Evaluation of the Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Program: A Randomized Community Trial

Wake Forest University, School of Medicine (WFUSM) in collaboration with OJJDP, and PIRE is implementing and evaluating the impact of a subset of 'best' or 'most promising' practices implemented in the context of the EUDL program, and disseminate this information to EUDL stakeholders, including OJJDP, and the state, territorial, and DC programs. WFUSM is continuing the evaluation of the EUDL program using a community trials approach. Nominated communities in the 5 selected states have been paired using background characteristics, with one member of each pair being randomly assigned to be either an intervention or comparison community. The goals of the proposed evaluation are to determine the effect of 'best' or 'most promising' enforcement practices as indicated by the best practices component of the national evaluation of the EUDL program on: Youth behavior regarding alcohol use and alcohol related risk taking behavior; and Commercial and social alcohol sources
The proposed evaluation is designed specifically to address the OJJDP's following four performance measures for the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Community Trials Discretionary Program:
1. Comparison of average reductions in percentage of 14-20 year olds using alcohol in the previous month between intervention and comparison communities through telephone survey of youth.
2. Comparison of average reductions in percentage of 14-20 year olds attempting to purchase alcohol in the previous month between intervention and comparison communities through telephone survey of youth.
3. Measure fidelity of the program in local communities through a web-based activity tracking system, a local coalition survey and a policy tracking survey.
4. Measure use of EUDL funding on prescribed number of compliance checks in local communities through the Law Enforcement Agency Survey and activity tracking.CA/NCF