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All Wisconsin Alcohol Risk Education

AWARE (All Wisconsin Alcohol Risk Education): Wisconsin Partnership Initiatives

AWARE (All Wisconsin Alcohol Risk Education) is a UW Health-led coalition to improve the health and safety of Wisconsin residents in the fight against alcohol abuse.
 
The Wisconsin Partnership funds a number of research and intervention projects that work with community partners toward AWARE's goal of reducing problem drinking in Wisconsin.
 
Partners in Prevention-Rock County, Inc (Rock) received $462,991 to fund "Underage Drinking - A Parent Solution"
  • Description: Reduce underage alcohol use among Edgerton School District adolescents through prevention strategies involving school, family and community.
  • Academic Partner: Michael Fleming MD, MPH - Family Medicine

Aurora Psychiatric Hospital (Milwaukee) received $64,972 to fund "Reducing Youth Substance Abuse through Brief Motivational Interviewing in Schools"

  • Description: Reduce substance abuse and dependence among Milwaukee area at-risk youth ages 13 to 17 in partnership with five local school districts.
  • Academic Partner: Patricia Kokotailo MD, MPH – Pediatrics

Benedict Center, Inc. (Milwaukee) received $67,000 to fund "Reducing Mental Health Treatment Barriers in Adjudicated, Poor, Substance Abusing Women"

  • Description: Develop strategies that reduce barriers to mental health treatment services in Milwaukee in partnership with affected women.
  • Academic Partner: Ronald Diamond MD – Psychiatry

Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation: A Division of Marshfield Clinic (Barron) received $67,000 to fund "Uniting a County"

  • Description: Reduce alcohol and other drug abuse among 12 to 17-year-old adolescents in Barron County through a coalition-directed community action plan.
  • Academic Partner: John Olson MD, FACP – Medicine

Columbia County Connects (Columbia) received $450,000 to fund "Project Connect"

  • Description: Reduce alcohol use among Columbia county youth through environmental strategies such as compliance checks, Teen Court, and an underage drinking diversion program.
  • Academic Partner: Michael Fleming MD, MPH - Family Medicine

Diverse and Resilient, Inc. (Dane, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Marathon, Milwaukee) received $48,760 to fund "Preventing Substance Abuse Among LGBTQ Youth in Wisconsin"

  • Description: Develop a pilot program to increase knowledge, awareness, resources, and capacity to prevent and reduce alcohol and other drug use among lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gender and questioning youth in Wisconsin.
  • Academic Partner: Kathleen Oriel MD, MS - Family Medicine

Eau Claire City-County Health Department (Eau Claire) received $450,000 to fund "Reality Check 21"

  • Description: Reduce alcohol use among Eau Claire County youth (ages 12-17) through prevention strategies involving school, family and community.
  • Academic Partner: Jennifer Eddy MD - Family Medicine

Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation (Barron, Chippewa, Clark, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Dunn, Eau Claire, Grant, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Manitowoc, Marathon, Outagamie, Pierce, Richland, Rusk, Sawyer, St Croix, Taylor, Waushara, Wood) received $430,872 to fund "Engaging Wisconsin Communities for Substance Abuse Prevention"

  • Description: Reduce alcohol use among youth ages 12-17 through prevention strategies focusing on parental and other adult responsibility regarding providing alcohol to youth.
  • Academic Partner: Michael Fleming MD, MPH - Family Medicine

Polk County Health Department (Polk) received $431,956 to fund "Polk County Alcohol and Drug Outreach and Training (PolkADOT) Program"

  • Description: Decrease risky and problem alcohol use and illicit drug use by adults through the delivery of alcohol and drug screening, brief intervention and referral services.
  • Academic Partner: Richard Brown MD, MPH - Family Medicine

Dane County Department of Human Services (Dane) received $390,000 to fund "Dane County Early Childhood Initiative Allied Drive Community"

  • Description: Initiate home visits to improve the health of vulnerable young children and their families in Madison's Allied Drive community, a high-density and low-income neighborhood; focus on prenatal care, child immunizations, nutrition, mental health services, alcohol and other drug abuse assessment and treatment, child abuse and domestic violence, and improved access to employment assistance.
  • Academic Partner: Roseanne Clark, PhD – Psychiatry

Polk County Health Department (Polk) received $25,000 to fund "Partners for a Clean and Sober Polk County"

  • Description: Develop a comprehensive, county-wide plan for alcohol and substance abuse prevention, early intervention and treatment services; identify strategies for cooperative treatment and intervention among schools, agencies and communities.

Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

 

The Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at SMPH also funds community alcohol research, including this project:

 

The Oh Happy Day Depression and Alcohol Intervention (OHDDA)

  • Description: African-Americans across the United States face significant disparities in mental health and receipt of health care. Ward developed the OHDDA intervention in response to her research showing this population preferred obtaining counseling in community settings such as churches and community centers. This study will test feasibility and acceptability of the intervention, as well as the effectiveness of using pastoral staff to refer individuals for counseling.
  • Principal Investigator: Earlise Ward, UW School of Nursing; collaborators: Michael Fleming, Molly Carnes, UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Susan Heidrich, UW School of Nursing