Reducing Teenage Binge Drinking and Drunk Driving on the Reservation: The Pikanii Action Team

[...]of such behaviors, Blackfeet Country ranked highest in Montana for alcohol-related fatal crashes according to the Montana Department of Transportation 2006 report. A youth risk behavior survey found that over one-third of the youth in one of the reservation's most traditional communities b...

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Published in:Journal of adult education 2012-01, Vol.41 (1), p.41
Main Authors: Smoking, Dorothy Still, Shoe, Debbie Whitegrass Bull
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Advisory Committees
Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol Education
Alcohol use
Alliances
American Indian Reservations
American Indians
Awards
Behavior
Community Leaders
Community Relations
Community Support
Computer networks
Consciousness Raising
Crime
Departments
Drinking
Federal Legislation
Initiatives
Law Enforcement
Legal Responsibility
Location of industry
Mental Disorders
Motor Vehicles
Policy Formation
Retailing
Risk
Social support
Task forces
Traffic Safety
Training
Tribes
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Summary:[...]of such behaviors, Blackfeet Country ranked highest in Montana for alcohol-related fatal crashes according to the Montana Department of Transportation 2006 report. A youth risk behavior survey found that over one-third of the youth in one of the reservation's most traditional communities begin drinking as young as 13 years of age. Because of findings such as these, the Pikanii Action Team implemented several initiatives to address alcohol-related incidents among youth on the Blackfeet Reservation with there efforts focused in the reservation communities of Browning, Seville, and Heart Butte.
ISSN:0090-4244