DWI COUNTERMEASURES AS PART OF A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH DEALING WITH THE ENTIRE ALCOHOL PROBLEM CONTINUUM
This paper reviews the U.S. Navy's efforts to deal with the alcohol problem. Commencing in the early part of 1965 with a pilot treatment effort in the annex of the Navy Hospital at Long Beach, California, primary attention then and for some time to come was on the far end of the alcohol problem continuum--alcoholism. As the Navy's experience grew, the problem of alcohol abuse was recognized, with driving while intoxicated (DWI) being the most visible aspect. The Navy Alcohol Safety Action program (NASAP) was created in 1974 and became the leading exponent of the Navy's secondary prevention effort. Its design is to identify and reduce the problems caused by alcohol misuse and/or alcoholism at the earliest stage when problems are first identified through civilian law violations, work-related accidents, military offenses, and hospital emergency room or sick call records. In 1980, as the direct result of the success of NASAP and the direct immediate need to deal with drugs other than alcohol, the Navy Drug Safety Action Program (NDSAP) was developed. Concluding comments in this paper refer to the current successful ingredients of these Navy programs and those ingredients which need to be re-focused.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Proceedings of the DWI Colloquium, Naval Alcohol Rehabilitation Center, San Diego, California, August 15-16, 1983.
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Corporate Authors:
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
8111 Gatehouse Road
Falls Church, VA United States 22047 -
Authors:
- Bunn, G A
- Publication Date: 1983-8
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 62-81
- Monograph Title: DWI REEDUCATION AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMS--SUCCESSFUL RESULTS AND THE FUTURE
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alcohol abuse; Alcoholism; Countermeasures; Drugs; Drunk driving
- Identifier Terms: Alcohol Safety Action Program
- Uncontrolled Terms: Treatment programs
- Old TRIS Terms: Asap (Alcohol safety action program)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00391703
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Dec 30 1984 12:00AM