| Title | Description | Type | Year Added | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample Epidemiological Profile Outline |
This document provides a sample outline that State Epidemiological Workgroups can use to develop their epidemiological profiles. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| Selecting an Appropriate Evaluation Design |
This document describes different types of evaluation designs and factors to consider when choosing one design over another. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| Selecting Policy Strategies: Ensuring Fit |
This resource is designed to help select the approach (or approaches) that is most likely to be effective for a particular community by consulting available data, considering the potential... |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Self-Assessment Checklist for Personnel Providing Services and Supports to LGBTQ Youth and Their Families |
This checklist has questions that deal with physical environment, materials and resources communication practices, and values and attitudes for LGBTQ Youth and their families. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Service to Science Academies Go Virtual! |
Faced with federal travel restrictions, the Service to Science team adapted a cornerstone evaluation training program from a face-to-face meeting into an interactive webinar series. |
T/TA Spotlight | 2013 | |
| Service to Science Launches Tribal Webinar Series | NEW |
SAMHSA’s Service to Science initiative delivered the virtual orientation series Native American Service to Science Evaluation Primer Series to representatives from five community-based... |
T/TA Spotlight | 2013 |
| Service to Science Strengthens Evaluation Capacity of Pacific Programs |
The CAPT West Resource Team held its annual Service to Science Academy for innovative programs from the Pacific Jurisdictions. |
T/TA Spotlight | 2011 | |
| Service to Science: What's In It for States? Tennessee, New York, and Wisconsin Share Their Stories |
Tennessee, New York, and Wisconsin provide examples of diverse motivations for recruiting and nominating programs for participation in Service to Science. |
Grantee Stories | 2012 | |
| Shared Risk and Protective Factors |
These four examples illustrate some shared risk and protective factors for childhood through young adulthood. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2013 | |
| Shining a Light on 'Hidden' and 'Hard-to-Reach' Populations |
SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework is a five-step planning process to guide the selection, implementation, and evaluation of effective, culturally appropriate, and sustainable prevention... |
T/TA Spotlight | 2012 | |
| Skills for Cultural Competency |
This document outlines some of the key capacities that culturally competent professionals should have when applying the steps of the Strategic Prevention Framework. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Skills of an Effective Training and Technical Assistance Provider |
The quality of training and technical assistance is being increasingly recognized as a key factor in the success of prevention efforts. In this video, hear prevention experts from across the... |
Video | 2013 | |
| Sources of Consequence Data Related to Non-medical Use of Prescription Drugs |
This chart includes major state- and local-level sources of consequence data, including source descriptions, web addresses, and types of online analysis available. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Sources of Consumption Data Related to Non-medical Use of Prescription Drugs |
This chart includes major state- and local-level sources of consumption data, including source descriptions, web addresses, relevant survey questions, and types of online analysis available... |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Sources of Questionnaires and Questions |
This resource includes links to sources of existing questionnaires, including the name of the questionnaire, population served, and topic areas that questions address. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| South Carolina Workgroup Supports Local Efforts to Curb Underage Drinking |
South Carolina’s Workgroup on Evidence-Based Practice (WEB) helps prevention advocates identify, access, and implement evidence-based practices to reduce underage drinking. |
Grantee Stories | 2011 | |
| Stages of Community Readiness |
This document presents nine states of community readiness for engaging in prevention activities. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| State-Based T/TA Systems Advance Prevention Sustainability |
States increase sustainability by adopting different approaches and models for delivering training and technical assistance to communities. |
Grantee Stories | 2012 | |
| State-Based T/TA Systems Advance Prevention Sustainability |
Strategic Prevention Framework Project Director Sarah Dakin from New York’s Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services |
Video | 2012 | |
| Strategic Prevention Framework Overview |
This document offers an overview of SAMHSA’s SPF, a 5-step planning process for the selection, implementation, and evaluation of culturally appropriate, and sustainable prevention activities. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2011 | |
| Strategies for Conducting Effective Focus Groups |
This document presents strategies practitioners can use to conduct focus groups that generate reliable information. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| SUMN.ORG: Accessing Data the Minnesota Way! |
“Substance Use in MN (SUMN)” is a public data warehouse that provides information on 81 indicators of ATOD consumption and consequences. |
Video | 2012 | |
| Ten Misperceptions of Focus Group Research |
This document is designed to correct common misperceptions of focus group research. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| Ten Steps for Developing a Social Marketing Campaign | NEW |
Most successful social marketing campaigns can be broken down into 10 simple steps, most important of which is defining and understanding your target audience. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2013 |
| The Interactive Systems Framework Applied to the Strategic Prevention Framework: The Rhode Island Experience |
This paper describes how the Interactive Systems Framework for Dissemination and Implementation was applied to the challenges of implementing the SPF in 14 Rhode Island communities. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 |
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