Alcohol and Drug Prevention among Youth (ADPY) in the Baltic Sea region communities; situation analysis for evidence based practices Project start – October 2012 At the same time as the sibling project -- Setting the scene – indicators for Alcohol and Drug Prevention Policy (through the NDPHS Pipeline, the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services The two projects are coordinated

About the project Original overall objective: Reducing hazardous and harmful alcohol use and substance use in general among young people in municipalities around the Baltic Sea region (Youth – 0-17 years of age but focus on year-olds Project aim: “Empowerment” of communities/cities alcohol and drug youth prevention – capacity building: - strengthening the infrastructure for prevention, or - building the base by (toolbox/strategy protocol) or - improving their readiness for long-term successful prevention interventions. - depending on the mapping/readiness – develop policy work, mobilization and initiate concrete prevention activities,

Project working group ADPY TG Community coordinators WP leaders Important local organisation to be formed: Community coordinator (contact person) Community coordinating group Involvement of local politicians/decision makers Appoint a public health specialist/researcher within the municipality/region Thus ADPY work MUST be locally anchored – local steering group – politicians/practitioners/specialist Project Organisation

Project structure ADPY- team – projectleader Local level - local steering group - coordinator - local experts - local ADPY workers

Time Schedule 1.Information from each municipality regarding the community-regional structure – 1 week in Nov. Schedule, writing 2.Formation of local organisation, incl. steering group Nov 30 3.Comments from the PI before 1 Nov. (preparations for Vilnius-meeting, schoolsurvey) 4.Continuation of preparations of WP4a: a. Questionnaire ready by 10 Nov agreed upon (responsible – all) b. Translation ready by 10 Dec (responsible – community) c. Questionnaire layout ready by 20 Dec (responsible – ISCRA) d. Draw school samples ready by 10 Dec (PI in each community) e. Establish school contacts 1 Dec - 10 Jan (PI in each community) f. Data collection 15 Feb – 1 March g. Data entry March – April h) Reports in May (ISCRA)

Cont...Time Schedule Continuation 4.Continuation of preparations of WP4b: a. Contact community coordinator to discuss the selection of key persons by Dec 15 (responsible CES) b. Informing the key persons in each community by 20 Dec (responsible community coordinators) c. Questionnaire construction 1 Dec – 31 Dec (responsible CES) d. Translation process 1 Jan – 31 Jan (responsible each community) e. Sending the questionnaires out 1 Feb-15 Feb (responsible community) f. Receiving the questionnaire back by the latest 1 March (responsible community) g. Translate the open ended questions by the latest 15 March (responsible community), then send it to CES. h. Reports at the latest 31 May, including situation analysis, also translated to each language March – ADPY meeting in Kaliningrad Project leader for ADPY: short report after each dead-line. Using an on-line system set up by CAN

Next In Kaliningrad we will make a schedule for the wp5 work – policy and recommendations Report finish in August (CAN) One report for each community and one generic September – december dissemination of the report in communities and throughout NDPHS network

Obstacles & opportunities uncertainties in the financial Unclear mandates Difficulties with language (not everyone speaks english) Problems with transportation of questionnaire to and from Russia

Obstacles & opportunities Prevention work is high up on the agenda in the participating communities Many people are involved in the communities Opportunity to compare with other communities Opportunity to learn from other communities The communities will get a ”checklist” for their future prevention work

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