5 Chapter 5: IOM Category

The following chapter sorts strategies by their Institution of Medicine (IOM) category. The Institution of Medicine categorizes prevention strategies into three main delivery methods: universal, selective, and indicated. Universal delivery, which can be further categorized into direct and indirect, is a delivery method by which the entire target population is reached (e.g. entire school). A universal direct strategy is designed to make direct contact with an identifiable target population that has not been separated based on individual risk. A universal indirect strategy is designed to change the environment around an identifiable population without making contact (e.g. policy change). Selective delivery is when a strategy is only delivered to a subset of the target population, identified by individual risk. Indicated delivery is when strategy is used on a subset of the population who do not meet the criteria for substance dependency, but do abuse substances.

Clicking on the strategy will navigate you to its listing in Chapter 1.

Universal Direct

Selective

Indicated

Universal Indirect