This resource list was developed by the PTTC Culturally & Linguistically Appropriate Practices Work Group, and represents a compilation of resources produced by the PTTC Network to help individuals understand the impact of culture and identity in prevention efforts.  All resources are free to access. This list is by no means exhaustive, and will be updated periodically to ensure it has the most relevant resources. 

Importance of Culture, Cultural Competency / Humility / Intelligence

• Tips for Ensuring a Culturally Competent Collaboration
• People of Color Learning Community Session 1 Materials
• People of Color Learning Community Session 2 Webinar and Materials
• People of Color Learning Community Session 3 Webinar and Materials
• People of Color Learning Community Session 4 Webinar and Materials
• People of Color Learning Community Session 5 Webinar and Materials
• Six Elements of Effective Coalitions Series: Diverse Stakeholders and Opportunities for Participation
• PFS Academy 2020 Cultural Competency
• How Can We Culturally Navigate Between Two Communities
• Different Cultures, One Vision
• Liberty, Humiliation, and Identity: Race and the Suffering of America
• Providing Culturally Relevant Crisis Services During COVID-19: Culturally Responsive Factors to Consider
• Examining the Social Determinants of Health: A Prevention Perspective
• Providing Culturally Relevant Crisis Services During COVID-19: The Morbidity of National Trust and Mental Health Disparities
• Providing Culturally Relevant Crisis Services During COVID-19: Culturally Responsive Factors to Consider
• Providing Culturally Relevant Crisis Services During COVID-19: Culturally Responsive Factors for Hmong Communities
• A Prevention Guide to Improving Cultural Competency
• Culture is Prevention: Connecting Prevention Specialists to Native Communities
• The Dialogue: The Central East eNewsletter, February 2019
• The Dialogue: The Central East eNewsletter, March 2019
• Connecting Prevention Specialists to Native Communities
• Cultural Competence and Health Disparities in Substance Misuse Prevention
• Cultural Competence and Health Disparities in Substance Misuse Prevention, Part 2: The Prevention

Understanding Health Equity and Disparities

• Why Health Equity Matters in Prevention
• Strategies for Advancing Equity
• Addressing Emerging Prevention Issues: Building Strategic Partnerships to Improve Health Equity Peer Sharing Call
• Addressing Emerging Prevention Issues: Building Strategic Partnerships to Improve Health Equity Webinar
• An Ecological Snapshot of Racial Inequity
• Health Equity in Prevention Part 1: A Definition in Rural and Remote Communities
• Look, Listen, and Learn: Advancing Early Achievement in Young Children of Color
• Racial Equity and Health Disparities in the Age of COVID-19 (Discussion Notes)
• Leveraging a Health Equity Approach to Improve Prevention Efforts
• Social Determinants of Health: A Prevention Approach to Working with the Social Determinants of Health (Part 1)
• Social Determinants of Health: A Prevention Approach to Working with the Social Determinants of Health (Part 2)
• The Prevention Coalition's Role in Addressing Health Disparities
• The Prevention Coalition's Role in Addressing Health Disparities (Spanish)
• Other Health Disparities and the Impact of COVID-19 on African American and Black Communities
• Analyzing Existing Partnerships through a Health Equity Lens
• Leveraging a Health Equity Approach to Improve Prevention Efforts
• Cultural Competence and Health Disparities in Substance Misuse
• Cultural Competence and Health Disparities in Substance Misuse Prevention
• Prevention, Part 2: The Prevention Coalition's Role in Addressing Health Disparities

National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS)

• Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Standards in Behavioral Health Settings: Military and Veterans

American Indian and Alaska Native Populations

• Trauma-Responsive Approaches to Support the American Indian/Alaska Native Communities (Discussion Notes)
• Prevention in our Native American Communities Volume 2 Issue 1
• South Southwest Celebrating Native American and Indigenous Heritage Month November 2020
• Substance Use Prevention in Native Communities: Initiating and Sustaining Meaningful Connections Across Cultures
• Spirituality in the Native American Culture and Its Role in Prevention and Healing
• Cultural Approaches to Prevention: Measuring Cultural factors Associated with Substance Misuse and Mental Health in American Indian and Alaska Native Populations
• Connecting Prevention Specialists to Native Communities
• Culture is Prevention: Connecting Prevention Specialists to Native Communities
• Prevention in our Native Communities, Vol 1 Issue 1 Spring 2019
• Prevention in our Native Communities, Vol 1 Issue 2
   

African American and Afro-Caribbean Populations

• Health Disparities and the Impact of COVID-19 on African American and Black Communities
• Culturally-Informed Motivational Interviewing Skills for Addressing Substance Misuse for African American Males
• Culturally Relevant Prevention in African American Communities
• Engaging African Americans in Substance Use Disorder Treatment (Recorded webinar)
• The Dialogue: The Central East eNewsletter, February 2019 

