| Title | Description | Type | Year Added | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| About the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) |
This document presents SAMHSA’s SPF, a five-step planning process to guide the selection, implementation, and evaluation of culturally appropriate, and sustainable prevention activities. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2011 | |
| 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. |
Grantee Stories | 2011 | |
| Adverse Childhood Experiences: Implications for Transforming Our Systems of Care |
In this video, Dr. Heather Larkin, Assistant Professor at the State University of New York at Albany, underscores the importance of coordinating services to prevent adverse childhood experiences... |
Video | 2012 | |
| Adverse Childhood Experiences: Risk Factors for Substance Abuse and Mental Health |
The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Study assesses associations between childhood maltreatment and later-life health and well-being. In this video, Dr. Robert Anda, a co-Principal... |
Video | 2012 | |
| An Annotated Bibliography of Measurement Compendia: Reliable, Valid, and Standard Measures of Substance Abuse and Mental and Behavioral Health Indicators and Outcomes of Interest |
The bibliography is designed to support individuals providing technical assistance to states and local programs working to strengthen their substance abuse prevention and mental health promotion... |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Assessing Readiness to Use Social Media for Prevention |
This tip sheet presents three questions to consider prior to establishing a social media presence. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Basic Epidemiology (2nd edition) |
Published by the World Health Organization, this book was written with a view to strengthening education, training and research in the field of public health. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Checklists for Assessing Readiness to Undertake Community Collaboration |
This document contains four checklists that practitioners can use to assess individual, group, organizational, and community readiness to undertake community collaboration. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| Common Risk and Protective Factors for Alcohol and Drug Use |
This document presents literature-supported risk and protective factors for alcohol and drug use. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| Community Tool Box |
The Community Tool Box website contains numerous tools and resources designed to help practitioners support community health and development. There are sections on leadership, strategic... |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Criteria for Analyzing Assessment Data |
This document offers criteria prevention practitioners can use to analyze their assessment data including magnitude, impact, changeability, concentrated occurrence, and consumption/consequence. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| Data Collection Methods: Pros & Cons |
This chart presents a snapshot of the pros and cons of 13 different data collection methods. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Data-Based Planning for Effective Prevention: State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroups |
This document presents the core expectations of the State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroups, multiagency groups charged with collecting, analyzing, and disseminating substance abuse data. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Data-driven Decision-making in South Carolina |
Steve Burritt describes lessons learned from the State's assessment process. |
Video | 2012 | |
| Epidemiological Workgroup Technical Assistance Toolkit |
This toolkit contains tools and materials designed to support the work of State Epidemiological Workgroups. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2011 | |
| Evaluation Organizations |
This document includes an annotated list of organizations on evaluation. Many of these provide training and technical assistance. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Evaluation Tools and Resources |
The sites included in this document provide tools, aides, tip sheets and other resources to support with the planning and management, implementation and analysis of data and evaluations. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Examining Data: The Value of Comparisons |
This tip sheet explores the value of looking at comparison data. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Feasibility Toolkit |
This toolkit is designed to help practitioners assess fit between the specific implementation requirements of an EBI and population needs, organizational capacity, and community conditions. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| Finding Data on Risk Factors for Underage Drinking |
This table presents some risk factors for underage drinking and where to go to find related data. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Finding Health Data on LGBTQ Populations |
This webinar, offered by the CAPT’s Southeast Resource Team, identifies specific data gathering techniques as well as case examples. |
T/TA Spotlight | 2012 | |
| General Data Portals |
This resource includes an annotated list of websites that provide access to, or guidelines for how to access, a wide range of public health data for multiple geographic areas. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| General Evaluation Portals |
This document offers an annotated list of general portals related to evaluation. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Hiring an Evaluator |
This document provides advice on how to locate and hire an evaluator, whether the project is going to hire and put the evaluator on staff or contract out for evaluation services. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 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 |
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