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Stimulant Webinar Series
Part 1: Recommendations for Addressing Stimulant Use: What the Data Shows
Josh Esrick, MPP, and Emily Patton, MSc, PgDip
November 10, 2021, 1-2:30 PM EST
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This webinar will provide an overview of the current scope of stimulant use in the United States and the states of the Central East Region. It will include a review of use and overdose rates, as well as supply-side data. The webinar will also discuss the differences between the current and prior waves of stimulant use. Finally, it will discuss what is known about the factors driving the current wave of use and data sources prevention professionals can use to obtain additional data.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Discuss trends in stimulant use and consequences
Understand similarities and differences between current and past stimulant use
Summarize the risk and protective factors for stimulant use
Review relevant stimulant data sources
PRESENTERS
Josh Esrick, MPP is a Senior Policy Analyst with Carnevale Associates. Josh has extensive experience in substance use prevention; researching, writing, and presenting on best practice and knowledge development publications, briefs, and reference guides; and developing and providing T/TA to numerous organizations. He developed numerous SAMHSA Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies’ (CAPT) products on strategies to prevent opioid misuse and overdose, risk and protective factors for substance use, youth substance use prevention strategies, youth substance use trends, emerging substance use trends, the potential regulations surrounding marijuana legalization, as well as numerous other topics.
Emily Patton, MSc, PgDip, holds a Masters of Science in Abnormal and Clinical Psychology from Swansea University and a Postgraduate Degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Edinburgh. She offers significant professional experience in the fields of public policy development and analysis, criminal justice research, data collection and analysis, program development, and performance management.
Published: November 10, 2021
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Methamphetamine use has increased over the past couple of decades, with overdose consequences mirroring that of opioid use. This webinar provides an overview of the current state of methamphetamine use in the Great Lakes and South Southwest PTTC regions, highlighting the use and overdose patterns, risk and protective factors, and the current state of prevention research.
Select the View Resource button above to watch the recording. Below is the PowerPoint for this webinar.
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Methamphetamine Brief in the Great Lakes and South Southwest PTTC regions
Methamphetamine Brief in the Great Lakes Region 5
Methamphetamine Brief in the South Southwest Region 6
PRESENTERS
Emily Patton, MSc., Pg.Dip., is a Research Associate with Carnevale Associates, LLC. She offers over nine years of expertise in data analysis, program management, and evaluation. Under the District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health (DBH), she provides data analysis, programmatic support, and training and technical assistance (TTA) for multiple contracts that serve youth and families in the district. She also serves as a research associate with the Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network (PTTC) Central-East region. In this role, she provides expertise in substance use prevention, mental health, and program management. Prior to joining Carnevale Associates, she worked for CSR Inc., serving as the lead analyst for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, which is the largest source of federal justice funding in the country under the direction of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). Emily holds a Master of Science with Merit in Abnormal and Clinical Psychology from Swansea University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Edinburgh.
Josh Esrick, MPP is a Senior Policy Analyst with Carnevale Associates, LLC. Mr. Esrick has extensive experience researching, writing, evaluating, and presenting on substance use prevention and other behavioral health topics. He has developed numerous Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Prevention Technology Transfer Center and Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies’ products and trainings. Among other projects for SAMHSA, he has helped write annual Data Collection, Analysis, and Reporting reports, conduct evaluations of the Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants, and wrote the monthly Financing Focus for the Center for Financing Reform and Innovation. Mr. Esrick has also published in the International Journal of Drug Policy on considerations surrounding marijuana legalization and in Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy on the modern usage of fear-based prevention messaging. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a Masters of Public Policy from George Washington University.
Published: November 1, 2021
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Using Data to Tell Your Story: Advancing Prevention Efforts into the Future
SESSION 2 (WEBINAR)
Josh Esrick, MPP, Jessica Goldberg, MSW, MPH, and Cory Morton, PhD, MSW
October 19, 2021, 1-2:30 PM EST
COURSE DESCRIPTION
As our country continues to grapple with the Covid-19 pandemic, communities are experiencing emerging and worsening substance misuse problems relating to it. Many of these issues—for example, easing retail restrictions for alcohol and marijuana and the devastating rise in fatal opioid overdoses nationally—we are aware of it. But, many we are not, in part because the pandemic has hindered our ability to collect data to better understand what is happening in our communities. We as prevention practitioners need to have data to tell the story of how the pandemic has affected substance misuse in our communities, and to use that data to bring partners to the table to plan, implement and support strategies to meet these new challenges.
