The largest federal initiative focused on underage drinking was launched by the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in 1998. $100 million has been appropriated to support this effort, now known as the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program. Each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia has received funding under this program to support state and local efforts to enforce laws related to alcohol use by underage persons and to prevent underage drinking. The national evaluation of the program seeks to (1) determine what state and local programmatic activities are being supported, and (2) evaluate the impact of the program in a sample of communities. This paper reports the results of follow-up data collection conducted in 2000, one year after baseline data collection (1999). Repeated cross sectional surveys of youth, age 16 to 20, were conducted in 104 communities (52 intervention and 52 matched controls)in states receiving discretionary grants (N=1795 in 1999; N=1890 in 2000). We examined changes in past 30-day drinking, past 7-day drinking, binge drinking, perceived access to alcohol, sources of alcohol, drinking norms, and drinking related problems. Implications of the one-year follow-up data for the future trajectory of the program are discussed.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant in this session will be able to: 1. Describe the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program. 2. Identify the core components of the national evaluation of the program. 3. Discuss the implications of the one-year follow up evaluation results for the future trajectory of the program.
Keywords: Alcohol, Adolescents
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: The EUDL program is funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice
I have a significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.
Relationship: The National Evaluation of the EUDL program is funded by grants from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention,
U.S. Department of Justice