A Toolkit for Hispanic/Latino Community Groups

This guidebook is about helping Hispanic/Latino community groups organize their communities around a major problem facing Hispanic/Latino youth—alcohol and drug use.

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I. Introduction

II. A Fact Sheet on Substance Use in the Hispanic/Latino Community

III. Factors Related to Substance Use and Abuse

IV. What Can You Do?

V. Models for Organizing and Building Successful Prevention Programs

VI. Developing Prevention Programs

Appendix A — Resources To Help You

Appendix B — A Five-Step Process for Organizing Your Community

Appendix C — A Sixteen-Step Model for Becoming Part of a Solution

Appendix D — Seven Steps To Building a Successful Prevention Program

Appendix E — Tools To Make Your Organizing Easier