The Silver Gate Group’s Prevention File Spring 2009 Special Edition: Prevention in Higher Education
Each week, the Higher Education Center showcases recent developments in the field of AOD abuse and violence prevention in higher education that may include new data and resources, upcoming events and programs, funding opportunities, and learning opportunities. To see a listing of previous This Week! features, visit the This Week! archive.
April 17, 2009
The Higher Education Center proudly features Prevention File: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Spring 2009 (.pdf file requiring Adobe Acrobat), The Silver Gate Group's annual special issue on alcohol, other drug, and violence prevention in higher education.
Prevention File Spring 2009 contains the following articles:
- “Social Norms Marketing Campaigns on Campus: What the Research Shows,” by William DeJong, with sidebars “National Social Norms Institute at the University of Virginia” and “Guidelines for Future Social Norms Marketing Campaigns”
- “Q&A with Fran Harding, Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention”
- “How Old Should You Be—to Buy Alcohol?” with sidebar “France Says Non to Young Drinkers”
- “Taxes and Health and Safety,” with sidebar “A Nickel-a-Drink = $80 Million in Maryland”
- “Be Prepared!”
- “Book Review— College Drinking: Reframing a Social Problem, by George W. Dowdall”
- “Prevention Briefs” (inside front and back covers)
To view online or download Prevention File Spring 2009, please visit the Prevention File: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Spring 2009 page of the Center's Web site; you may order a print or CD version online or by calling 1-800-676-1730.
Organizers of training events, regional or statewide meetings, or conferences may request multiple copies. Please contact the Higher Education Center at HigherEdCtr@edc.org or (800) 676-1730.