The alcohol prevention program 'HaLT-Hart am LimiT' Conceptual development in connection with funding from the German Prevention Act

摘要

The program "HaLT - Hart am LimiT" is a national community-based alcohol prevention program for children and adolescents. It responds to harmful alcohol consumption with early intervention (reactive module) and builds strategic prevention networks on a community level (proactive module). It was initiated in 2003 by the Villa Schopflin gGmbH. HaLT was one of the first programs funded by the German Prevention Act (PravG), which came into force in 2015. Since March 2018, the program has been developed further and the respective innovations are described in a framework concept. This article presents the program, its network, and the updated concept. There are 152 HaLT sites in Germany; primarily, the covered regions are counties and (district-free) cities. One aim of the further development is to modularize the program prevention measures for funding and to implement a specific quality management (QM) concept. Additionally, there is a development with regard to new topics and target groups, including young people who consume alcohol and illegal drugs and young adults between 18 and 21 years old. Another example is a classroom workshop in secondary schools that addresses the prevention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). In July 2019, the first stage of funding for the HaLT reactive module started. In January 2020, the second stage of funding started, which accepted applications for QM measures and community-based alcohol prevention. The new framework concept is already being implemented in practice, including the qualification of professionals within the network of HaLT and new prevention measures for the target group of 18- to 21- year-olds in the reactive and proactive modules.