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What are coalitions?

What are coalitions?. A coalition is a formal arrangement for cooperation and collaboration between groups or sectors of the community, in which each group retains its identity but all agree to work together towards a common goal.

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What are coalitions?

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  1. What are coalitions? • A coalition is a formal arrangementfor cooperation and collaborationbetween groups or sectors of the community, in which each group retains its identity but all agree to work together towards a common goal.

  2. Coalitions: A public health strategy to build capable, competent communities. Public Health Approach Community Coalitions Host Agent Agent Environment Environment

  3. Environmental Approach • Target specific community risk factors: • Retail Availability • Social Availability • Laws and Enforcement • Community Norms • Price and Promotion • Other risk factors may also be impacted. Regulations Norms ENTIRE COMMUNITY Availability

  4. Individual-Focused Strategies • Individually-focused prevention strategies assume that AOD problems are due to: • Problems of individuals • Lack of information about alcohol and other drugs • Lack of knowledge about negative consequences • Lack of awareness of “social norms” • Inadequate skills and abilities

  5. Environment-Focused Strategies • Target the social, physical or public environment where sales/use occurs • View ATOD problems as the collective reflection of community norms and practices • Target policy makers and others with authority to change environments • Seeks to change physical, legal, economic and social processes of communities

  6. Research-Based Practices Increase excise taxes Increase minimum purchase age for alcohol to 21 Restrict outlet density Restrict hours & days of sales Reduce retail & social access Counter-advertising

  7. Evidence: Population Prevention Effects Underage Drinking Logic Model Strong Moderate Low (target group only) None (no target or population) Visible Enforcement Retail Availability of Alcohol to Youth Alcohol-Related Problems (Traffic crashes, Injuries, School performance. Unsafe sex, Violence, etc.) Price Social Availability of Alcohol to Youth Underage Drinking Laws Underage Drinking Drinking Beliefs Community Norms About Youth Drinking Family, School, and Peer Influence Drinking Context Alcohol Promotion (Advertising, Point of Sale Promotion , Sponsorship of Community Events) http://www.pire.org/logicmodels.htm

  8. CADCA Resources Publication - The Coalition Impact: Environmental Prevention Strategies Issue Brief – Research Support for Comprehensive Community Interventions to Reduce Youth ATOD Use and Abuse Strategizer – Regulating Alcohol Outlet Density: An Action Guide

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