Preventing Underage Drinking and Excessive Drinking among Adults through Alcohol Policy

Webinar 2: The What - Evidence-based Alcohol Policies to Reduce Community Level Harms

Dates & Times

States and American Samoa
February 22, 2023
04:00 p.m. - 06:00 p.m. Arizona
03:00 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. Pacific 
01:00 p.m. - 03:00 p.m. Hawaii
12:00 p.m. - 02:00 p.m. American Samoa              

Pacific Jurisdictions
February 23, 2023
11:00 a.m. - 01:00 p.m. Republic of the Marshall Islands
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pohnpei and Kosrae
09:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Chuuk, and Yap
08:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Republic of Palau
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Webinar Description

In collaboration with the Southeast PTTC, Center for Advancing Alcohol Science to Practice, and the US Alcohol Policy Alliance, interactive webinar #2 details alcohol policy strategies that can be effective in reducing excessive and underage drinking, and their associated community-level harms. This webinar will cover a range of strategies and their levels of effectiveness.

In this webinar, participants will explore:

• How alcohol policy strategies can address excessive and underage drinking at the community level
• Which alcohol policy strategies are being used in communities across the country
• How these policy strategies complement the prevention work already happening in local communities

Audience

Community, tribal, jurisdiction, and state-level substance misuse prevention practitioners and allied health partners located in the Pacific Southwest region, including American Samoa, Arizona, California, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, Republic of Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau. 

Presenters

Michael Sparks is an Alcohol Policy Specialist and President of SparksInitiatives. His primary interest is in assisting communities to implement evidence-based environmental strategies to reduce alcohol and other drug problems. Among others, Michael is currently working with Wake Forest University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Foundation and Health Foundation of South Florida on a range of public health issues. He currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the US Alcohol Policy Alliance.

Sara Cooley Broschart leads the newly established Center for Advancing Alcohol Science to Practice. Sara is a public health leader with over a decade of experience in substance use prevention at local, regional and state levels. Contribution to community has been a driving value, and she is thrilled to work with communities nationwide in her new role. Her experience includes advising alcohol and marijuana regulators on policy and best practices, developing innovative methods to engage community voices in policy making activities, building a statewide alcohol policy allia