Needs Assessment Tool Twenty Six
HP 2010 Goal: Reduce substance abuse to protect the health, safety, and quality of life for all, especially children
HP 2010 Objectives
/ Target / Data Assessed /Need
/ Recommendations1. / Reduce deaths and injuries caused by alcohol and drug-related motor vehicle crashes / Per 100,000 population:
To 4 for alcohol-related deaths; 65 for alcohol-related injuries,; developmental for drug-related deaths and drug-related injuries
2. / Reduce cirrhosis deaths / To 3 deaths/ 100,000 population
3. / Reduce drug-induced deaths / To 1 / 100,000 population
4. / Reduce drug-related hospital emergency department visits / To 350,000 visits / year
5. / Reduce alcohol-related hospital emergency department visits / Developmental
6. / Reduce the proportion of adolescents who report that they rode, during the previous 30 days, with a driver who had been drinking alcohol / To 30%
7. / Reduce intentional injuries resulting from alcohol-and drug-related violence / Developmental
8. / Reduce the cost of lost productivity in the workplace due to alcohol and drug use / Developmental
9. / Increase the age and proportion of adolescents who remain alcohol and drug free / Average age / year:
To 16. 1 for alcohol; 17.4 for marijuana;
Increase in high school seniors who never use substances:
29% for alcoholic beverages & 56% for illicit drugs
10. / Reduce past-month use of illicit substances / Increase the proportion of adolescents not using alcohol or any illicit drugs during the past 30 days to 89%; Reduce the proportion of adolescents reporting use of marijuana during the past 30 days to 0.7%; Reduce the proportion of adults using any illicit drugs during the past 30 days to 3.0%
11. / Reduce the proportion of persons engaging in binge drinking of alcoholic beverages / Reduction in students during the past 2 weeks:
To 11% for high school seniors; 20% for college students.
Reduction in adults and adolescents during the past month:
6% for adults 18 years; 3.0% for adolescents 12-17 years
12. / Reduce average annual alcohol consumption / To 2 gallons
13. / Reduce the proportion of adults who exceed quidelines for low-risk drinking / To 50% for females and 50% for males
14. / Reduce steroid use among adolescents in past year / To 0.4 for 8th graders, 10th graders & 12th graders
15. / Reduce the proportion of adolescents who use inhalants / To 0.7%
16. / Increase the proportion of adolescents who disapprove of substance abuse / 10th and 12th graders:
Who disapprove of having one or two alcoholic drinks every day to 83%;
Disapprove of trying marijuana or Hashish once or twice to 72%
17. / Increase the proportion of adolescents 12-17 years perceiving great risk associated with substance abuse / To 80% for consuming 5 alcoholic drinks at a single occasion once or twice / week; smoking marijuana once / month; using cocaine once / month
18. / Reduce the treatment gap for illicit drugs in the general population / Developmental
19. / Increase the proportion of inmates receiving substance abuse treatment in correctional institutions / Developmental
20. / Increase the number of admissions to substance abuse treatment for injection drug use / To 200,000 admissions for injection drug use in a given year
21. / Reduce the treatment gap for alcohol problems / Developmental
22. / Increase the proportion of persons who are referred for follow-up care of alcohol problems, drug problems, or suicide attempts after diagnosis or treatment for one of these conditions in a hospital emergency department / Developmental
23. / Increase the number of communities using partnership or coalition models to conduct comprehensive substance abuse prevention efforts / Developmental
24. / Extend administrative license revocation laws, or programs of equal effectiveness, for persons who drive under the influence of intoxicants / All States and the District of Columbia
25. / Extend legal requirements for maximum blood alcohol concentration levels of 0.08 % for motor vehicle drivers 21 / All States and the District of Columbia