Surveys & Reports


            Research and information gathering are essential components of any good communication strategy. We have
            compiled a list of the most helpful surveys and reports on alcohol issues that we could find, and made them
            available to you in one convenient location. Be sure to check back often as we will be adding new
            content regularly.



            Alcohol Marketing and Youth: An Overview

CAMY monitored the marketing practices of the alcohol industry from 2001 to
2007 to focus attention and action on industry practices that jeopardize the
health and safety of America's youth. They recognized that reducing high rates
of underage alcohol consumption and the suffering caused by alcohol-related
injuries and deaths among young people requires using the public health
strategies of limiting the access to and the appeal of alcohol to underage
persons. CAMY's research repeatedly documented that a substantial portion of
alcohol advertising is placed where youth are more likely per capita to see, hear
or read it than adults age 21 and above.

Also available in Spanish
La Comercialización de Bebidas Alcohólicas y los Jóvenes:
Un Panorama General

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            Alcohol Use, Binge Drinking, and Alcohol Dependence

Database of reports on alcohol use, binge drinking and alcohol
dependence by the U.S. Department of Heath & Human Services
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Office of Applied Studies.











            The College Alcohol Personality Survey

Based on the success of the CAP Survey for communities, FACE has
assembled The College Alcohol Personality Survey. This comprehensive tool
uses the campus survey developed by the Higher Education Center for Alcohol
and Other Drug Prevention to establish the size and shape of alcohol
problems on your campus and where to focus your efforts for the most impact.














            The Community Alcohol Personality Survey

A unique three-part process that will help you establish the size and shape of
the underage drinking problem in your community, identify and prioritize
specific problems and recognize the contributing factors so you can
implement actions to create change. It also includes an evaluation process
so you can track your changes. This is an easy-to-use tool that works.

Purchase a print copy of the survey for $1.00.












            Costs of Underage Drinking

This document provides information about the range of serious health and
social problems associated with underage drinking and about their economic
costs. The document can be used to:

• Increase awareness that underage drinking is related to a host of
  serious problems.

• Inform policymakers and decisionmakers of the importance of preventing
  underage drinking.

• Provide information regarding the magnitude of underage drinking problems.

• Help to set prevention priorities.






            The Impact of Alcohol-Related Issues in Your Community

Across the country, the impact of alcohol misuse is startling. Alcohol
abuse is not merely a social problem - but a widespread, devastating
health issue. This map examines alcohol-related issues and provides
statistics on the front and action steps for reducing these problems
on the reverse side.

Explore an interactive version of the map.

Purchase a print copy of the poster for $1.00.






            Low-Risk Drinking Guidelines: The Scientific Evidence

In 1997, the Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario and Canadian Centre
on Substance Abuse released updated guidelines for low-risk alcohol
consumption. This paper presents the scientific rationale behind this
statement. Important comprehensive overviews on the consequences of
alcohol use were studied. Formal meta-analyses on morbidity and mortality
were examined wherever possible. Individual elements from similar guidelines
were investigated for their scientific foundation. Limited original analyses
defined risk levels by average weekly consumption.











            Preventing Underage Drinking

The purpose of this guide is to help communities go through a systematic
process of planning, implementation and evaluation that will help get results
in reducing and preventing underage drinking. Since research indicates that
altering environments where alcohol is used reduces alcohol use (e.g.,
underage drinking and driving), this guide is focused on the evidence-based
environmental approaches to preventing underage drinking that a community
might implement.












            Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility

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: A Collective Responsibility, a joint report by the
National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, addresses these
questions and proposes a new way to combat underage alcohol use. It
explores the ways in which many different individuals and groups contribute to
the problem and how they can be enlisted to prevent it. The report says that
reducing underage drinking requires a cooperative effort from all levels of
government, alcohol manufacturers and retailers, the entertainment industry,
parents and other adults in a community. The report proposes a
comprehensive strategy to curb underage drinking, a problem that costs the
nation an estimated $53 billion annually, due in part to losses stemming from
traffic fatalities and violent crime.






            Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility

The National Academy of Science/Institutes of Medicine Summary Report
includes charts, graphs and visuals. This summary report is easy to
understand and provides local, state and national policy recommendations to
reduce underage drinking.

Purchase a print copy of the survey for $1.00.













            Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking

This Call to Action is a reminder that underage drinking has serious social costs
and often tragic personal consequences. More than that, this Call to Action
demonstrates that each of us has the opportunity to prevent underage drinking.

The Call to Action also offers a way forward through the collaborative effort of
societal change involving parents, police officers, colleges and communities. This
type of societal change requires the discipline and determination to take small
steps toward reducing underage drinking each day.











            Teen Tipplers: America's Underage Drinking Epidemic

By any public health standard, America has an epidemic of underage drinking
that germinates in elementary and middle schools with children nine to
13-years old and erupts on college campuses where 44 percent of students
binge drink and alcohol is the number one substance of abuse. It is implicated
in date rape, sexual harassment, racial disturbances, drop outs, overdose
deaths from alcohol poisoning and suicides. This report makes clear: the time
and place to deal with binge drinking in college is in elementary and
high school.











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