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BEHS364 Alcohol in U.S. Society

Week 1 Discussion

Describe the economic burden of alcohol use and why it is problematic. Include at least three concepts covered in the readings and how they apply to economic burden. Include information from the perspective of someone impacted by alcohol use burden and respond to two of your classmates’ postings.

BEHS364 Alcohol in U.S. Society

Week 2 Discussion

Identify your state of residents and how your state defines blood alcohol concentration level. What is the law for a first time DUI offense in your state and what is the current documented DUI fatality rate in your state? Please respond to two students from different states and look into their alcohol statistics and identify a group most at risk for alcohol abuse/dependence in their respective states.

BEHS364 Alcohol in U.S. Society

Week 3 Discussion

Several treatment settings and treatment modalities such as outpatient, inpatient, AA, group therapy, internet therapy, etc. are identified in Week 3’s literature. Think about your social media campaign selected population and identify one setting that would work best for your population of interest and state why based on the literature.

Also, respond to two students who have selected different treatment setting and identify a strength for one setting and a weakness for another setting.

BEHS364 Alcohol in U.S. Society

Week 4 Discussion

According to Rolando et al. (2012), “alcohol socialization is the process by which a person approaches and familiarizes with alcohol learns about the values connected to its use and about how, when and where s/he can or cannot drink.”

Based on the focus group findings, describe what the first drink means in both Italy and Finland, and what types of attitudes are connected with different types of socialization processes. Respond to two posts identifying how positive values can be connected to first memories of drinking.

BEHS364 Alcohol in U.S. Society

Week 5 Discussion

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2016), Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a serious, preventable public health problem that affects millions of Americans. The term “intimate partner violence” describes physical, sexual, or psychological harm by a current or former partner or spouse. Nearly 38 percent of IPV perpetrators have significant alcohol problems (NIAAA).

Using the power and control wheel http://www.ncdsv.org/images/powercontrolwheelnoshading.pdf select one topic and explain how alcohol use can exacerbate intimate partner violence. Here is a link to a video of the wheel of power and control. Please respond to two students who have selected different topics under the power and control wheel and provide examples of the topic that they have selected. **Please note, the power and control wheel does include gender biases.** This is only one example of a power and control wheel, but the concepts are consistent with other frameworks.

BEHS364 Alcohol in U.S. Society

Week 6 Discussion

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th edition Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR), Alcohol Dependence is defined as a maladaptive pattern of alcohol use, leading to clinical significant impairment or distress, as manifested by tolerance and withdrawal occurring at any time in the same 12-months.

Identify two elements of dependence from the Diagnosis of Substance Use Disorders: Diagnostic Criteria article and explain how these two elements can lead to psychosocial or environmental problems. Also, respond to two posts providing an example of psychosocial or environmental problem associated with an element of dependence identified by two classmates.

Below is a list of categories of Psychosocial or Environmental Problems:

•Problems with primary support group

•Problems related to the social environment

•Educational problems

•Occupational problems

•Housing problems

BEHS364 Alcohol in U.S. Society

Week 7 Discussion

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is the nation’s largest non-profit working to protect families from drunk driving, drugged driving, and underage drinking. Briefly summarize why MADD was established and their mission. Also, visit madd.org and identify a component of MADD that you would like to include in your social media campaign.

Respond to two students who have identified different components of MADD, and state how the components would be either beneficial or ineffective among your population.

BEHS364 Alcohol in U.S. Society

Experiential Paper

Experiential Paper (due end of Week 3): Compose a 750-1000 word paper detailing the individual experience of administering 2 alcohol screening tools. The student will conduct a mock interview with a friend or family member using two of the following tools: Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test, T-ACE, and/or Michigan Alcohol Screening Test.

Students will briefly describe the tools and describe their experience administering each tool.

Students will identify strengths and weakness of each tool; identify difficult questions to ask during the mock interview, and make suggestions for future versions of the tool.

Late submissions are subject to a reduction of 10% of the total assignment value per day. After 5 days, the paper will not be graded

BEHS364 Alcohol in U.S. Society

Social Media Campaign Project on Alcohol abuse

Develop a social media campaign to bring awareness to hazardous alcohol consumption and/or alcohol abuse among a determined target population.

Define the problem among the target population

Research and gather data and statistics on alcohol use among the target population

Identify evidence-based practices used for the target population http://adai.washington.edu/ebp/matrix.pdf

Identify a social media platform for the campaign (ex. Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Instagram, etc) and describe the rationale for the platform

Develop health promotional strategies targeted for the population

Describe how you plan to monitor the success of your campaign.

References:

Start with the learning resources in the classroom.

Locate 7-10 journal articles or book chapters related to your special population.

Use only scholarly, objective sources for your project. Peer-reviewed articles found in the UMUC Library databases are generally good sources. Web-based information such as Wikipedia and About.com and popular news outlets such as Time or Newsweek are NOT acceptable sources for this project.

If you are unclear as to whether a source is acceptable, contact the instructor or visit the UMUC Library’s page on locating and evaluating scholarly articles: http://www.umuc.edu/library/database/articles.shtml#evaluatingcitations

Timeline for research project:

End of Week 1: Identify a special population and post to the Week 1 Activities area under the discussion entitled “Post your research topic here.”

End of Week 2: Post a working bibliography (list of references) using APA format into the assignments folder with at least 4-5 scholarly sources. See note below about acceptable sources. For each reference, write 2-3 sentences in your own words that summarize the main point(s) of the source. Do not use quotations. Summaries that are not in your own words will not be graded and may be reported to the dean’s office for action if they appear to be plagiarized. (15 points)

End of Week 4: Post an outline of your social media campaign proposal paper. (10 points)

End of Week 6: Social media campaign proposal paper due. (75 points)