This four-part virtual learning event series, featuring two webinars and two interactive “learning labs”, will explore finding, collecting, understanding and, ultimately, using data to tell your community’s story through the covid-19 pandemic. It will provide you with the tools necessary to locate existing substance misuse-related data, fill in data gaps with local data collection, and troubleshoot issues relating to data quality. It will also highlight the importance of using data to create a compelling narrative about your community’s experience, interpreting data appropriately and framing it as a story that will resonate with your key stakeholders and the public alike. During the learning lab sessions, participants will have the opportunity to apply the information shared during the webinar sessions through hands-on activities and case study examples.
Note: Recordings of the two interactive "learning labs" will not be posted.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Discuss the importance of using data to tell your community’s “story” with regard to substance misuse
Describe strategies for working with imperfect data to tell your community story
List steps in the process of analyzing and using data to guide current and future prevention efforts
Discuss ways to share your community story with key stakeholders to build prevention capacity
PRESENTERS
Josh Esrick, MPP is a Senior Policy Analyst with Carnevale Associates. Josh has extensive experience in substance use prevention; researching, writing, and presenting on best practice and knowledge development publications, briefs, and reference guides; and developing and providing T/TA to numerous organizations. He developed numerous SAMHSA Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies’ (CAPT) products on strategies to prevent opioid misuse and overdose, risk and protective factors for substance use, youth substance use prevention strategies, youth substance use trends, emerging substance use trends, the potential regulations surrounding marijuana legalization, as well as numerous other topics.
Jessica Goldberg, MSW, MPH is a certified prevention specialist and highly skilled trainer, designs and delivers impactful learning events, consultation, and coaching support. For over a decade, she has specialized in building capacity to improve health, mental health, and behavioral health. She brings a deep commitment to health equity and mental health equity to her leadership of in-person and virtual training and technical assistance (TTA). Her areas of expertise include preventing youth substance use; promoting cross-sector collaborations; addressing health disparities; and supporting strategic planning, logic model development, and sustainability planning. Jess holds an MPH and an MSW from Boston University.
Dr. Cory Morton, Assistant Research Professor has over ten years of experience conducting research in the field of prevention science. His research investigates the community context of substance use—whether structural features of neighborhoods, such as access to substance use and social services, lessen substance related harms and support individual and family well-being. Cory’s coordinates the Northeast and Caribbean Prevention PTTC’s special focus on geospatial applications, providing webinars and technical assistance on using mapping to determine community need or to evidence change. Cory holds a Ph.D. in Social Work from Rutgers University.
Published: October 19, 2021
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Using Data to Tell Your Story: Advancing Prevention Efforts into the Future
SESSION 1 (WEBINAR)
Josh Esrick, MPP, Jessica Goldberg, MSW, MPH, and Ivy Jones Turner, MA
October 5, 2021, 1-2:30 PM EST
COURSE DESCRIPTION
As our country continues to grapple with the Covid-19 pandemic, communities are experiencing emerging and worsening substance misuse problems relating to it. Many of these issues—for example, easing retail restrictions for alcohol and marijuana and the devastating rise in fatal opioid overdoses nationally—we are aware of it. But, many we are not, in part because the pandemic has hindered our ability to collect data to better understand what is happening in our communities. We as prevention practitioners need to have data to tell the story of how the pandemic has affected substance misuse in our communities, and to use that data to bring partners to the table to plan, implement and support strategies to meet these new challenges.
This four-part virtual learning event series, featuring two webinars and two interactive “learning labs”, will explore finding, collecting, understanding and, ultimately, using data to tell your community’s story through the covid-19 pandemic. It will provide you with the tools necessary to locate existing substance misuse-related data, fill in data gaps with local data collection, and troubleshoot issues relating to data quality. It will also highlight the importance of using data to create a compelling narrative about your community’s experience, interpreting data appropriately and framing it as a story that will resonate with your key stakeholders and the public alike. During the learning lab sessions, participants will have the opportunity to apply the information shared during the webinar sessions through hands-on activities and case study examples.
