Substance Abuse Prevention in Delaware:  Past and Present

June 2015 SPF‐SIG 

Delaware Drug and Alcohol Tracking Alliance (DDATA) Meeting

The role of the SPF‐SIG Evaluation is to answer the questions:

1. Has there been sustainable infrastructure created through use of the SPF model?

2. Have there been reductions in substance abuse?

(Outcomes)

Logic ModelContext

Contributing Factors Risk 

Behaviors

Consequences

(Outcomes)

Context:

• Delaware laws• Law enforcement• Media messages/information dissemination• Amount/accessibility of prevention education programs and alternative activities

• Community coalitions• Workforce

Delaware Alcohol Consumption Laws 2010 and 2015 

2010 2015

No keg registration laws No keg registration laws

No dram shop laws No dram shop laws

No social host laws No social host laws

No open container laws No open container laws

Furnishing is prohibited WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTION(S):  private residence AND EITHER parent/guardian OR spouse

Furnishing is prohibited WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTION(S):  private residence AND EITHER parent/guardian OR spouse (small increase in fines)

Illegal for "[w]hoever, being under the age of 21 years, has alcoholic liquor in his or her possession at any time, or consumes or is found to have consumed alcoholic liquor.

Illegal for "[w]hoever, being under the age of 21 years, has alcoholic liquor in his or her possession at any time, or consumes or is found to have consumed alcoholic liquor.

Law Enforcement 2010 and 20142010 2014

DATE Compliance checks

Data requested Supported by EUDL funds

Supported by SPF‐SIG

Arrests (DELJIS) Youth Consumers ‐Possession/consumption

915 587

Youth consumers ‐DUI

24 152

Adult 3540 3166

Media Messages—2010 

• Office of Highway Safety and the Governor’s Office “Think.  Don’t drink!” media campaign

• DSCYF Parents Step Up campaign

Media Messages—2014 

• DATE “Buyers Beware” campaign of 10 billboards• “Underage?  Understand.  Don’t Drink!” Campaign of 109 billboards plus other materials

• DHSS “Thinking Hurts Drinking” campaign (2015)• Information dissemination to over 237,000• Stall Stories Posters campaign—over 5990 posted• PSA’s shown at Penn Center—38,290 times• Information disseminated to over 176,000

DATE “Buyers Beware” campaign of 10 billboards

“Underage?  Understand.  Don’t Drink!” Campaign of 109 billboards plus other materials—almost 7 million impacts

DHSS “Drinking Hurts Thinking” online campaign

Stall Stories

PSA’s

Prevention Education/Alternative Activities—2010 

• Safe and Drug Free Schools• Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws• SAPT‐BG funded activities

Prevention Education/Alternative Activities—2014

• SPF funded educational activities impacting over 36,000

• Over 21,400 youth in SPF‐funded alternative activities in past year

• SAPT‐BG funded activities

Increases in Number of Activities/Education Sessions attributable to SPF‐SIG

Community Coalitions

2

10

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

2009 2014

Number Attending CADCA

9

30

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

2010 2014

Workforce Development—Number of Persons Achieving Prevention 

Certification

1

96

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

2009 2014

Contributing Factors:

• Perceived harmfulness• Student’s disapproval• Family norms • Community/social norms (parties with alcohol and no parents present/parties where parents bought alcohol for kids)

Perceived Risk of Binge Drinking

2010 2011 2012 2013 20148th graders 85% 75% 73% 68% 72%11th graders 85% 82% 81% 78% 83%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

Student’s Disapproval of Daily Drinking

2010 2011 2012 2013 20148th graders 80% 82% 78% 78% 78%11th graders 69% 70% 63% 62% 64%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

Family‐based Norms: Parents asked Parents Hosting a Party if They Would Be Present at the Party

2010 2012 20148th graders 30% 27% 17%11th graders 20% 17% 12%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

