RESEARCH TO ACTION GUIDES
PRC scientists contribute to numerous publications based upon the research conducted at the Center. Some of these publications that may be of interest to policy makers, practitioners, and the general public are listed below and may be viewed online or downloaded.
Facts and Myths about College Drinking: A Serious Problem with Serious Solutions
Kathryn Stewart, Prevention Research Center, May 2013
Prevention Interventions of Alcohol Problems in the Workplace
Genevieve M. Ames, Ph.D., and Joel B. Bennett, Ph.D., 2011
Environmental Approaches to Prevention in College Settings
Robert F. Saltz, Ph.D., 2011
Regulating Availability: How Access to Alcohol Affects Drinking and Problems in Youth and Adults
Paul J. Gruenewald, Ph.D., 2011
Strategic Media Advocacy for Enforcement of Underage Drinking Laws
Phillip M. Wilbur and Kathryn Stewart, 2011
The Impact of Local US Tobacco Policies on Youth Tobacco Use: a Critical Review
Karen B. Friend, Sharon Lipperman-Kreda and Joel Grube, Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, August 2011
The Young Impaired Driver Problem: Prospects for a Safer Future
Kathryn Stewart
Drug Markets and Alcohol Outlets Predict Neighborhood Violence
A. Banerjee, E. LaScala, P. Gruenewald, B. Freisthler, A. Treno, and L. Remer
Trends in Methamphetamine Use in California: Characteristics of a Drug Epidemic
Gruenewald et al.
The Geography of Drug Market Activities and Child Maltreatment
Bridget Freisthler and Nancy J. Williams
Youth Drinking Rates and Problems: A Comparison of European Countries and the United States
Bettina Friese and Joel W. Grube
The Young Impaired Driver Problem: Recent Developments and Future Progress
Kathryn Stewart, Barry M. Sweedler
Young Impaired Drivers: The Nature of the Problem and Possible Solutions
A Workshop–National Academy of Sciences Jonsson Conference Center
Worldwide Trends in Impaired Driving: Past Experience and Future Progress
Kathryn Stewart, Barry M. Sweedler
Frequently Asked Questions about Preventing Underage Drinking: Community Policies and Enforcement
Kathryn Stewart
Traffic Safety and Alcohol Regulation
A Symposium, June 5-6, 2006, Irvine, California
Alcohol Advertising: What Makes It Attractive to Youth?
Meng-Jinn Chen, Joel W. Grube, Melina Bersamin, Elizabeth Waiters, and Deborah B. Keefe, Journal of Health Communication,2005
Building Capacity and Sustainable Prevention Innovations: a Sustainability Planning Model
Knowlton Johnson, Carol Hays, Hayden Center, Charlotte Daley, Evaluation and Program Planning, 2004
Wine Preference and Related Health Determinants in a US National Sample of Young Adults
Mallie Paschall, Robert I. Lipton, The Journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence,June 2005
How Alcohol Outlets Affect Neighborhood Violence
Kathryn Stewart, A brief report prepared by The Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, February 2005
Prevention of Murders in Diadema, Brazil: The Influence of New Alcohol Policies
A brief report prepared by The Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, October 2004
Why is Work Intensity Associated With Heavy Alcohol Use Among Adolescents?
Mallie J. Paschall, Ph.D., Robert L. Flewelling, Ph.D. and Theresa Russell, M.A., Journal of Adolescent Health,January 2004
Putting Research into Action: A Symposium on the Implementation of Research-Based Impaired Driving Countermeasures
Kathryn G. Stewart, Transportation Research Board
Committee on Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Transportation, January 2004
Preventing Alcohol-Related Problems: Alcohol Policy Challenges
Joel Grube
Preventing Underage Alcohol Access: Essential Elements for Policy, Deterrence and Public Support
Prevention Research Center, January 2004
PRESENTATIONS
Downloadable presentations.
Environmental Prevention and Underage Drinking
Baltimore County Underage Drinking Prevention Materials, Presented at MADD National Conference, September 2010:
- Doortag: Having a Party? Don’t Get Busted!
- Doortag: Have You Met Your Neighbors?
- Cooperating Taverns and Alcohol Retailers’ Agreement
- Alcoholic Beverage Service Policy
Community Based Projects to Prevent Underage Drinking
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) To Policy Change
The Young Impaired Driver Problem: Recent Developments and Future Progress
Worldwide Trends in Impaired Driving: Past Experience and Future Progress
What Communities Can Do to Prevent Alcohol Service Problems: New and Ongoing Research
Using Data to Guide and Sustain Community Interventions
The Shop on the Corner: How Outlet Location Affects Alcohol Problems
Live Long and Prosper: Using Research to Sustain Effective Strategies
COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER
PRC works to stay in touch with communities around the San Francisco Bay area and around the country. These newsletters are designed to maintain dialogue between researchers at PRC and people who care about preventing alcohol and other drug problems in their own area.