Note: Recordings of the two interactive "learning labs" will not be posted.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Discuss substance use and misuse-related problems and related behaviors (e.g., changes in substances used, ways in which substances are used, consumption and consequence rates, relevant risk and protective factors) that have emerged in the past year
List key considerations for collecting substance misuse-related data to develop your community story
Identify strategies for filling data gaps caused or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic
Explore common issues associated with the quality of collected data
PRESENTERS
Josh Esrick, MPP is a Senior Policy Analyst with Carnevale Associates. Josh has extensive experience in substance use prevention; researching, writing, and presenting on best practice and knowledge development publications, briefs, and reference guides; and developing and providing T/TA to numerous organizations. He developed numerous SAMHSA Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies’ (CAPT) products on strategies to prevent opioid misuse and overdose, risk and protective factors for substance use, youth substance use prevention strategies, youth substance use trends, emerging substance use trends, the potential regulations surrounding marijuana legalization, as well as numerous other topics.
Jessica Goldberg, MSW, MPH is a certified prevention specialist and highly skilled trainer, designs and delivers impactful learning events, consultation, and coaching support. For over a decade, she has specialized in building capacity to improve health, mental health, and behavioral health. She brings a deep commitment to health equity and mental health equity to her leadership of in-person and virtual training and technical assistance (TTA). Her areas of expertise include preventing youth substance use; promoting cross-sector collaborations; addressing health disparities; and supporting strategic planning, logic model development, and sustainability planning. Jess holds an MPH and an MSW from Boston University.
Ivy Jones Turner, MA , an expert in behavioral and mental health promotion and prevention, is an experienced program leader, technical assistance (TA) specialist, applied researcher, and evaluator. Her expertise includes building the capacity of schools and organizations to effectively research, implement, evaluate, and sustain interventions to prevent substance misuse, suicide, youth violence, and bullying, and to promote social-emotional and mental health. Ivy delivers culturally competent, comprehensive support that helps EDC’s federal, state, community, and school district clients address system-level issues, incorporate evidence-based practices, monitor progress, and support staff in achieving program goals. Ivy holds an MA in Public Administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and is certified in Massachusetts as a specialist in both prevention and conflict mediation.
Published: October 5, 2021
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This presentation is an Spanish translation of a webinar that was presented in Portuguese.
Este webinar oferecerá uma visão geral das políticas dos Estados Unidos da América e dos padrões de uso de substâncias pelos jovens e como elas afetam os jovens de ascendência latina/hispânica.
Este treinamento também trará sugestões baseadas em evidências para professores, pais e líderes da comunidade sobre como ajudar a prevenir o início precoce dessas drogas.
Additional Resources/Recursos Adicionales/Recursos Adicionais
Factsheets/hojas informativas/fichas técnicas
English - Download the Smoking and vaping in the Americas: Policy implications for Prevention factsheet for more information and resources
Español - Haga clic aquí para descargar la hoja educativa titulada Fumando y vapeando en las Américas: Implicaciones Políticas para la Prevención.
Português - Clique aqui para fazer o download da ficha educativa intitulada Fumando e vaporizando nas Américas: Considerações sobre Prevenção e Políticas Públicas
Translations
Biogafia:
Dra. Beatriz Carlini, PhD, MPH (Bia) é pesquisadora cientista do Instituto de Adição, Drogas e Álcool e Drogas da Universidade de Washington (ADAI) e Professora Associada Afiliada da Escola de Saúde Pública do Departamento de Serviços de Saúde.
Em sua carreira de pesquisa, Dr. Carlini tem se dedicado a compreender o impacto na saúde pública de substâncias psicoativas legais, como álcool, inalantes, tabaco e, mais recentemente, cannabis. Desde 2016, Dra. Carlini lidera a Pesquisa e Educação sobre Cannabis da ADAI, incluindo a coordenação de colaboração com outros pesquisadores de cannabis na Universidade de Washington, atuando como Presidente do Programa de Simpósio de Pesquisa de Cannabis da Universidade de Washington e agindo como ponto de conexão entre legisladores no estado e pesquisadores de outras universidades .
