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Helping Girls and Young Women Stay Healthy by Avoiding Alcohol
Published: June 2023
This data visualization illustrates alcohol use among girls and young women, versus use among boys and young men. It also shares ways for parents, caregivers, or community members to respond and help girls and young women avoid alcohol use.
Prevent Unsafe Drinking Behaviors On Campus
Published: June 2023
This data visualization illustrates heavy alcohol use and binge drinking statistics amongst college age youth to inform colleges and communities.
Getting Ahead of a Problem
Published: June 2023
This data visualization illustrates the drinking habits of adolescents to inform parents/guardians and communities.
Be Prepared to Have the Difficult Conversation
Published: June 2023
This data visualization illustrates the correlation between alcohol use and other substance use to inform parents/guardians and communities.
SAMHSA’s National Model Standards for Peer Support Certification
Published: June 2023
This model standards guidance document, SAMHSA's National Model Standards for Peer Support Certification, is prepared in response to President Biden's 2022 Unity Agenda. This document outlines model standards for substance use disorder, mental health, and family/youth peer support certification.
Alcohol Use Among Girls and Young Women: A Worrying Trend
Published: May 2023
This fact sheet provides data about trending alcohol use among girls and young women.
Underage Drinking: Myths vs. Facts
Published: May 2023
This fact sheet is written specifically for preteens and teens. It compares the myths with the facts about alcohol use among youth and the effects of alcohol use. This fact sheet can help parents and prevention professionals start conversations about underage drinking and alcohol misuse.
Drug Abuse Warning Network: Findings from Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits, 2021
Published: December 2022
An analysis of final 2021 DAWN data presents: (1) nationally representative weighted estimates, including percent and unadjusted rates per 100,000, for all drug-related emergency department (ED) visits, (2) nationally representative weighted estimates for the top five drugs in drug-related ED visits, (3) the assessment of monthly trends and drugs involved in polysubstance ED visits in a subset of sentinel hospitals, and (4) the identification of drugs new to DAWN’s Drug Reference Vocabulary.
Implementing Community-Level Policies to Prevent Alcohol Misuse
Published: November 2022
Alcohol misuse is focused on binge and heavy drinking patterns within a community or at the population level. This guide will serve as a compendium of key policies for the prevention of alcohol misuse that have been identified as evidence-based by robust scientific literature.
Tips for Disaster Responders: Understanding Historical Trauma and Resilience When Responding to an Event in Indian Country
Published: October 2022
This tip sheet is a revised/updated document discussing Historical trauma in Indian Country.