CADCA’s Environmental Strategies on Modifying Physical Design and Policies Featured in Podcast

Coalitions must develop and implement a diverse range of strategies and interventions in order to create population-level change in their communities. While many prevention strategies focus on raising public awareness and helping individuals make healthy choices, lasting behavioral change requires a focus on community systems, policies and local conditions to affect the environment in which substance abuse occurs.

In this month’s podcast, Kareemah Abdullah, CADCA’s Vice President of Development and Youth Programs, continues her discussion of CADCA’s Seven Strategies for Community Change by focusing on the final two strategies: changing physical design and modifying/changing policies. These environmental approaches will help coalitions modify their environment to reduce risk and enhance protection while also influencing public policy actions, law enforcement procedures and systems change.
 
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For more information on the CADCA Institute podcast series, email Charlie Carroll at ccarroll@cadca.org or call 1-800-54-CADCA, Ext. 263.