Em 2019, ela foi nomeada Diretora do Programa de Estudos sobre Tabaco na Escola de Saúde Pública da Universidade de Washington, onde também leciona Disparidades de Saúde e Justiça Social relacionadas ao Tabaco.
Como uma imigrante de primeira geração e cidadã americana nascida no exterior, Dr. Carlini está especialmente interessada no impacto da cannabis e do uso do tabaco na perpetuação das disparidades sociais e de saúde. Dr. Carlini tem paixão por promover a inclusão social, desafiar estereótipos e combater o estigma. Ela aplica uma lente de equidade em seu trabalho como pesquisadora e educadora.
Published: August 30, 2021
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Selecting Evidence-based Interventions: Finding the
Best Fit
Webinar Date: July 28, 2021
Webinar Slides
Webinar Slides for Selecting Evidence-based Interventions: Finding the Best Fit
Webinar Support Materials:
Selecting Best-fit Programs and Practices: Guidance for Substance Misuse Prevention Practitioners
Guide to Online Registries for Substance Misuse Prevention Evidence-based Programs and Practices
How to Conduct a Thorough Literature Search
A Primer on How to Read a Scientific Paper for Substance Misuse Prevention Professionals
Overview
Prevention leaders are dedicated to improving the health of their communities through effective strategies to reduce substance misuse and its related consequences. Perhaps the most critical decisions prevention staff weigh are what set of interventions to implement, typically with limited resources. This webinar will provide an introduction to best processes and resources available to use when making these critical decisions. Attendees will also be given priority to enroll in a new 6-week distance learning course for in-depth, skill-based and real-world learning and practice in selecting evidence-based programs, practices, and policies.
Objectives
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
• Describe key features of an evidence-based intervention
• Name at least two locations to locate potential evidence-based interventions
• Describe the three conditions for determining the “fit” of an evidence-based intervention
Audience
Community, tribal, jurisdiction, and state-level prevention practitioners and allied health partners and community members located in the Pacific Southwest states and jurisdictions of American Samoa, Arizona, California, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
Presenter
Alyssa O’Hair, MPH, MA, CPS. Alyssa O’Hair is a Senior Manager, Workforce Development at
the Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies (CASAT) at the University of
Nevada, Reno (UNR). With over 10 years of experience providing training and technical
assistance, she currently serves as the Project Director for the Pacific Southwest Prevention
Technology Transfer Center, which aims to build the skills of the substance abuse prevention
workforce. Alyssa has extensive subject matter knowledge in training and technical assistance
provision; public health approach for prevention; community needs assessments; data-driven
decision-making; and evaluation design and methodology.
Webinar Recording
View Webinar Recording: Selecting Evidence-based Interventions: Finding the Best Fit
Published: August 4, 2021
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This presentation is an English translation of a webinar that was presented in Portuguese.
Este webinar oferecerá uma visão geral das políticas dos Estados Unidos da América e dos padrões de uso de substâncias pelos jovens e como elas afetam os jovens de ascendência latina/hispânica.
Este treinamento também trará sugestões baseadas em evidências para professores, pais e líderes da comunidade sobre como ajudar a prevenir o início precoce dessas drogas.
Additional Resources/Recursos Adicionales/Recursos Adicionais
Factsheets/hojas informativas/fichas técnicas
English - Download the Smoking and vaping in the Americas: Policy implications for Prevention factsheet for more information and resources
Español - Haga clic aquí para descargar la hoja educativa titulada Fumando y vapeando en las Américas: Implicaciones Políticas para la Prevención.
Português - Clique aqui para fazer o download da ficha educativa intitulada Fumando e vaporizando nas Américas: Considerações sobre Prevenção e Políticas Públicas
Translations
Biogafia:
Dra. Beatriz Carlini, PhD, MPH (Bia) é pesquisadora cientista do Instituto de Adição, Drogas e Álcool e Drogas da Universidade de Washington (ADAI) e Professora Associada Afiliada da Escola de Saúde Pública do Departamento de Serviços de Saúde.
