Strategies

Implement checkpoints where law enforcement officers can stop drivers suspected of drinking and driving and assess their level of alcohol impairment

Address the needs of teenage parents via clinic-based programs that provide health care and family planning services as well as case management, counseling, and other supports

Set legal limits for drivers’ blood alcohol concentrations (BACs)

Provide health care services on school premises to attending elementary, middle, and high school students; physical and mental health services provided by teams of nurses, nurse practitioners, and physicians

Provide pregnant and parenting teens with services such as education, vocational training, case management, health care, child care, and transportation assistance to support high school completion

Make water readily available in various settings via regular placement of drinking fountains, water coolers, bottled water in vending machines, etc.

Distribute Naloxone to trained community members and first responders to reverse opioid overdoses

Provide supports such as mentoring, counseling, or vocational training, or change the school environment to help students complete high school

Use visual tools to prompt safe practices, standardize communication, and ensure no step is forgotten before, during, or after a medical procedure or other health care situation

Provide information and increase motivation to change or prevent problematic alcohol consumption in a short session; also called alcohol screening & brief intervention