DOCUMENT RESUME ED 336 456 UD 028 200 AUTHOR Oyemade, Ura Jean, Ed.; Brandon-Monye, Deloris, Ed. TITLE Ecology of Alcohol and Other Drug Use: Helping Black High-Risk Youth. Proceedings of the Howard University School of Human Ecology Forum (Washington, D.C., October 26-27, 1987). OSAP Prevention Monograph-7. INSTITUTION Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Office for Substance Abuse Prevention. REPORT NO (ADM)-90-1672 PUB DATE 90 NOTE 245p. PUB TYPE Collected Works - Conference Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC10 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Alcoha Abuse; Alcohol Education; *At Risk Persons; Black Culture; *Black Youth; Cocaine; Conference Proceedings; Cultural Influences; *Drug Abuse; Etiology; Family Environment; Incidence; Models; Prevention; Substance Abuse; *Urban Environment ABSTRACT Five plenary session presentations and summaries of 10 panel sessions held at a forum entitled "The Ecology of Substance Abuse: Toward Primary Prevention among High-Risk Youth" are provided in this document, which focuses on black youth at high risk for alcohol and drug problems. Experts describe a comprehensive ecological approach to addressing antecedent and concomitant factors related to alcohol and other drug use among black high-risk youth. Plenary session presentatiorn are: (1) "Implications of Alcohol and Other Drug Use for Black A. 'ica" (B. J. Prim); (2) "The Second Cocaine Epidemic" (D. F. MuEco); (3) "Prevention Models Targetedto Black Youth at High Risk for Alcohol and Other Drug Problems" (V. L. Smith); (4) "Primary Prevention from a Public Health :erspective:The Realities of the Urban Envircnment" (R. Tuckson); and (5) "An Ecological Model for Prevention of Drug Use" (C. H. Edwards). Parml session summaries are: (1) "The Incidence of Alcohol and Other Drug Use"; (2) "Family, Cultural, and Environmental Risk Factors Related to Alcohol and Other Drug Use among Black Youth at High Risk"; (3) "The Interaction of Health and Nutrition"; (4) "International Dimensions of Drug Trafficking"; (5) "Pharmac2utical Industry: Friend or Foe?";(6) "Systemic Factors Related to Alcohol and Other Drug Use"; (7) "Prevention Models for Black Youth at High Risk: Familyand Religion"; (8) "Prevention Models for Black Youth at High Risk: Education and Media"; (9) "Prevention Models for Black Youth at High Risk: Industry and Government"; and (10) "Prevention Models forBlack Youth at High Risk: Health Care and Civic Organizations." 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BEST COPY MAI LE OSAP Prevention Monograph-7 ECOLOGY OF ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG USE: HELPING BLACK HIGH-RISK YOUTH Proceedings of the Howard University, School of Human Ecology, Human Ecology Forum, *The Ecology of Substance Abuse: Toward Primary Prevention Among High-Risk Youth" Sponsors: Office for Substance Abuse Prevention Howard University, School of Human Ecology Washington, DC, Department of Human Services, Commission on Public Health, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Administration District of Columbia Public Schools Howard University Institute for Substance Abuse and Addiction Editors: Ura Jean Oyemade, Ph.D. Deloris Brandon-Monye US. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AM) HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration Office for Substance Abuse Prevention 5800 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 OSAP Prevention Monographs are prepared by the divisions of the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (OSAP) and published by its Division of Com- munication Programs. The primary objective of the series is to facilitate the transfer of prevention and intervention technology between andamong re- searchers, administrators, policymakers, educators, and providers in the public and private sectors. The content of state-of-the-art conferences andreviews of innovative or exemplary programming models and of evaluative studiesare important elements of OSAP's information dissemination mission. This monograph is based on papers and discussion from the HowardUniver- sity, School of Human Ecolov, Human Ecology Forum, "l'he Ecology of Sub- stance Abuse: Toward Primary Prevention Among High-Risk Youth," held in Washington, DC, October 26-27, 1987. The proceedingswere compiled by the faculty of the School of Human Ecology at Howard University. The presentations herein are those of the listed authors andmay not neces- sarily reflect the opinions, official policy,or position of OSAP, the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, the Public Health Service,or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). All material in this volume, except quotedpassages from copyrighted sources, is in the public domain and may be usedor reproduced without permission from OSAP or the authors. Citation of thesource is appreciated. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 90-080509. DHHS Publication # (ADM)90-1672 Printed 1990 OSAP Production Officer: Linda Franklin Project Officer: Addie J. Key, Division of Community Prevention and Training,OSAP OSAP Prevention Monograph Series Elaine M. Johnson, Ph.D. Director, OSAP Robert W. Denniston Director, Division of Communication Programs, OSAP Foreword Knowledge transfer within the alcohol and other drug (AOD) field is vitally important, especially in the rapidly evolving field of prevention. Service providers are anxiously awaiting news of innovative and promising methodolog! es so that they might apply them in their own programs. Thus, the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (OSAP) is pleased to publish this monograph that presents the proceedings of a conference sponsored by Howard University's School of Human Ecology in the fall of 1987. Black youth at high risk for AOD problems were the focus of the conference, and noted experts described a comprehensive, ecological approach to address the antece- dent and concomitant factors related to alcohol and other drug use among Black high-risk youth. Alcohol and other drug problems are America's most pressing social dilemma, and high-risk youth compose the most vulnerable population group for problems associated with their use. Multicultural youngsters are over-represented among high-risk youth and are also particularly vulnerable for certain related and very serious problems. These problems include precocious sexual behavior, teen pregnancy, infant mortality, truancy, dropping out of school, delinquency, and youth gang involvement. Therefore, a holistic approach is particularly impor- tant in programs targeted to high-risk youngsters. Because traditional prevention programs are seldom appropriate for use with high-risk groups, several chapters in this monograph are devoted to identifying the special attributes and innovative approaches that are suitable and relevant for use with multicultural and other very vulnerable youths. It also covers coalition building and strategy development at the community level. Several exceptional programs from the Washington, DC, and Baltimore, MD, area are described. Although conference participants were primarily focusing on Black youth in the Nation's capital, the information in this monograph is also relevant for high-risk practitioners in other large metropolitan areas. It will be useful to policymakers, researchers, program planners, and prevention activists at na- tional, State, and local levels. Indeed, all who are interested in prevention among high-risk youth will find this monograph to be an important and up-to-date reference manual. ill This publication is one in a series ofOSAP monographs that are issued from time to time to communicatestate-of-the-art information across the entire prevention spectrum. We hope thesemonographs will facilitate knowledge transfer and thereby improve preventionand intervention programs across the Nation. Elaine M. Johnson, Ph.D., Director Office for Substance Abuse Prevention 6 iv Preface The Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (OSAP) and Howard University are pleased to publish this volume on the ecology ofalcohol and other drug (AOD) use among Black high-risk youth. This report presents the proceedings from the Human Ecology Forum held at Howard University, in Washington, DC, October 26-27,1987. The conference provided a forum for sharing information from a broad spectrum of disciplines with the goal of formulating a definitive model for primary prevention focusing on Black high-risk youth. The Forum Planning Committee comprised faculty from each department of the School of Human Ecology, Howard University's Institute for Substance Abuse and Add:^tion, Washington, DC's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Administration and Public School System, and representatives from OSAP. The forum presentations include a wealth ofknowledge from well-known and well-respected researchers, practitioners, law enforcement officials, representatives of the pharmaceutical industry, civic organizations and housing cooperatives,