Em sua carreira de pesquisa, Dr. Carlini tem se dedicado a compreender o impacto na saúde pública de substâncias psicoativas legais, como álcool, inalantes, tabaco e, mais recentemente, cannabis. Desde 2016, Dra. Carlini lidera a Pesquisa e Educação sobre Cannabis da ADAI, incluindo a coordenação de colaboração com outros pesquisadores de cannabis na Universidade de Washington, atuando como Presidente do Programa de Simpósio de Pesquisa de Cannabis da Universidade de Washington e agindo como ponto de conexão entre legisladores no estado e pesquisadores de outras universidades .
Em 2019, ela foi nomeada Diretora do Programa de Estudos sobre Tabaco na Escola de Saúde Pública da Universidade de Washington, onde também leciona Disparidades de Saúde e Justiça Social relacionadas ao Tabaco.
Como uma imigrante de primeira geração e cidadã americana nascida no exterior, Dr. Carlini está especialmente interessada no impacto da cannabis e do uso do tabaco na perpetuação das disparidades sociais e de saúde. Dr. Carlini tem paixão por promover a inclusão social, desafiar estereótipos e combater o estigma. Ela aplica uma lente de equidade em seu trabalho como pesquisadora e educadora.
Published: August 1, 2021
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Webinar: The Risk and Protective Factor Framework - Session 1: Risk Factors
Webinar Date: May 6, 2021
Webinar Description
Working in the field of prevention and healthy youth development, most of us have all heard the term, ‘risk and protective factors’ but what does that really mean?
The risk and protective factor framework is foundational to Prevention Science. Join Kevin Haggerty, the Director of the Northwest PTTC, and John Briney, Research Scientist and Data Manager, for a deeper dive into risk and protective factors for healthy youth development – what they are, why they’re important, and how to measure them at the community level.
Objectives
By the end of this 3-session series participants will be able to:
Define ‘shared risk and protective factors’ for healthy youth development
Describe how risk and protective factors are determined
Discuss how understanding of shared risk and protective factors is evolving
Explore what understanding risk and protective factors means for your community’s work in prevention?
Explain at least 3 methods for obtaining community-level information on the risk and protective factors for YOUR community’s youth and discuss pros and cons of these different approaches
Share how youth survey measures were developed and tested for risk and protective factors
Decide on one next step for YOUR community
Presenters
Kevin Haggerty MSW, Ph.D. specializes in prevention programs at the community, school and family level. He is the Director of the Social Development Research Group. Dr. Haggerty serves as the PI/ Project Director for the Northwest PTTC. He is a Professor at the University of Washington (UW) School of Social Work. For more than 30 years, he has focused on developing innovative ways to organize the scientific knowledge base for prevention so that parents, communities and schools can better identify, assess and prioritize customized approaches that meet their needs. He has an extensive research background in the intersection of biological and environmental risks for drug abuse in emerging adults and is an expert on substance abuse and delinquency prevention. Additionally, Dr. Haggerty is an investigator of the Community Youth Development Study, which tests the effectiveness of the Communities That Care program.
John Briney is the Senior Data Manager at the Social Development Research Group (SDRG) with more than 25 years of experience in social science research. The majority of his work at SDRG has focused on the Community Youth Development Study, a randomized test of the Communities That Care prevention planning system. He currently manages data across several research projects and assists communities with the administration and analysis of the Communities That Care Youth Survey through his work with the Center for CTC. John has a background in Political Science and Public Administration. During his recent COVID-19 quarantine he has spent far too much time with his wife and two children in their home in rural eastern Oregon.John S. Briney is the Data Manager at the School of Social Development Research Group.
Webinar Recording
View Webinar
Webinar Slides
Download Slides - The Risk and Protective Factor Framework - Session 1: Risk Factors
Additional Resources
Southwest ATTC: AABH X COE: Structural Racism and Black Mental Health
Surgeon General’s Report - Prevention
YouTube Videos:
Peer & Individual Risk Factors
Community Risk Factors
Family & School Risk Factors
The Science of Risk Factors
View the Other Webinars in this Series:
The Risk and Protective Factor Framework - Session 2: Protective Factors
The Risk and Protective Factor Framework - Session 3: Measuring risk and protective factors for your community
Published: May 25, 2021
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Webinar: The Risk and Protective Factor Framework - Session 3: Measuring risk and protective factors for your community
Webinar Date: May 20, 2021
Webinar Description
Working in the field of prevention and healthy youth development, most of us have all heard the term, ‘risk and protective factors’ but what does that really mean?
