SESSION PLANNING GUIDE: Effective Strategies for Alcohol-Related Injuries

Core Topic: Effective Strategies for Preventing Alcohol-Related Injuries

Session Goal: To provide Participants with an understanding of some of the proven strategies for reducing alcohol-related injuries.

Total Session Time: about 75 minutes, depending on discussion

Session Objectives:

Session Resources:

Zaza S, Thompson RS. The guide to community preventive services reducing injuries to motor vehicle occupants: systematic reviews of evidence, recommendations from the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Am Journal of Preventive Medicine 2001;21 (4S); sections on alcohol-related strategies. Available from http://www.thecommunityguide.org/mvoi/default.htm

It would be helpful to review Dr. Phil May’s excellent article on alcohol-policy considerations before addressing alcohol policy: Alcohol Policy Considerations for Indian Reservations and Bordertown Communities; American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 4 (3) 1992. See resource materials in the “Alcohol and Injuries” session.

Note to Instructors: You will be better prepared and more confident giving this presentation if you read over both of the above articles before giving this talk, and read over the detailed notes on many of the slides—David Wallace.

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TIME /

ACTIVITY

/ KEY CONTENT POINTS / METHOD/FACILITATOR NOTES / EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS NEEDED /
2 min / Introduction / Session overview, goals & objectives / Facilitator introduces the session and describes the goals / PPT slides
20 min / Buzz Group exercise on Deterrence / Review principles of building deterrence to reduce drinking and driving in populations. / Tell students to turn to person next to them to discuss for 10 minutes what is the goal of impaired driving laws: 1) To only arrest and punish drivers? Or is it 2) To build deterrence in a community. Read over the notes on the slide for more info. Engage students in discussion after about 5-10 minutes. / PPT slides
5-10 min /

discussion

/ Alcohol conceptual Framework slide with custom animation / Practice with this slide beforehand to see when the different parts of the slide appear. Read over the notes on the slide for ques for question/discussion. / PPT slides
30 min /

PPT lecture with questions and discussion as appropriate

/ Going over the evidenced-based effective strategies for reducing DUI /
Important to be familiar with the AJPM publication on Evidence-based strategies for preventing MV injury. Read over the alcohol section. See slide notes.
/ PPT slides
15 /

PPT

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Discussion on alcohol policy for tribes. Read over Dr. Phil May’s excellent article. Read over the notes on the slides for questions and discussion ideas.
/ PPT slides
3 min /

Summary

/ Wrap-up session /
Go over on-line resources slide. Facilitator summarizes session material and address any questions

Intermediate Injury Prevention Course