Environmental Strategies Focus of New Publication from CADCA Institute

CADCA´s National Coalition Institute launched a new publication series, Beyond the Basics: Topic-Specific Publications for Coalitions, earlier this week with release of The Coalition Impact: Environmental Prevention Strategies. The new series complements the Institute´s popular Primer Series, which is based on the elements of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Strategic Prevention Framework.

Environmental strategies incorporate prevention efforts aimed at changing or influencing community conditions, standards, institutions, structures, systems and policies. The Coalition Impact provides an overview of the environmental strategies approach to community problem solving, illustrates ways that local anti-drug coalitions can determine what aspects of environmental prevention will best serve their communities and outlines steps for implementation and evaluation of interventions.

The publication includes specific examples of how initiatives aimed at preventing and reducing problems related to alcohol and other drugs were implemented by coalitions in Shawnee County, Kansas; North San Diego County, California; Hood River County, Oregon; and Salt Lake City, Utah.

The Coalition Impact: Environmental Prevention Strategies is available here.