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!/,“!> <br />w' <br />COMMUNITY PREVENTION COALITION <br />Reducing Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Problems in Hennepin County <br />¥ <br />f§»i.INFORMATION PAPER M; KEY FINDINGS FROM OPINION LEADER AND PARENT SURVEYS <br />JUNE 1992 r <br />P L <br />)0- <br />- <br />"JUL 2 4 1'''^Chemical Use Prevention and Youth: <br />Assessing Needs and <br />fM’ .£ <br />Resources in Hennepin County <br />M <br />m: <br />sc-::. <br />ii . <br />t--'i; <br />' i5y’.» •• • T <br />W;- <br />CvC:-;'.-v <br />%'re* <br />Li July 1991 ippioximately thirty members of the Community Invention Coalition Needs/ <br />Reioaices Assessment Action Group met a> discuss what they knew about needs and resources related <br />topteventinf youth chemical use pioblems in Hennepin County. The group identified two tnajor giq)s <br />in odsiing infonnation: 1) Information from a group of broadly defined leaders in local communities <br />about thehr opinions, concents, resources and needs related to chemical use prevention, and 2) Infonna- <br />parents about their needs, resources and concerns.M • * it <br />• » 'M 1 » I f <br />- ■ .'f , <br />il. <br />‘if® <br />By January 1992 diis committed group of Coalition members guided die development and imple- <br />of the Gominunity Opinion Leader Survey of 476 leaders in Hennepin County and a telqdione <br />sofvpy of 1 jOOO landomly selected Hennqiin County pi'ients. The survey was conducted by the <br />National Adolemem Health Resource Center, a Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health at <br />die University of Minnesota. The results of these surveys are summarized on the following pages, and <br />will be used ia the coming months to guide a long-range planning process for the Community <br />fteventionCoal <br />Pop If-It 1.1 <br />"i'3 V- <br />s die Opinion Leader and Parent Surveys, die members of the Needs/R< <br />It Acdoo Groiqi agiwd on the following definition of prevention: <br />Pnvtndem eem ke defined as a eoOebonUive process to pUm end impUmenl multiple strategies <br />that promote fcaalfbj r Mmviors and Ufestytes, The Community Prerendon CoaStiom praeemes <br />stroie^dmt: <br />•M'. <br />Sis-' <br />WiiMm <br />I. Reduce specific riskfectors contributing to Ufbacco, alcohol end other drug mu prob~ <br />terns emd related behavioral problems among youth; and <br />2, Streug^eu a set of protective factors Uf ensure young people*s health and weU-beit^, <br />mi <br />1.1^if I ^^*1 <br />I <br />fl