| Title | Description | Type | Year Added | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identifying and Selecting Evidence-Based Interventions |
This document can help State and community planners identify and select evidence-based interventions that address local needs and reduce substance abuse problems. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| Implementation Science: Current Research |
This document includes a collection of key research articles, issue briefs, and monographs that address the topic of implementation science. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2013 | |
| Implementing Policy Change: The Role of Enforcement |
If laws and regulations are going to deter people and businesses from illegal behaviors, they must be accompanied by significant penalties, and they must be enforced. In this video, Jessica... |
Video | 2012 | |
| Incorporating Prevention into Mental Health Settings |
Dr. Michael T. Compton, presents opportunities for practicing mental health clinicians to become more prevention-minded in their work |
Video | 2012 | |
| Introduction to Biostatistics |
This resource, developed at Loyola University Chicago, offers an overview of concepts including sampling and estimation, simulation, error analysis, and precision versus confidence. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Introduction to Extended-Release Injectable Naltrexone for the Treatment of People with Opioid Dependence |
This document gives an overview of extended-release injectable naltrexone (Vivitrol), a treatment for people with opioid dependence. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| IOM The Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce for Older Adults |
This document, created by the Institute of Medicine, discusses the unique challenges for the care of older adults with mental health and substance use conditions. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Kentucky Meets the Gold Standard for Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs |
More states are turning to prescription drug monitoring programs, or PDMPs, to help stem the growing problem of prescription drug abuse. Kentucky, which launched its PDMP in 1999, has strengthened... |
Grantee Stories | 2013 | |
| Leading Change: A Plan for SAMHSA’s Roles and Actions, 2011-2014 |
This document presents eight strategic initiatives that will guide SAMHSA's work until 2014. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2011 | |
| Learn to Grow, Inc.: Facilitating Community Change |
Vincent Vandiegriff underscores the importance of empowering community members to address community problems. |
Video | 2012 | |
| Locating Research on Substance Abuse |
This document describes several sources of, and guides to, research on substance abuse. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Managing an Evaluator |
This publication outlines strategies prevention practitioners can use to monitor and assess their evaluator’s work. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Mapping Interventions to Different Levels of Risk |
This chart provides examples of promotion/prevention interventions used at various stages of the lifespan for populations at different levels of risk. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2011 | |
| Massachusetts Prevention Efforts Target Opioid Overdoses |
When Massachusetts received its second federal prevention infrastructure grant, state officials anticipated using the money to fight underage drinking, drunk driving, or tobacco use. |
Grantee Stories | 2011 | |
| Mental Health, United States, 2010 |
Mental Health, United States, 2010, is the latest in a series of publications issued biannually by SAMHSA since 1980. Modeled after CDC's annual report, Health, US, this new report includes mental... |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Minimizing Evaluation Costs |
This resource offer tips for minimizing evaluation costs. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| National Prevention Data Sources and Databases |
This document provides an overview of national (and in some cases state and local) prevention data sources and databases containing consequence and consumption data. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| National Prevention Week Participant Toolkit |
This toolkit equips communities with resources for planning an event to help prevent substance abuse and promote behavioral health. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| National Sources of Existing Data |
Sources contained in this resource are described according to scope, time frame, population, and topics addressed. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Needs Assessment and Cultural Competence: Questions to Ask |
This document includes a set of questions prevention practitioners can use to assess the inclusivenes and cultural relevance of their assessment processes. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| Nevada's State-Tribal Partnership Thrives |
Two-way communication between the state and its 27 tribal entities, facilitated by the Statewide Native American Coalition, increases cooperation and helps meet the prevention needs of tribes. |
Grantee Stories | 2012 | |
| New Jersey Shores Up Its Data on Older Adults and Substance Abuse |
For several decades, New Jersey, like other states, has focused most of its substance abuse prevention efforts on young people. But recently an unexpected population has emerged with its own set... |
Grantee Stories | 2012 | |
| Online Epidemiology Courses and Related Resources |
This document contains links to a variety of online epidemiology resources offered through government and private agencies and schools of public health. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2013 | |
| Online Tools to Support Substance Abuse Prevention Efforts |
This document reviews four ways to use the Internet to facilitate connections with colleagues and community members. Examples of online tools are included. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Other Sources of Data Related to Non-medical Use of Prescription Drugs |
This chart includes four data sources: the National Forensic Laboratory Information System, the Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System, the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, and... |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 |
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