PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER ABOUT PRC RESEARCH POLICY STUDIES COMMUNITY ACTION RESOURCE LINK FOR COMMUNITY ACTION You are here: Home / Resource Link for Community Action / Downloadable Resources Downloadable Resources RESEARCH TO ACTION GUIDES PRC scientists contribute to numerous publications based upon the research conducted at the Center. Some of these publications that may be of interest to policy makers, practitioners, and the general public are listed below and may be viewed online or downloaded. Facts and Myths about College Drinking: A Serious Problem with Serious Solutions Kathryn Stewart, Prevention Research Center, May 2013 Prevention Interventions of Alcohol Problems in the Workplace Genevieve M. Ames, Ph.D., and Joel B. Bennett, Ph.D., 2011 Environmental Approaches to Prevention in College Settings Robert F. Saltz, Ph.D., 2011 Regulating Availability: How Access to Alcohol Affects Drinking and Problems in Youth and Adults Paul J. Gruenewald, Ph.D., 2011 Strategic Media Advocacy for Enforcement of Underage Drinking Laws Phillip M. Wilbur and Kathryn Stewart, 2011 The Impact of Local US Tobacco Policies on Youth Tobacco Use: a Critical Review Karen B. Friend, Sharon Lipperman-Kreda and Joel Grube, Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, August 2011 The Young Impaired Driver Problem: Prospects for a Safer Future Kathryn Stewart Drug Markets and Alcohol Outlets Predict Neighborhood Violence A. Banerjee, E. LaScala, P. Gruenewald, B. Freisthler, A. Treno, and L. Remer Trends in Methamphetamine Use in California: Characteristics of a Drug Epidemic Gruenewald et al. The Geography of Drug Market Activities and Child Maltreatment Bridget Freisthler and Nancy J. Williams Youth Drinking Rates and Problems: A Comparison of European Countries and the United States Bettina Friese and Joel W. Grube The Young Impaired Driver Problem: Recent Developments and Future Progress Kathryn Stewart, Barry M. Sweedler Young Impaired Drivers: The Nature of the Problem and Possible Solutions A Workshop–National Academy of Sciences Jonsson Conference Center Worldwide Trends in Impaired Driving: Past Experience and Future Progress Kathryn Stewart, Barry M. Sweedler Frequently Asked Questions about Preventing Underage Drinking: Community Policies and Enforcement Kathryn Stewart Traffic Safety and Alcohol Regulation A Symposium, June 5-6, 2006, Irvine, California Alcohol Advertising: What Makes It Attractive to Youth? Meng-Jinn Chen, Joel W. Grube, Melina Bersamin, Elizabeth Waiters, and Deborah B. Keefe, Journal of Health Communication,2005 Building Capacity and Sustainable Prevention Innovations: a Sustainability Planning Model Knowlton Johnson, Carol Hays, Hayden Center, Charlotte Daley, Evaluation and Program Planning, 2004 Wine Preference and Related Health Determinants in a US National Sample of Young Adults Mallie Paschall, Robert I. Lipton, The Journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence,June 2005 How Alcohol Outlets Affect Neighborhood Violence Kathryn Stewart, A brief report prepared by The Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, February 2005 Prevention of Murders in Diadema, Brazil: The Influence of New Alcohol Policies A brief report prepared by The Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, October 2004 Why is Work Intensity Associated With Heavy Alcohol Use Among Adolescents? Mallie J. Paschall, Ph.D., Robert L. Flewelling, Ph.D. and Theresa Russell, M.A., Journal of Adolescent Health,January 2004 Putting Research into Action: A Symposium on the Implementation of Research-Based Impaired Driving Countermeasures Kathryn G. Stewart, Transportation Research Board Committee on Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Transportation, January 2004 Preventing Alcohol-Related Problems: Alcohol Policy Challenges Joel Grube Preventing Underage Alcohol Access: Essential Elements for Policy, Deterrence and Public Support Prevention Research Center, January 2004 PRESENTATIONS Downloadable presentations. Drinking Contexts and Problems Associated with Early Age of First Intoxication, Video Presentation, September 2019: Web (5mb) | Standard (20mb) | HD (50mb) Presentation Handout (PDF) Community Regulation of Alcohol Availability: Evidence of Effectiveness and Challenges for Implementation Environmental Prevention and Underage Drinking Baltimore County Underage Drinking Prevention Materials, Presented at MADD National Conference, September 2010: Doortag: Having a Party? Don’t Get Busted! Doortag: Have You Met Your Neighbors? Cooperating Taverns and Alcohol Retailers’ Agreement Alcoholic Beverage Service Policy Community Based Projects to Prevent Underage Drinking Geographic Information Systems (GIS) To Policy Change The Young Impaired Driver Problem: Recent Developments and Future Progress Worldwide Trends in Impaired Driving: Past Experience and Future Progress What Communities Can Do to Prevent Alcohol Service Problems: New and Ongoing Research Using Data to Guide and Sustain Community Interventions The Shop on the Corner: How Outlet Location Affects Alcohol Problems Live Long and Prosper: Using Research to Sustain Effective Strategies COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER PRC works to stay in touch with communities around the San Francisco Bay area and around the country. These newsletters are designed to maintain dialogue between researchers at PRC and people who care about preventing alcohol and other drug problems in their own area. 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