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.

Sufficient Evidence for Effectiveness was found for the following interventions:

PROGRAMS

• CASASTART (Striving Together to Achieve Rewarding Tomorrows) (PDF, 18 KB)
• Lions-Quest Skills for Adolescence  (PDF, 20 KB)
• Project Towards No Tobacco Use (TNT)  (PDF, 20 KB)
• Reconnecting Youth (RY) (PDF, 19 KB)
• Strengthening Families Program (SFP) (PDF, 20 KB)

PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS

• Adding community interventions to school programs  (PDF, 19 KB)
• Booster sessions  (PDF, 19 KB)
• Demonstrated effects  (PDF, 18 KB)
• Interventions that are appropriate for students' age and level of substance use (PDF, 22 KB)
• Interactive programs  (PDF, 19 KB)
• Peer educators  (PDF, 19 KB)
• Social influence model for school-based prevention (PDF, 24 KB)

POLICIES TO REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING  (PDF, 19 KB)

• Administrative license revocation laws
• Blood alcohol content laws
• Raising alcohol taxes/prices
• Raising the minimum legal drinking age
• Seller/server liability
• The Saving Lives Program
• Zero tolerance laws

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