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Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility. 2012-. IKnowEverything. Arlington, VA: Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, multiple items.

Annotation: This document provides guidance to facilitators of IKnowEverything, an adolescent driver safety program that reinforces how to be a safe driver, how to avoid being a distracted driver, and the role that parents play in shaping and influencing adolescent driving behaviors. Contents include a program overview, suggested messaging, facts, online resources, and tips for adolescent drivers and their parents. A video is also available.

Contact: Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, 2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 710, Arlington, VA Telephone: (202) 637-0077 Web Site: http://responsibility.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescent behavior, Alcohol consumption behavior, Alcohol related injuries, Impaired driving, Injury prevention, Motor vehicle safety, Multimedia, Parent education, Risk taking, Safety programs

Levy DT, Miller TR, Cox KC. 1999. Costs of underage drinking [upd. ed.]. Calverton, MD: Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 22 pp.

Annotation: This report, prepared for the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Underage Drinking Laws program, provides information about the range of serious health and social problems and economic costs associated with underage drinking. Topics include the costs of alcohol use by youth, problems such as traffic crashes, interpersonal violence, unintentional drownings and burns, suicides, fetal alcohol syndrome, alcohol poisonings, alcohol dependence, and alcohol abuse treatment. The appendices contain definitions and values, and tables on 1998 state costs for alcohol-attributable youth traffic crashes, violence, and other problems. Endnotes, statistics, costs are also provided.

Contact: Underage Drining Enforcement Training Center, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 11720 Beltsville Drive, Suite 900, Calverton, MD 20705-3102, Telephone: (877) 335-1287 Fax: (301) 755-2799 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.udetc.org Available at no charge; also available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescents, Alcohol abuse, Alcohol intoxication, Alcohol related injuries, Alcohol use, Costs, Impaired driving, Social problems, Violence, Young adults
   

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