Community Organizing to Prevent Youth Drug Use and Violence

Bosma, Linda M.; Komro, Kelli A.; Perry, Cheryl L.; Veblen-Mortenson, Sara; Farbakhsh, Kian

doi:10.1300/j125v13n02_02

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“…Community organizing has been applied in community health-related interventions, mainly in the USA. 27 Many community-based interventions lack attention to measurable health outcomes, 2 including early prevention projects. 28…”

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Community organizing and community health: piloting an innovative approach to community engagement applied to an early intervention project in south London

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BackgroundThe importance of community engagement in health is widely recognized, and key themes in UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommendations for enhancing community engagement are co-production and community control. This study reports an innovative approach to community engagement using the community-organizing methodology, applied in an intervention of social support to increase social capital, reduce stress and improve well-being in mothers who were pregnant and/or with infants aged 0–2 years.MethodsProfessional community organizers in Citizens-UK worked with local member civic institutions in south London to facilitate social support to a group of 15 new mothers. Acceptability of the programme, adherence to principles of co-production and community control, and changes in the outcomes of interest were assessed quantitatively in a quasi-experimental design.ResultsThe programme was found to be feasible and acceptable to participating mothers, and perceived by them to involve co-production and community control. There were no detected changes in subjective well-being, but there were important reductions in distress on a standard self-report measure (GHQ-12). There were increases in social capital of a circumscribed kind associated with the project.ConclusionsCommunity organizing provides a promising model and method of facilitating community engagement in health.

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“…The SPF also emphasizes that communities be cognizant of the need for cultural competence in program development and implementation and plan for sustainability (SAMHSA, ). Additionally, assessing the self‐interests and concerns of community members is essential when undertaking local policy efforts in order to assess potential support and opposition and how the issues impacted community members (Bosma, Komro, Perry, Veblen‐Mortenson, & Farbakhsh, ; Matter, Goodpaster, Bosma, & Toomey, ; Wagenaar et al, ). It is sometimes proposed that a particular community or sector of the population does not have the high‐risk drinking patterns or harm from alcohol that has been documented in another place where the policy was implemented.…”

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“…Translate successful interventions from other settings for use elsewhere such as American Indian/Alaskan Native populations (Montag et al, ). Staff trained in community organizing and policy are essential for local policy work (Bosma et al, ; Wagenaar et al, ).…”

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Reducing Harm Through Evidence‐Based Alcohol Policies: Challenges and Options

Giesbrecht¹,

Bosma²,

Reisdorfer³

2019

World Med & Health Policy

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This article examines challenges in implementing and sustaining effective alcohol policies and proposes several strategies to counter them. A narrative review was undertaken of recent publications that document challenges in implementing alcohol policies in various contexts. MEDLINE/PubMed were searched for publications in English between 2011 and 2018. Twenty‐five keywords and 25 scholar names were used in the search. From 1,169 hits, 168 full research papers and commentaries were examined. Eight main groups of challenges were identified: interventions of inadequate dose, support, scope, or fidelity; confounding impacts from alcohol industries and other sectors; uneven implementation or inadequate enforcement; popular policies are largely ineffective and effective policies unpopular; policy decision‐making focusing on short‐range perspectives and skewed to favor commercial interests; low awareness of alcohol as a health risk; challenges in getting information on relevant interventions, local data, and insider information; and insufficient capacity or training to implement a policy. Several strategies are offered to counter these challenges: provide evidence to policymakers: conduct assessment and pilot studies; provide enhanced training on alcohol issues and policy implementation; develop allies; promote strong leadership; use media advocacy; engage voices of those impacted by flawed policies; and promote a comprehensive approach.

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“…Bosma and colleagues provide perhaps the most detailed description of the requirements of community organizing in the Minnesota D.A.R.E. Plus Project (Bosma, Komro, Perry, Veblen‐Mortenson, & Farbakhsh, ), demonstrating the intensity of the community mobilization process as well as the roles of volunteer community members (both youth and adults in this case) recruited to action teams. Across eight sites over a 2‐year intervention period, adult action teams met 153 times and held 112 activities and youth action teams met 420 times and held 721 activities.…”

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Implementing and Sustaining Effective Alcohol‐Related Policies at the Local Level: Evidence, Challenges, and Next Steps

Giesbrecht¹,

Bosma²,

Juras³

et al. 2014

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Alcohol-related problems are experienced most directly at the local level. There have been significant strides in evaluating locally based alcohol policies and prevention strategies. This article draws from this existing body of research to answer three questions: What is known about effective local interventions and policies? What are the main challenges facing local action on alcohol and how can those challenges be addressed? How can local action on alcohol be sustained? This article reviews evaluated local alcohol interventions and policies, focusing on several countries where these initiatives have been evaluated: for example, Australia, Canada, Finland, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and the United States. The positive outcomes associated with community-based initiatives are summarized and features of successful local action are identified. Although current research finds a number of positive outcomes of local alcohol interventions and policies, a number of challenges of this work remain; these challenges include providing adequate training, resources, and tools for local action; building local resource streams and coalitions to sustain expertise; sustaining long-term commitment to monitor and evaluate the effects of policies; and addressing the vested interests of community stakeholders in alcohol policy efforts. Lessons learned and recommendations for future community-based alcohol prevention initiatives are drawn from the findings and challenges of current work.

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Community Organizing to Prevent Youth Drug Use and Violence

Cited by 13 publications

References 6 publications

Community organizing and community health: piloting an innovative approach to community engagement applied to an early intervention project in south London

Community organizing and community health: piloting an innovative approach to community engagement applied to an early intervention project in south London

Reducing Harm Through Evidence‐Based Alcohol Policies: Challenges and Options

Implementing and Sustaining Effective Alcohol‐Related Policies at the Local Level: Evidence, Challenges, and Next Steps

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