Reducing Underage Drinking

Richard J. Bonnie and Mary Ellen O'Connell, Editors, Committee on Developing a Strategy to Reduce and Prevent Underage Drinking, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. Introduction: The Challenge; 4 I. Underage Drinking in the United States - 2. Characteristics of Underage Drinking; 5 3. Consquences of Underage Drinking; 6 4. Understanding Youth Drinking; 7 II. The Strategy - 5. Designing the Strategy; 8 6. National Media Campaign; 9 7. Alcohol Industry; 10 8. Entertainment Industries; 11 9. Access; 12 10. Youth-Oriented Interventions; 13 11. Communities; 14 12. Federal and State Governments; 15 References; 16 Appendix A: Statement of Task; 17 Appendix B: Agenda and Participants, October 10-11, 2002, Public Workshop; 18 Appendix C: Agenda and Participants, November 18, 2002, Open Committee Meeting and Public Forum; 19 Appendix D: Other Public Contributors; 20 Appendix E: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff; 21 Index; 22 1 The Epidemiology of Underage Drinking in the United States: An Overview--Robert L. Flewelling, Mallie J. Paschall, and Christopher Ringwalt; 23 2 Social, Health, and Economic Consequences of Underage Drinking--Ralph Hingson and Donald Kenkel; 24 3 Health Consequences of Adolescent Alcohol Involvement--Sandra A. Brown and Susan F. Tapert; 25 4 Developmental and Environmental Influences on Underage Drinking: A General Overview--Bonnie L. Halpern-Felsher and Michael Biehl; 26 5 Perceptions of Risk and Social Judgments: Biases and Motivational Factors--Janis E. Jacobs; 27 6 Alcohol Use and Misuse: Prevention Strategies with Minors--William Hansen and Linda Dusenbury; 28 7 Supply Side Approaches to Reducing Underage Drinking: An Assessment of the Scientific Evidence--Harold D. Holder; 29 8 Effectiveness of Sanctions and Law Enforcement Practices Targeted at Underage Drinking Not Involving Operation of a Motor Vehicle--Thomas L. Hafemeister and Shelly L. Jackson; 30 9 The Effects of Price on Alcohol Use, Abuse, and Their Consequences--Frank J. Chaloupka; 31 10 Media Intervention Impact: Evidence and Promising Strategies--Charles Atkin; 32 11 Alcohol in the Media: Drinking Portrayals, Alcohol Advertising, and Alcohol Consumption Among Youth--Joel W. Grube; 33 12 Alcohol Advertising and Promotion--David Jernigan and James O'Hara; 34 13 Drinking and Coming of Age in a Cross-Cultural Perspective--Robin Room; 35 14 Preventing Underage Drinking in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities: Contexts, Epidemiology, and Culture--Douglas K. Novins, Paul Spicer, Janette Beals, and Spero M. Manson; 36 15 Teen Treatment: Addressing Alcohol Problems Among Adolescents--Rosalind Brannigan, Mathea Falco, Linda Dusenbury, and William B. Hansen; 37 16 Youth Smoking Prevention Policy: Lessons Learned and Continuing Challenges--Paula M. Lantz