Family‐based Norms: Parents asked Parents Hosting Party if Alcohol Would 

Be Served

2010 2012 20148th graders 12% 10% 6%11th graders 10% 9% 6%

0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

Family‐based Norms: Parents Told Child Not to Drink Alcohol

2010 2012 20148th graders 64% 62% 38%11th graders 57% 51% 30%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

Family‐based Norms: Took Alcohol from House with Permission

2010 2012 20148th graders 4% 3% 2%11th graders 6% 6% 4%

0%

1%

2%

3%

4%

5%

6%

7%

Community‐based Norms: Attended Party Where Parents Bought Alcohol 

for Teens

2010 2012 20148th graders 7% 6% 5%11th graders 19% 18% 14%

0%2%4%6%8%10%12%14%16%18%20%

Community‐based Norms: Attended Party with Alcohol and No Parents

2010 2012 20148th graders 15% 12% 10%11th graders 39% 36% 30%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

Risk Behaviors

• School‐aged underage drinking• School‐aged binge drinking• College underage drinking• College binge drinking

Past 30 Day Alcohol Use by School‐aged Youth

2010 2011 2012 2013 20148th graders 19% 17% 16% 14% 13%11th graders 37% 36% 37% 35% 31%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

Binge Drinking by School‐aged Youth

2010 2011 2012 2013 20148th graders 9% 8% 7% 6% 5%11th graders 21% 21% 21% 20% 17%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

Changes at UD:  

‐‐ Coalition‐‐ Ongoing commitment of the provost‐‐ UD APPLE Team created to do prevention with athletes‐‐ Permanent staff member for alcohol prevention outreach ‐‐additional $50K in funding for alcohol prevention initiatives in permanent budget.

‐‐ UDPD and NPD formed the joint agency policing initiative‐‐ Late night alternative activities on key holidays now expected ‐‐‐ Pro‐active communication with incoming students and families now a norm.

‐‐ Dean of Students sends annual email letter to all students

Alcohol/Binge Use by College Youth—UD 

2012 2013 2014 2015Past 30‐day Use 78% 76% 74% 76%Binge Drinking 59% 58% 61% 57%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

Alcohol/Binge Use by College Youth—Wesley 

2012 2014 2015Past 30‐day Use 53% 56% 59%Binge Drinking 33% 33% 34%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

Consequences:

• Alcohol‐related vehicular fatalities/crashes• DUI rates (alcohol and alcohol/drug combined)• Underage possession arrests• School suspension/expulsion rates

DUI Arrests

Youth Adult2010 24 35402014 152 3166

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

4000

Underage Possession/Consumption Arrests

Youth2010 9152014 587

01002003004005006007008009001000

Percent of Total Traffic Fatalities and Injuries That Were Alcohol‐related

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Injuries 9% 9% 10% 9% 8%Fatalities 38% 36% 43% 43% 49%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Delaware Public School Dropout Rates

5.5 5.45.8

5.1

3.9 3.7 3.9

2.9

2.1

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

2005‐06 2006‐07 2007‐08 2008‐09 2009‐10 2010‐11 2011‐12 2012‐13 2013‐14

U.S. Financial Crisis SPF‐SIGRace to the Top

Alcohol and Drug‐related School Offenses Reported

77100

116

77

48

106

177192

0

50

100

150

200

250

2010‐11 2011‐12 2012‐13 2013‐14

Alcohol‐related OffensesDrug‐related Offenses

SummaryIn some areas there has been steady progress, but challenges remain:

• No substantive changes in consumption laws• Fewer arrests for youth consumption but an increase in youth DUI• Increase in media messaging, prevention education and alternative 

activities, coalition, workforce capacity• Declines in some family‐based norms (asking about parents and 

alcohol at parties) but improvements in other (parents supplying alcohol, students taking alcohol from home, attending parties without parental presence)

• Decrease in rates of youth past 30‐day alcohol use and binge‐drinking

• Increase in percentage of traffic fatalities related to alcohol‐related accidents