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Vanessa Mallory1,2, Julie Guarnizo3, Kristin Holland3
1National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. rut4@cdc.gov.
Journal of Community Health
|June 1, 2025
Summary
Drug-Free Communities coalitions are implementing various cannabis prevention activities. Dissemination and education are common, but focusing on specific communities is less frequent, suggesting areas for enhanced youth cannabis prevention efforts.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Substance Abuse Prevention
- Community Health Initiatives
Background:
- Increasing cannabis accessibility due to state-level legalization necessitates effective youth prevention strategies.
- The Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program is a key national initiative mobilizing communities to prevent and reduce youth substance use.
- DFC coalitions employ the Seven Strategies for Community Change to develop comprehensive youth substance use prevention plans.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review cannabis-related programmatic activities by DFC coalitions.
- To identify common themes and categorize these prevention activities.
- To assess alignment of activities with the Seven Strategies for Community Change.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of biannual progress reports from August 2020 to February 2021.
- Review of 488 unique cannabis programmatic activities from 532 coalitions focusing on cannabis.
- Thematic analysis and categorization of activities based on the Seven Strategies for Community Change.
Main Results:
- 73% of funded coalitions reported focusing on cannabis prevention.
- The most common activity themes were dissemination (n=167) and training/education (n=147).
- Community partnerships (n=99) and policy/enforcement (n=51) were also reported, with 'communities of focus' being the least common (n=9).
Conclusions:
- DFC coalitions are actively engaged in youth cannabis prevention through diverse programmatic activities.
- Dissemination and education are prevalent strategies, while targeted approaches like focusing on specific communities may be underutilized.
- Findings can guide local organizations in developing and refining community-level youth cannabis prevention programs.
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