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Findings and Recommendations
Quick Links to Alcohol Policy Findings and Recommendations| Alcohol Retailer's Code of Conduct Replication Guide | Local Retailer's Code of Conduct | Alcohol Advertising |
| Law Enforcement | School Athletic Policy | School Policy |
YEP Findings, Recommendations, and other documents from 2001 to 2006 can be downloaded below. The files are in Portable Document Format (PDF) and you will need to use Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print these files. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, it can be downloaded free of charge at the Adobe Website.
2007
A Guide to Replicating an Alcohol Retailer's Marketing Code of Conduct in Your Local Community
This guide is intended to help local, statewide, and national groups replicate an Alcohol Retailer’s Marketing Code of Conduct. The code of conduct is a set of guidelines to help retailers make concrete changes in their stores to reduce the impact of alcohol advertising on underage youth.
The purpose of this guide is two-fold:
1. To provide a history and tools for local Maine communities implementing the Maine Alcohol Retailer’s Marketing Code of Conduct developed by the YEPP.
2. To provide guidelines to communities outside the state of Maine on the replication of the Alcohol Retailer’s Marketing Code of Conduct and explore how alcohol advertising promotes underage drinking in your local market.2006
Alcohol Retailer's Local Marketing Code of Conduct
The Youth Empowerment and Policy group's recommendations for local retail alcohol marketing and its effects on under age drinking. Recommended forms and procedures to assist communities in making practical interventions are also included.
Survey on Use of the Code of Conduct
This information will help us to monitor the level of impact our work is having in different communities
Press Release 5/22/2006 - Youth and Retail Merchants Launch Local Campaigns to Curb Alcohol Marketing Exposure to Youth
Press Release 5/23/2006 - Youth and Retail Merchants Launch Local Campaign to Curb Alcohol Marketing Exposure to Youth
2005
Alcohol Advertising and Underage Drinking: A Youth Perspective
The Youth Empowerment and Policy group's findings and recommendations for alcohol advertising and its effects on under age drinking. The document was developed based on findings from approximately 500 surveys completed by Maine high school and junior high students. The survey asked questions related to alcohol advertising and how those taking the surveys interpreted the advertisements. Alcohol advertising and its effect on underage drinking has become a large national debate. The Youth Empowerment and Policy group hopes that their document can help provide a youth perspective to the debate.
Alcohol Advertising Survey
2004
Enforcement of Underage Drinking Laws
The Findings and Recommendations of YEP concerning the enforcement of underage drinking laws. The document is the result of an intensive three-day institute during which the youth members learned from experts in the field and coalesced their new knowledge with their own ideas and experiences. The group developed survey instruments and proceeded to interview dozens of law enforcement and community people statewide. The results of the interviews were used to develop the Findings upon which the Recommendations were based.
2002
ATHLETIC POLICY!
Contains the Findings and Recommendations of the Youth Empowerment and Policy Project concerning school alcohol and drug policy for student athletes. The document is the result of an intensive three day institute during which the youth learned from experts in the field and combined their new knowledge with their own ideas and experiences. This new work complements last year's Findings and Recommendations on general school alcohol and drug policy.
2001 Findings and Recommendations: School Alcohol and Drug Policy
Contains the Findings and Recommendations of the Youth Empowerment and Policy Project related to school alcohol and drug policy. It is a series of statements that supports and incorporates the policy strengthening document: "Taking Responsibility: Standards for Ethical and Responsible Behavior in Maine Schools" which was created by the Department of Education in cooperation with the Center for Global Ethics and Maine school staff and students, and was distributed to all school districts in Maine for implementation in 2001.
The Youth Empowerment and Policy Project fully intends that these documents further discussion and improve policy in communities around the state. The group welcomes the opportunity to interact with other youth, parent, or school groups interested in improving policy in their communities.If you could not download the Findings and Recommendations, see above instructions for downloading Adobe Acrobat Reader.