Latinx and Hispanic Populations 

• South Southwest PTTC September 2020 Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month
• Strategies to Support the LatinX Communities during COVID
• Spirituality in the Hispanic and Latino Culture and Its Role in Prevention and Healing
• Mobilizing the Hispanic/Latino Faith Community is Substance Use Prevention
• Prevention Tools for Latino Families During COVID-19 Fact Sheet
• Two Evidence-Based Prevention Approaches for the Hispanic and Latino Communities: Meet the Developers
• Suicide Prevention Amongst Hispanics and Latinos
• Suicide Prevention, Everyone can Help. Preventing Suicide in the Latino Community.
• [Spanish] VIH, La Hepatitis C y el Abuso de Sustancias en la Comunidad Latina
• Prevention of Prescription Drug Misuse Among the Latino Community
• Vaping 101: and Latino Youth: Devices, risks, prevention efforts, and solutions

Women and Girls

• Prevention Across the Lifespan: Preconceptual, Pregnancy, and Infancy
• Scope of Prevention: Mamas, Munchkins, and Methamphetamines - Evidence-Based Interventions for Pregnant Women Using Stimulants
• The Dialogue: The Central East eNewsletter, March 2019
   

Men and Boys

• The Dialogue: The Central East eNewsletter, June 2019

LGBTQ

• Prevention Strategies to Engage the LGBTQ Community (Webinar Recording)
• Understanding the historical information behind the challenges and the risk factors of the LGBTQIA2S+ BIPOC (Part 1)
• What LGBTQIA2S+ BIPOC want Prevention Professionals to Know?
• Bisexual Women and Substance Misuse Fact Sheet
• LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity
• Working to Promote Protection by Supporting LGBTQ+ Teens in Foster Care
• Liberation Approaches in LGBTQ Behavioral Health and The Crossroads of Racial and Sexual/Gender Identity (Webinar Recording)
• LGBTQ Affirming Prevention Messaging: Safety, Engagement, Retention, Strategies (Webinar Recording)
• LGBTQ-Affirming Prevention Messaging: Safety, Engagement, and Retention Strategies (Fact Sheet)
• 2023 Health Equity Series: Cultural Intersections: LGBTQ Youth and Substance Use Disorder
• Creating Welcoming Spaces for LGBTQ+ Individuals in Substance Misuse Prevention Programs
• Prevention Success Videos: LGBTQ+ Youth Tobacco Prevention Initiative
• Engaging LGBT Elders in Prevention Programs
• Understanding Stress and Substance Use Among LGBTQ+ Adolescents
• Substance Misuse Prevention With LGBTQIA+ Youth: A Health Educator's Guide
• Queer-Inclusive Programming: An Ally’s Guide To Prevention 
• Diversity Inclusion Projects Showcase: Elevating LGTBQIA+ Youth & Young Adult Serving Community-Based Organizations
• Affirming LGBTQ+ Youth & Community Post-Learning Session Materials
• LGBTQIA+ Hiring Practices for the Prevention Workforce
• LGBTQ Youth and Substance Use Disorder (Webinar Recording)
• Bisexual Women and Substance Misuse (Webinar Recording)
• Managing Anxiety and Depression for LGBTQ Populations During COVID-19 (Webinar Recording)
• Webinar: Preventing and Addressing Behavioral Health Disparities among LGBTQI2-S Youth and Adults
• Vaping and LGBTQ Youth (Webinar Recording)
• Suicide Risk, Assessment, And Intervention: Skill Building Lab (Webinar Recording)
• Suicide Prevention and LGBTQ Communities (Webinar Recording)

Adolescence 

• Preventing Youth Vaping: The Extent and Risk Factors for Youth Vaping (Part 1)
• Preventing Youth Vaping: Policy Recommendations and Promising practices for Addressing Youth Vaping (Part 2)
• Prevention Across the Lifespan: Adolescence and Young Adulthood
• Prevention in Action: Connecting with Youth Before, During, and After COVID-19
• Vaping 101: Trends Among Illinois Youth
• Evidence-Based Practices to Address Substance Misuse Among Young Adults
• Promoting Youth Engagement and Connectedness in a COVID-19 World: A Pop-Up Peer Sharing Event
• School-Based Prevention Interventions for K-12 Population
• Suicide Assessment and Response for K-12 Populations
• The Benefits of Engaging Youth in Communities: Insights and Evidence from Developmental Science
• Preventing Teen Dating Violence Among Latino Youth
• Adolescent SBIRT Pocket Card
• Alcohol Awareness Card
• Connecting Prevention Specialists to Native Communities
• Culture is Prevention: Connecting Prevention Specialists to Native Communities
• The Dialogue: The Central East eNewsletter, April 2019
• The Dialogue: The Central East eNewsletter, July 2019
• Informing Prevention (Adolescents) Webinar Series: The Effects of Drug Use such as Marijuana, on
• Informing Prevention: Understanding Adolescent Development
• Informing Prevention: Vaping Among Adolescents - What We Know and What We Don't
• Vaping 101: and Latino Youth: Devices, risks, prevention efforts, and solutions 
• Early Childhood, Toxic Stress, and Adverse Childhood Experiences
• Informing Prevention: The Effective Use of Epidemiological Data
• Informing Prevention: Effectively Engaging Adolescents in Interventions
• Youth Opioid Addiction: What Preventionists Need to Know

Military and Veterans

• Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Standards in Behavioral Health Settings: Military and Veterans

Importance of Language and Accessibility

• Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Standards in Behavioral Health Settings: Military and Veterans
• Section 508 Compliance Fact Sheet

Updated 09/10/24