Free Society, 1984
Bertram, Eva, et al. "Confronting
Denial," Part One in Drug War Politics" The
Price of Denial, 1996.
Goode, Erich. "Drugs and Crime," Chapter Nine
in Between Politics and reason: The Drug
Legalization Debate, 1997.
Massing, Michael. "The Problem," Chapter One
in The Fix, 1998.
Gray, Mike. "Reefer Madness," Chapter Ten in
Drug Crazy, 1998
Peele, Stanton. "Running Scared: we’re
too frightened to deal with the real issues in
adolescent substance abuse." Health Education
research, 2(4):423-432, 1987.
Alter, Jonathon. "The Buzz on Drugs: Is it
time to re-think the current approach?"
Newsweek, September 6, 1999.
Part II: Prevalence
Sept 20: National and State Data
Readings: Hawkins,
Communities That Care, Chapter 2,
"Reducing Risk and Promoting Positive
Social Development."
1998 "Monitoring the Future" National High
School Prevalence data
1998 NIDA Household Survey Results
Massachusetts data
Sept 22: Local Observations
Readings: Hawkins,
Communities That Care, Chapter 3,
"Mobilizing the Community."
Hampshire County Youth and Substance Abuse
Survey, Fall, 1995
Marty Dobrow, "Tarnished Image: Amherst high
school faces leadership, discipline, and morale
problems." August 29, 1997
Carmichael, Bevin, Schilken, Marnie, and
Foster, David. "Teen Health Concerns and
Strategies: Voices of Amherst Teenagers." May,
1995
Keene, Art, et al. "A Preliminary
Study of Youth Culture at Amherst Regional High
School." 1997
Part III: Risk Factors and the Logic of
Prevention
Sept 27:
Readings: Hawkins,
Communities That Care, Chapter 4,
"Selecting the Best Approach for Your
Community."
MassCALL, "Science-Based Practices in
Substance Abuse Prevention: A Guide." December
7, 1998
Buchanan, David. "Contemporary Threats to
Health" in An Ethic for Health Promotion,
Oxford, 2000.
Hawkins, et al. "A Review of
Predictors of Youth Violence," Chapter 7 in
Loeber and Farrington (Eds.), Serious and
Violent Juvenile Offenders: Risk Factors and
Successful Interventions, 1998.
OSAP, "What is Program Assessment?" Chapter
One in Prevention Plus III, 1991
OSAP. "Identification of Youths at High
Risk," in Stopping Alcohol and Other Drug Use
before it Starts, 1989.
Sept 29:
Readings: Hawkins,
Communities That Care, Chapter 5,
"Prenatal and Infancy Programs"
NIDA. Preventing Drug Use Among Children
and Adolescent: A Research-Based Guide.
March, 1997
Botvin, Gilbert. "Preventing Drug Abuse
Through the School: Intervention Programs that
Work." Paper presented October, 1998.
Malcolm, Andrew. "The Desire to Alter
Consciousness," in Pursuit of
Intoxication, Addiction Research Foundation,
1971.
Siegel, Richard. "The Fourth Drive:
Motivation for Intoxication," Chapter 10 in R.
Siegel, Intoxication. Pocket Books (Simon
& Schuster, Inc.), New York, 1989. pp.
207-227.
Oct 4:
Readings: Hawkins,
Communities That Care, Chapter 6,
"Early Childhood Education."
Dryfoos, Joy. Chapter 1, "Hypotheses and
Theories," in Adolescents At Risk.
Oxford, NY, 1990..
Shedler, Jack, and Block, Jean. "Adolescent
Drug Use and Psychological Health: A
Longitudinal Inquiry." American
Psychologist, 45(5):612-630, 1990.
Petersen, Anne, et al. "Depression in
Adolescence." American Psychologist,
February, 1993.
Evans, S. "Shame, boundaries and dissociation
in chemically dependent, abusive, and incestuous
families." Alcoholism Treatment
Quarterly, 4(2):157-179, 1987.
Oct 6:
Readings: Hawkins, Communities That
Care, Chapter 7, "Parent Training."
Peele, Stanton. "A moral vision of
addiction: how people’s values determine
whether they become and remain addicts."
Journal of Drug Issues, 17:187-215, 1987.
Schacht, Richard. "Introduction and Varieties
of Alienation," in The Future of
Alienation, 1994
Buchanan David. "A Social History of American
Drug Use." Journal of Drug Issues,
22(5):31-52, 1991.
Buchanan, David. "How Teens Think about
Drugs: Insights from Moral Reasoning and Social
Bonding Theory." International Quarterly of
Community Health Education, 11(4):315-332,
1990.
Part IV: Conducting the Baseline Assessment
Oct 11: No class; Columbus Day
Oct 13:
Readings:
Johnston, Lloyd. "Reducing the bias in
self-reports."
