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For Professionals, Parents and Other Adults Alcohol Screening http://www.AlcoholScreening.org Alcoholics Anonymous http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org Referral to group meetings, individual and telephone counseling; 24 hour hotline 704-332-4387 American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org American Medical Association: Adolescent Health www.ama-assn.org/go/adolescenthealth Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Adolescent and School Health www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/index.htm Center for Science in the Public Interest: Alcohol Policies Project: Youth and Alcohol http://www.cspinet.org/booze/iss_youth.htm The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) launched the Alcohol Policies Project to help focus public and policy maker attention on high-leverage policy reforms to reduce the devastating health and social consequences of drinking. Policies addressed by the APP are advertising, alcopops, campaign for alcohol free sports tv, college and binge drinking, health, labeling, taxes, and youth and alcohol. College Drinking: Changing the Culture at US Colleges http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov The final report of the Task Force of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism provides science-based information and solutions for professionals, the media, educators, parents and community leaders to assist in changing the drinking culture on college campuses. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics www.childstats.gov Governor's Next Step for Youth Initiative http://www.nc-atod.org/nc-sig/intro.html Healthy People 2010 Toolkit: A Field Guide to Health Planning www.health.gov/healthypeople/state/toolkit Health, United States, 2000—Adolescent Health Chartbook MacKay AP, Fingerhut LA, Duran CR. Adolescent Health Chartbook. Health United States, 2000. Hyattsville, Md: National Center for Health Statistics; 2000. www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hus/hus.htm Helping Americas Youth http://www.helpingamericasyouth.gov/ Join Together http://www.jointogether.org Konopka Institute for Best Practices in Adolescent Health State Adolescent Health Resource Center www.allaboutkids.umn.edu/konopka Laura Bush convened the White House Conference on Helping America's Youth http://www.whitehouse.gov/firstlady/helping-youth.html Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free http://www.alcoholfreechildren.org Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free, a unique coalition of Governors’ spouses, Federal agencies, and public and private organizations, is an initiative to prevent the use of alcohol by children ages 9 to 15. It is the only national effort that focuses on alcohol use in this age group. Mothers Against Drunk Driving http://www.madd.org Monitoring the Future: National Results on Adolescent Drug Use http://monitoringthefuture.org MTF is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults. It is one of three major US Department of Health and Human Services’ sponsored surveys that provide data on substance use among youth. National Adolescent Health Information Center (NAHIC) http://nahic.ucsf.edu NAHIC serves as a national resource for adolescent health information and research and assures the integration, synthesis, coordination and dissemination of adolescent health-related information. National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information www.health.org The information service of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the world's largest resource of current information and numerous free materials concerning substance abuse. National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (ADD HEALTH) www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/addhealth/ Add Health is a nationally representative study that explores the causes of health-related behaviors of adolescents in grades 7 through 12 and their outcomes in young adulthood. Add Health seeks to examine how social contexts (families, friends, peers, schools, neighborhoods, and communities) influence adolescents' health and risk behaviors. National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) http://www.drugabusestatistics.samhsa.gov Sponsored by the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, this is the primary source of statistical information on illicit drug use in the U.S. population 12 years of age and older. Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) www.adolescenthealth.org A multi-disciplinary organization of health professionals who are committed to advancing the health and well-being of adolescents. Through education, research, clinical services, and advocacy activities, the Society strives to enhance public and professional awareness of adolescent health issues among families, educators, policy makers, youth-serving organizations, students who are considering a health career as well as other health professionals. Teacher’s Guide http://www.theantidrug.com/teachersguide/index.asp TeachersGuide is a drug education resource that was developed by the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign to provide teachers with ideas and resources for incorporating drug prevention messages into the classroom Teen Health Connection's Crisis Directory http://teenhealthconnection.org/PDF/ServiceGuide.pdf The Century Council www.centurycouncil.org The Council’s mission is to promote responsible decision-making regarding beverage alcohol and discourage all forms of irresponsible consumption through education, communications, research, law enforcement and other programs. Resources for parents, educators, students. Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center www.udetc.org The training center and website is funded by the US Department of Justice at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE). Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRS) www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5104a1.htm A school survey that collects data from students in grades 9Đ12. The survey includes questions on a wide variety of health-related risk behaviors, not simply drug abuse. For Youth • For Parents • For Professionals, Parents and Other Adults • Advocacy Agency Links • Federal Government Resources