Evidence-Based Practices for
Healthiest Wisconsin 2010

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Health priority: Alcohol and other substance use and addiction

Objective: Evidence-based prevention practices for youth

By 2010, reduce alcohol and other drug abuse among 12-17-year-old youth using evidence-based practices.

Insufficient Evidence to Determine Effectiveness was found for the following interventions:

PROGRAMS

• Community of Caring (CoC)  (PDF, 19 KB)
• Creating Lasting Family Connections  (PDF, 19 KB)
• Growing Healthy  (PDF, 20 KB)
• Linking the Interests of Families and Teachers  (PDF, 19 KB)
• Positive Action (PA)  (PDF, 19 KB)
• Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS)  (PDF, 17 KB)
• Say it Straight (SIS) training  (PDF, 19 KB)
• Skills, Opportunities, and Recognition (SOAR)  (PDF, 20 KB)

PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS

• Gender specific interventions  (PDF, 18 KB)
• Harm minimization in school-based programs  (PDF, 18 KB)
• Intensity of programs  (PDF, 19 KB)

POLICIES TO REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING  (PDF, 21 KB)

• Advertising restrictions
• Community/public event restrictions
• False age-identification regulations
• Happy-hour restrictions
• Home-delivery restrictions
• Keg registration
• Public-drinking restrictions
• Restricting specific products
• Server minimum age
• Shoulder-tap enforcement
• Social host liability
• Warning labels

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