Room, Robin. "Estimating the prevalence of
alcoholism"
Oct 18:
Readings:
Oct 20:
Readings:
Part V: Prevention Programs
Oct 25:
Readings: Hawkins, Communities That
Care, Chapter 8, "School Organization and
Management"
Hawkins, Communities That Care,
Chapter 9, "Instructional Improvement in
Schools."
Pollock, Marion. Chapter 1, "A Rationale for
Health Education in the Schools," in Planning
and Implementing Health Education in
Schools. 1987
Goodlad, John. "We Want It All," in A
Place Called School, 1984.
Purpel, David. Chapter 3 in The Moral and
Spiritual Crisis in Education. Bergin &
Garvey, NY, 1989.
Oct 27:
Readings: Hawkins, Communities That
Care, Chapter 10, "Drug and Alcohol Prevention
Curricula."
MassCALL, Science-Based Program Models,
December 7, 1998
Catalano, et al. "Comprehensive
Community- and School-Based Interventions to
Prevent Anti-Social Behavior," in Loeber and
Farrington (Eds.), Serious and Violent
Juvenile Offenders: Risk Factors and Successful
Interventions, 1998.
Nov 1:
Readings: Hawkins,
Communities That Care, Chapter 11,
"Community and School Drug Use
Policies."
Pollock, Chapter 3, "Formulating Health Teaching
Goals and Objectives"
Pollock, Chapter 4, "Creating Curriculum
Guides and Lesson Plans"
Pollock, Chapter 5, "Health Teaching Methods
and Techniques"
Nov 3:
Readings: Hawkins, Communities That
Care, Chapter 12, "Media Mobilization"
Health: Program Analysis Document, ARHS, December
1993
Wallerstein, Nina, Bernstein Ed.
"Empowerment Education: Freire's Ideas Adapted
to Health Education." Health Education
Quarterly, 15(4):379-394, 1988.
CSAP coalitions
Peele, Stanton. "How People Quit Addictions,
Usually on Their Own," Chapter 7 in Diseasing
of America: Addiction Treatment Out of
Control. Lexington Books, pp. 173-202
Lickona, Thomas. "The Case for Values
Education," in Educating for Character,
1989.
Nov 8: APHA
Nov 10: APHA
Nov 15: No class; Veterans Day; Thursday class
schedule
Nov 17: DARE
Readings: Lynan, Donald, et
al. "Effectiveness of Dare (?)."
Journal of Clinical and Consulting
Psychology, August, 1999.
Ennett, Susan, et al. "How Effective
is Drug Abuse Resistance Education? A
Meta-Analysis of DARE." American Journal of
Public Health, September 1994.
Kleber, Herbert, et al. "Could an
Improved DARE Program Help Bridge the Gap
between Research and Practice?" April,
1999.
Various local newspaper articles on the DARE
controversy
VI: Data Analysis & Reporting the Results
Nov 22:
Readings: PRIDE Survey Results, Holyoke, MA, May
1999
Nov 24:
Nov 29:
Dec 1:
Dec 6:
Dec 8:
Dec 13:
Guest Speaker: Sgt. Jerry Miller, Amherst Police
Department
Guest Speaker: Ben Cluff, DPH Regional Substance
Abuse Director
Guest Speakers: Wendy Kohler, Vice-Principal,
Amherst Regional High School
Sue Tippett, ARHS Student Assistance Counselor
Guest Panel: Peer Educators from ARHS
Guest Speakers: Stan Ziomek, Amherst Coalition for
Youth
Director, Hampshire Youth 2000 Coalition
Guest Speaker: Sally Powers, Department of
Psychology, UMass
Guest Speaker: Art Keene, Department of
Anthropology, UMass
Guest Speaker: Northampton DARE Officer Brian
Rust
Guest Speaker: Carol Stati, ARHS Health
Coordinator
Guest Speaker: Carlos Vega, Director, Holyoke
(CSAP) Community Coalition
Sorge R: "Drug Policy in the Age of AIDS: The Philosophy
of Harm Reduction." Health/PAC Bulletin, 20(3):4-10,
1990.
Anderson W: "The New York Needle Trial: The Politics of
Public Health in the Age of AIDS." American Journal of
Public Health, 81(11):1506-1517, 1991.
Bandow D: Dealing with Legalization. American
Prospect, 8:82-91, 1992.
Currie E: The Limits of Legalization. American
Prospect, 8:92-97, 1992.
Stone, Karen and Thompson, Judith. "Drug Testing: A
National Controversy." Journal of Drug Education,
34(3):70-79, Spring, 1989.
Nadelman, Ethan. "The case for
legalization." Public Interest, 92:3-31, Summer,
1988.
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