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Reducing underage drinking : a collective responsibility / Committee on Developing a Strategy to Reduce and Prevent Underage Drinking ; Richard J. Bonnie and Mary Ellen O'Connell, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teenagers--Alcohol use--Prevention.
- Teenagers.
- Youth--Alcohol use--Prevention.
- Youth.
- Alcoholism--Prevention.
- Alcoholism.
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Prevention.
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages.
- Community organization.
- Mass media.6.
- Alcohol Drinking--prevention & control.
- Adolescent.
- Alcohol Drinking--epidemiology.
- Alcohol-Related Disorders--prevention & control.
- Mass Media.
- Communications Media.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Alcohol Drinking--prevention & control.
- Adolescent.
- Alcohol Drinking--epidemiology.
- Alcohol-Related Disorders--prevention & control.
- Mass Media.
- Communications Media.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 319 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Alcohol use by young people is extremely dangerous - both to themselves and society at large. Underage alcohol use is associated with traffic fatalities, violence, unsafe sex, suicide, educational failure, and other problem behaviors that diminish the prospects of future success, as well as health risks " and the earlier teens start drinking, the greater the danger. Despite these serious concerns, the media continues to make drinking look attractive to youth, and it remains possible and even easy for teenagers to get access to alcohol. Why is this dangerous behavior so pervasive? What can be done to prevent it? What will work and who is responsible for making sure it happens? Reducing Underage Drinking addresses these questions and proposes a new way to combat underage alcohol use. It explores the ways in which may different individuals and groups contribute to the problem and how they can be enlisted to prevent it. Reducing Underage Drinking will serve as both a game plan and a call to arms for anyone with an investment in youth health and safety.
- Contents:
- Underage drinking in the United States
- Characteristics of underage drinking
- Consequences of underage drinking
- Understanding youth drinking
- Designing the strategy
- National media campaign
- Alcohol industry
- Entertainment industries
- Access
- Youth-oriented interventions
- Communities.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610179725
- 9780309185486
- 0309185483
- 9781280179723
- 1280179724
- 9780309511872
- 0309511879
- 9780585488752
- 0585488754
- OCLC:
- 923258991
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