| 20th Safe & Sober Planner |
PARTNERSHIPS AND OUTREACH
- TEAM (Techniques for Effective Alcohol Management)
Founded in 1985, TEAM is a broad-based coalition of public and private sector organizations working to ensure guest safety and enjoyment at public assembly facilities by: promoting responsible alcohol service and consumption; reducing alcohol-related incidents within the facility and the occurrence of alcohol-impaired driving after the event. The centerpiece of TEAM’s effort is its highly regarded responsible alcohol management training program for facility operations and concessionaire managers.TEAM has been exploring new delivery mechanisms for its professional course. In May, TEAM conducted a pilot training program in Philadelphia with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB). By partnering with PLCB, TEAM program was offered to all public assembly facilities in Pennsylvania that serve alcohol such as: soccer, minor league baseball and hockey, motor sports, as well as the major league sports teams.
TEAM has completed the draft "TEAM on Campus" curriculum, which was developed specifically for colleges and universities. The training program deals with schools that do not serve alcohol as well as those that do serve alcohol.
For more information on any of the above training sessions contact: Heidi Deane, TEAM Executive Secretariat, 301-272-2463.
The TEAM program also includes a fan education component to raise awareness of the facility’s alcohol policies, designated driver program, and promote responsible guest behaviors. The NHL distributed a designated driver campaign to all of its clubs for use in the 1998-2000 seasons. TEAM is working on a designated driver program for Major League Baseball (MLB) which will be distributed to all MLB clubs for use in 2000-2002 seasons. In addition, two new NCAA/TEAM 30-second PSAs "Some Things Don’t Mix, Like Drinking and Driving" (one featuring swimmers, and one wrestlers) received free air time during the 1999 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.
- Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS)
The Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing traffic crashes, the primary cause of lost work time and employee fatalities. NETS recently published a new brochure describing the highway safety problem and its impact on employers. NETS and NHTSA are in the process of developing a tool kit that will include an impaired driving section. NETS coordinators will use the kit to help employers develop sound traffic safety policies and implement programs. For more information about NETS, visit their website at http://www.trafficsafety.org or call their national office at 202-452-6005. - National Association of County and City Health Officials
NACCHO recently published Leading the Way in Motor Vehicle Injury Prevention, a compendium of traffic safety programs in local health departments. Local health departments are in a unique position at the local level to provide local health and health risk data, deliver programs, reach target populations, and provide access to health and medical professionals. This compendium describes innovative programs, including impaired driving programs, implemented by local health departments. For more information about NACCHO or this publication, call their national office at 202-783-5550. - American Association of Health Plans
AAHP is developing a traffic safety tool kit to provide information to their member health plans as a means to educate them about traffic safety issues and motivate them to conduct programs for their employees, patients and the community. Health plans are interested in preventing injury and are willing to work in community outreach efforts that go beyond their patient populations. The tool kit will include information on all traffic safety programs including impaired driving. - Best Practices-Alcohol Retail Strategies to Reduce Underage Sales
DOT HS 808 618 (Order #4P0010)
This manual contains descriptions of programs to reduce the sale of alcohol to minors throughout the nation. These programs were judged to be the most promising by a panel of alcohol beverage control officials. - Indian Health Service (IHS)
Alcohol is a factor in 75 percent of motor vehicle related fatalities among Native Americans. For the past several years, NHTSA has conducted outreach to the Native American population in partnership efforts with the Indian Health Service.The latest product of this partnership to help address this issue is a new video, "Cry the Eagle: A Call to Drive Sober and Safe." The 31-minute video speaks specifically to Native Americans and discusses three main points: 1) Why is alcohol a driving force in our lives?; 2) The sobriety movement in Indian Country; and 3) Attacking the alcohol problem using the following strategies: education, enforcement, and treatment. The video is available through NHTSA.
In support of the .08 Plan, IHS published a 1 _ page article "Advocating Impaired Driver Laws: The Adoption of .08 BAC in Indian Country" in the November issue of The IHS Primary Care Provider. The Provider is a journal for health professionals working with American Indians and Alaska Natives and has a circulation of 6,500 health care providers throughout Indian Country.
The NHTSA/IHS partnership also supports the Safe Tribal Communities Youth Campaign, along with the Bureau of Indian Affairs Indian Highway Safety Program and the United National Indian Tribal Youth organization. The Campaign is designed to engage tribal students in motor vehicle crash prevention programs. The goal is to raise awareness about the risk of serious injury and to show support among Indian youth to support prevention projects through community service projects. The majority of the student projects have focused on traffic safety – impaired driving and seat belt use.
NHTSA is also supporting the Injury Prevention Program initiated by the United Tribes Technical College in partnership with IHS. The objective of this program is to place qualified injury prevention specialists in positions with local, national, and tribal organizations so as to develop and implement interventions to reduce injuries among Native Americans. Impaired driving is an integral component of the course agenda.
- The National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations (COSSMHO)
Since the fall of 1993, COSSMHO and NHTSA have engaged in a cooperative agreement to implement education and outreach activities targeting Hispanic communities through the National Hispanic Traffic Safety Program (NHTSP). COSSMHO developed a set of traffic safety materials in Spanish, including the brochure, Cuide su vida y la de los demás: SI HA BEBIDO, NO MANEJE Take care of your life and of other people’s too: DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE. These materials are available from NHTSA.One of the local pilot projects, Dismas Horizons of Mission Enterprises, Inc. in Texas, has participated in the NHTSP since its inception. Dismas has continued its tradition of implementing "Operation Staying Alive," a yearly event held the week before Spring Break at three local high schools. This event is intended to deliver prevention messages and discourage youth from drinking and driving. Wrecked cars that have been in alcohol-related crashes were donated and displayed at the high schools targeted by the program. Students were then told about the story of drinking and driving which resulted in the crashed cars.
- The Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA)
Several years ago NHTSA developed a partnership with OCA for a national alcohol and safety outreach program for Chinese Americans. A report entitled, "Drinking and Driving Problem Identification Report," was published and several materials were produced including "The Eye of the Tiger" comic book and "Let the Zodiac Wheel Help Steer You in the Best Direction," Don’t’ Drink and Drive poster which are available from NHTSA. OCA continues to promote traffic safety through their youth leadership and outreach program efforts. - SAMHSA/CSAP
NHTSA is an officially designated partner with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration/Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (SAMHSA/CSAP) (Department of Health and Human Services) in the SAMHSA/CSAP Parenting is Prevention Teleconferencing Initiative. SAMHSA has been designated as the lead HHS agency to assist in meeting the President’s 1998 National Drug Control Strategy. They have scheduled four teleconferences, involving prevention practitioners, educators, community coalitions, and parent resource organizations and networks. The teleconferences will address building healthy families, building healthy dialogue, building on the past for a healthy future, and building healthy communities. NHTSA will assist in advertising these teleconferences and will have the opportunity to recommend panelists and drop-in video segments. The teleconferences will be broadcast via satellite to several hundred sites. - North American Partnership for Responsible Hospitality
NHTSA has a grant with the NAPRH to promote responsible sale and service of alcohol among retailers. NAPRH conducts networking forums on responsible hospitality issues and disseminates best practices to its members. For more information on responsible hospitality programs, contact the website at: www.hospitalityweb.org - Safe Communities
NHTSA is developing a Safe Communities tool kit to assist new communities in adopting the Safe Communities model. The kit will encourage communities to review their data to determine if they have an impaired driving or other traffic safety problem. The kit will contain material about countermeasure programs available to assist communities in implementing a program targeting impaired driving and other traffic safety problems.
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