ABSTRACT
Societal paradigms for understanding and labeling youth may affect the type of alcohol-related prevention programming that is supported. Additionally, the degree of understanding about interrelationships between individual-and populationrisks for drinking-related harm by levels of alcohol consumption may affect how communities choose specific prevention strategies. These issues are discussed in this chapter in the context of reviewing evidence about risks for heavy and harmful
Contents Alcohol Use among Young Adults .....................................................................160 Multiple Risk Factors ........................................................................................160 Prevention Models ............................................................................................161 Discussions in Neurobiology and Epidemiology ...............................................164 Moving toward Community Change Initiatives ...............................................167 Synthesis and Implications ................................................................................169 References .........................................................................................................169
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