January 1, 2002

Prevention Strategies for Adolescent Girls and Young Women

Series: Prevention Tactics Vol. 5, Iss. 3
Topic: Cultural Competence and Responsiveness, Women and Girls

How do the lives of girls and young women differ from those of boys and young men? What alcohol and other drug prevention strategies have been found to be especially effective with girls and young women? What kinds of prevention strategies and activities can be integrated into a particular prevention program or into any work with adolescent girls and young women? This article gives some answers to these important questions.

The Community Prevention Initiative (CPI) provides no-cost technical assistance and training in substance use disorder prevention. CPI is administered by the Center for Applied Research Solutions and funded and directed by the California Department of Health Care Services.

The TTA project is intended to serve California agencies and organizations involved in community-based prevention. CPI is able to provide no-cost TTA support for planning and prevention services that include a broad community perspective. Specifically, the purpose of Community Prevention Initiative, is "to reduce and manage community-level risks and problems directly attributable to and/or collaterally resulting from ATOD availability, manufacture, distribution, promotion, sale and/or use."

The CARS CPI TA team works in coordination with the DHCS team and with a pool of expert consultants to provide services.

For assistance please contact us at:
Phone: (707) 568-3800
Fax: (707) 568-3810

708 College Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95404

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