The coalition has received a nine-month extension (September 30, 2019—June 30, 2020) from IDPH funded through the State of Iowa beer and liquor permit revenue to continue to address two of the IPFS strategies and two new strategies. The coalition members chose to continue to address Alcohol Restrictions at Community Events at Privately Owned Facilities and Alcohol Restrictions in Public Places. The two new strategies are a Media Campaign produced by IDPH “As You Age, THINK BEFORE YOU DRINK” to address the increase in deaths from alcohol use by people over 45, and to promote suicide prevention work in the county.
During the nine-month extension of the IPFS Project the coalition will be implementing the four strategies it has been funded to work on as follows:
1) Alcohol Restrictions at Community Events at Privately Owned Facilities: The coalition is working with privately owned facilities to help them write, adopt, and implement newly written alcohol policies focused on the Best Practices for Alcohol Service at their location. During the next six months, the coalition members will continue to work with three of the ten facilities that have not implemented policies in Van Buren County to encourage the implementation of written alcohol restrictions policies. The coalition would recommend that all facilities in the county put into place a written alcohol restriction policy.
2) Alcohol Restrictions in Public Places: The coalition is working with city councils to help them write, adopt, and implement newly written alcohol policies focused on the Best Practices for Alcohol Service at their local parks and ball fields. The coalition will be working with at least two city councils in the next six months to help them to implement these policies. The coalition would recommend that all towns in the county put into place a written alcohol restriction policy for their community parks and ball fields.
3) Older Adult Drinking Prevention Media Campaign: The coalition will be working with local media outlets to implement IDPH’s “As You Age, THINK BEFORE YOU DRINK” older adult drinking prevention media campaign. The plan is to utilize posters at the hospital and clinics, a billboard ad, newspaper ads, and radio ads to promote the campaign in the next six months. The coalition will be working with local media outlets to ensure older adults are exposed to the media campaign.
4) Adult Suicide Prevention: The coalition will be working to increase the capacity of the county to address Adult Suicide Prevention. The coalition will be working to educate community members on the risk and signs of potential suicide in family members and friends. The coalition will host an ASIST Training in the next six months to train local community members and stakeholders in how to help prevent suicides in the county. The coalition members will also be working to promote IDPH’s Your Life Iowa website (yourlifeiowa.org) and related resources. This will include the distribution of resources as well as articles and ads in the newspaper.
For more information on the Van Buren County Partnership for Success work or the SAFE Coalition please contact the coalition at 319-293-3334 ext. 1017 or safe.coalition@van-burencsd.org.
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