The risk and protective factor framework is foundational to Prevention Science. Join Kevin Haggerty, the Director of the Northwest PTTC, and John Briney, Research Scientist and Data Manager, for a deeper dive into risk and protective factors for healthy youth development – what they are, why they’re important, and how to measure them at the community level.
Objectives
By the end of this 3-session series participants will be able to:
Define ‘shared risk and protective factors’ for healthy youth development
Describe how risk and protective factors are determined
Discuss how understanding of shared risk and protective factors is evolving
Explore what understanding risk and protective factors means for your community’s work in prevention?
Explain at least 3 methods for obtaining community-level information on the risk and protective factors for YOUR community’s youth and discuss pros and cons of these different approaches
Share how youth survey measures were developed and tested for risk and protective factors
Decide on one next step for YOUR community
Presenters
Kevin Haggerty MSW, Ph.D. specializes in prevention programs at the community, school and family level. He is the Director of the Social Development Research Group. Dr. Haggerty serves as the PI/ Project Director for the Northwest PTTC. He is a Professor at the University of Washington (UW) School of Social Work. For more than 30 years, he has focused on developing innovative ways to organize the scientific knowledge base for prevention so that parents, communities and schools can better identify, assess and prioritize customized approaches that meet their needs. He has an extensive research background in the intersection of biological and environmental risks for drug abuse in emerging adults and is an expert on substance abuse and delinquency prevention. Additionally, Dr. Haggerty is an investigator of the Community Youth Development Study, which tests the effectiveness of the Communities That Care program.
John Briney is the Senior Data Manager at the Social Development Research Group (SDRG) with more than 25 years of experience in social science research. The majority of his work at SDRG has focused on the Community Youth Development Study, a randomized test of the Communities That Care prevention planning system. He currently manages data across several research projects and assists communities with the administration and analysis of the Communities That Care Youth Survey through his work with the Center for CTC. John has a background in Political Science and Public Administration. During his recent COVID-19 quarantine he has spent far too much time with his wife and two children in their home in rural eastern Oregon.John S. Briney is the Data Manager at the School of Social Development Research Group.
Webinar Recording
View Webinar
Webinar Slides
Download Slides - The Risk and Protective Factor Framework - Session 3: Measuring risk and protective factors for your community
Additional Resources
Communites that Care - Youth Survey Scale Dictionary
View the Other Webinars in this Series:
The Risk and Protective Factor Framework - Session 1: Risk Factors
The Risk and Protective Factor Framework - Session 2: Protective Factors
Published: May 25, 2021
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Este webinar oferecerá uma visão geral das políticas dos Estados Unidos da América e dos padrões de uso de substâncias pelos jovens e como elas afetam os jovens de ascendência latina/hispânica.
Este treinamento também trará sugestões baseadas em evidências para professores, pais e líderes da comunidade sobre como ajudar a prevenir o início precoce dessas drogas.
Additional Resources/Recursos Adicionales/Recursos Adicionais
Factsheets/hojas informativas/fichas técnicas
English - Download the Smoking and vaping in the Americas: Policy implications for Prevention factsheet for more information and resources
Español - Haga clic aquí para descargar la hoja educativa titulada Fumando y vapeando en las Américas: Implicaciones Políticas para la Prevención.
Português - Clique aqui para fazer o download da ficha educativa intitulada Fumando e vaporizando nas Américas: Considerações sobre Prevenção e Políticas Públicas
Webinar Slides
English
Spanish
Português
Translations
Biogafia:
Dra. Beatriz Carlini, PhD, MPH (Bia) é pesquisadora cientista do Instituto de Adição, Drogas e Álcool e Drogas da Universidade de Washington (ADAI) e Professora Associada Afiliada da Escola de Saúde Pública do Departamento de Serviços de Saúde.
