Integrating Alcohol and Other Drug Use Treatment and Prevention Approaches with Suicide Prevention Efforts.

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1 Integrating Alcohol and Other Drug Use Treatment and Prevention Approaches with Suicide Prevention Efforts. KIM DUDE DIRECTOR OF THE WELLNESS RESOURCE CENTER UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

2 Facts There is no silver bullet There is no one right answer or approach It is not the responsibility of one office It is not the responsibility of one person

3 What guides our prevention efforts? Data Evaluation Best Practices from the field

4 Evaluate Assess the problem Implement the program Analyze your options

5 Assessment Missouri College Health Behavior Survey Wellness Survey Greek Survey Bystander Survey Focus Groups Programming data Program Evaluations Number and types of program request Attendance at events Hits on your web site Number of resources used

6 Other Data Collected Last Drink Question Police data on types of arrests Campus Conduct data Residential Life judicial data Greek Life conduct data Counseling Center data Emergency room data

7 Components of Successful Prevention Programs--HEC Comprehensive Strong leadership from the top Faculty Involvement Staff involvement Student involvement Community involvement Parental involvement

8 Theoretical Approaches Responsible Decision Making Harm Reduction/Health Protection Social Norming Environmental management Bystander Intervention

9 Approaches to Prevention Responsible Decision Making Social Norming Bystander intervention Harm Reduction/ Health Protection Environmental Management

10 Responsible Decision-Making Outreach programs Alcohol Responsibility Month, suicide prevention week, resource fairs Peer programs ADAPT (Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team) PAWS (Peers Advocating Wellness Solutions) PASS (Peers Advocating Smoke-free Solutions) GAMMA (Greeks Advocating the Mature Management of Alcohol) M.O.M. (Mizzou Off-Campus Mentors) Active Minds Don t Cancel That Class

17 Harm Reduction Designated Driver Programs Smoking cessation BASICS Suicide Prevention Increasing the number of students who seek help by educating about resources:

22 Environmental Management It takes a village to raise a child Campus Task Forces Access to Alcohol Action Team Fan Behavior Task Force Off Campus Housing Task Force Detection, Intervention and Referral Action Team Suicide Prevention Task Force Gambling Prevention Task Force Columbia Tobacco Prevention Initiative

23 Creating and Enhancing a Caring Community through educational marketing

30 Social Norming:

31 Social Norms Marketing T-shirts, t-shirts, t-shirts Posters Mass s Sandwich boards Calendars TV screens ID holders Notebooks Bags Scoreboard Ads Social networking

35 MUmythbusters Many people who talk about suicide just want attention. FALSE Columbia Police and MU Police are targeting STRIPES cars and arresting students with MIPs. FALSE MU Fans are the best! TRUE!!!!! Most students are afraid to help a friend with alcohol poisoning for fear of the police. FALSE It s no big deal if I send a few texts while driving. FALSE Quitting smoking is expensive. FALSE

38 Bystander Intervention Empowering Students to be Part of the Solution

39 What situations have you witnessed, at least once, where someone s health and safety were in danger? (Show of hands) 1. Student drinking too much 2. Student being hazed 3. Student being taken advantage of sexually 4. Hate speech 5. Student you suspect has an eating disorder 6. Student who seems very depressed

41 Bystander Intervention

42 WRC s Bystander Intervention Efforts Bystander survey Social norms marketing Educational marketing Trainings Educational programs Incorporate into every outreach effort LINASS

43 Mizzou s Campaigns Green Dot--Rape and Sexual Violence Prevention Ask, Listen and Refer Life is Not a Spectator Sport

44 Your peers want you to intervene. 94% of MU students would want a friend to do something if they needed help 78% would want a stranger to do something if they needed help

45 Data

46 Awareness of the WRC efforts 96.4% are aware of the WRC s AOD efforts. 77.7% have seen MUmythbusters messages. 76.7% have seen a Most of Us message

48 Persistence

University of Missouri Saint Louis Alcohol and Other Drugs Biennial Review

University of Missouri Saint Louis Alcohol and Other Drugs Biennial Review Introduction The Drug-Free Schools and Campuses Regulations (EDGAR Part 86) require that, as a condition of receiving funds or