| Title | Description | Type | Year Added | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service to Science Programs Highlight the Role of Parents in Preventing Substance Abuse |
Parents play an important role in their children's substance use, but few prevention programs teach parenting and communication skills that could help parents be a positive force in their child's... |
Grantee Stories | 2013 | |
| 2013 National Drug Control Strategy | NEW |
Developed by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, this evidence-based plan for reform contains more than 100 specific actions to reduce drug use and its consequences and expand prevention,... |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2013 |
| Aligning Substance Abuse Prevention with Mental Health and Primary Care |
CSAP Director Frances Harding discusses the agency's vision for delivering prevention services in the context of behavioral health. |
Video | 2012 | |
| Building Support for Policy Change at the Tribal Level: The Role of Cherokee Nation in Passing Cody's Law |
In 2011, the State of Oklahoma passed Cody's Law, legislation that holds adults accountable for underage drinking that take place on their property. In this video, Levi Keehler, Director of... |
Video | 2012 | |
| CAPT Webinars Help Practitioners Implement Environmental Prevention Strategies |
These webinars on environmental strategies address strategies such as social host ordinances, retail alcohol availability, alcohol taxes and public health and social marketing and social media. |
T/TA Spotlight | 2012 | |
| 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 | |
| Creation, Function, and Structure of Evidence-Based Workgroups |
This document reviews some of the similarities and differences experienced in the creation, functioning, and structure of Evidence-Based Workgroups. |
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 | |
| Environmental Strategies Online Course |
This training is designed to help law enforcement and other prevention practitioners use environmental prevention strategies to address alcohol and other drug problems. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2011 | |
| Environmental Strategies Selection Guide |
This document contains information SPF-SIG State and community grantees can use to select and implement environmental strategies to prevent and reduce substance use and related health problems. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| Evidence-based Prevention: The New York State of Mind |
Barry Donovan, of New York’s Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services, describes steps OASAS has taken to ensure that its funded providers implement evidence-based programming. |
Video | 2012 | |
| Finding Evidence-based Programs and Practices | NEW |
This document includes links to federal registries and resources for evidence-based prevention and intervention programs (including environmental strategies) related to public health topics such... |
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 | |
| Kentucky Meets the Gold Standard for Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs | NEW |
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 |
| Learn to Grow, Inc.: Facilitating Community Change |
Vincent Vandiegriff underscores the importance of empowering community members to address community problems. |
Video | 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 | |
| Partnering with Youth/Young Adults in Behavioral Health to Live Happy, Healthy, Productive Lives |
This webcast discusses mental and substance use disorders among teenagers and young adults and effective prevention approaches. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Policy Development in Alaska: Unintended Consequences |
L. Diane Casto underscores the importance of anticipating consequences when considering policy change. |
Video | 2012 | |
| Policy Development in Louisiana: Establishing Alcohol-free Zones |
Leslie Brougham-Freeman describe's Louisiana's approach to underage and binge drinking. |
Video | 2012 | |
| Policy Development: What are Social Host Laws? |
Social host laws-legislation that strengthens penalties for social hosts who allow underage drinking on their premises-can be an effective tool for reducing underage drinking. In this video,... |
Video | 2012 | |
| Preparing Coalitions to Use Environmental Prevention Strategies |
Kim Fornero describes key considerations for T/TA providers when preparing coalitions to implement environmental prevention strategies. |
Video | 2012 | |
| Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: An Assessment of the Evidence for Best Practices |
PDMP is a statewide electronic database that gathers information from pharmacies on dispensed prescriptions for controlled substances. This white paper describes what is known about PDMP best... |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities (IOM Report) |
This report reviews research on mental, emotional, and behavioral problems in children, youth and young adults, and recommends strategies to improve prevention and treatment. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2011 | |
| Prevention in Massachusetts: Following the Data |
Steve Keel describes the process the state followed to identify unintended opioid overdose as its prevention priority. |
Video | 2012 |
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