Em sua carreira de pesquisa, Dr. Carlini tem se dedicado a compreender o impacto na saúde pública de substâncias psicoativas legais, como álcool, inalantes, tabaco e, mais recentemente, cannabis. Desde 2016, Dra. Carlini lidera a Pesquisa e Educação sobre Cannabis da ADAI, incluindo a coordenação de colaboração com outros pesquisadores de cannabis na Universidade de Washington, atuando como Presidente do Programa de Simpósio de Pesquisa de Cannabis da Universidade de Washington e agindo como ponto de conexão entre legisladores no estado e pesquisadores de outras universidades .
Em 2019, ela foi nomeada Diretora do Programa de Estudos sobre Tabaco na Escola de Saúde Pública da Universidade de Washington, onde também leciona Disparidades de Saúde e Justiça Social relacionadas ao Tabaco.
Como uma imigrante de primeira geração e cidadã americana nascida no exterior, Dr. Carlini está especialmente interessada no impacto da cannabis e do uso do tabaco na perpetuação das disparidades sociais e de saúde. Dr. Carlini tem paixão por promover a inclusão social, desafiar estereótipos e combater o estigma. Ela aplica uma lente de equidade em seu trabalho como pesquisadora e educadora.
Published: May 13, 2021
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Preventing Underage Alcohol Use
Part 2: Addressing Use Among Younger Youth
Josh Esrick, MPP, and Robin LaVallee, MPP
May 12, 2021, 2-3:30 PM EST
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This webinar will support alcohol prevention efforts for elementary- and middle school-aged youth. It will include a review of the data on younger youth alcohol use prevalence and patterns, and research on its risk and protective factors. The webinar will discuss how to improve needs assessment efforts focusing on this population, including strategies to improve primary data collection. It will also identify and highlight evidence-based prevention programs intended to serve this younger population.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Overview prevalence data on younger underage alcohol use
Identify risk and protective factors most relevant to younger youth
Discuss opportunities to improve needs assessment and data collection processes
Explore evidence-based prevention strategies and related resources
PRESENTERS
Josh Esrick, MPP is a Senior Policy Analyst with Carnevale Associates. Josh has extensive experience in substance use prevention; researching, writing, and presenting on best practice and knowledge development publications, briefs, and reference guides; and developing and providing T/TA to numerous organizations. He developed numerous SAMHSA Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies’ (CAPT) products on strategies to prevent opioid misuse and overdose, risk and protective factors for substance use, youth substance use prevention strategies, youth substance use trends, emerging substance use trends, the potential regulations surrounding marijuana legalization, as well as numerous other topics.
Robin A. LaVallee, MPP, is a Senior Research Associate at Carnevale Associates, LLC. She has over a decade of experience applying her expertise in policy research, evaluation, performance measurement, data collection, and analysis in the public health, substance use, and criminal justice arenas. For more than ten years, Ms. LaVallee previously conducted alcohol epidemiology and policy research supporting the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System and National Alcohol Education Program. She currently supports the Office of the Chief Financial Officer's performance management and strategic planning efforts within the Office of Justice Programs.
Published: May 12, 2021
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Preventing Underage Alcohol Use
Part 1: An Overview of Data and Strategies
Josh Esrick, MPP, and Robin LaVallee, MPP
April 28, 2021, 1-2:30 PM EST
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This webinar will provide a broad overview of the current state of underage drinking and related prevention efforts. It will include a review of the data on the prevalence of alcohol use and alcohol use patterns, along with data on the adverse effects of underage alcohol use and research on its risk and protective factors. The webinar will also discuss what is known about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on underage alcohol use. Finally, it will provide an overview of Federal underage drinking prevention efforts and the types of evidence-based strategies that prevention professionals can implement.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Summarize the data on the state of underage drinking and its consequences
Explain the research on risk and protective factors for engaging in underage drinking
Explore what is known and unknown about the impact of COVID-19
Overview Federal prevention efforts
Highlight evidence-based prevention strategies and related resources
PRESENTERS
Josh Esrick, MPP is a Senior Policy Analyst with Carnevale Associates. Josh has extensive experience in substance use prevention; researching, writing, and presenting on best practice and knowledge development publications, briefs, and reference guides; and developing and providing T/TA to numerous organizations. He developed numerous SAMHSA Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies’ (CAPT) products on strategies to prevent opioid misuse and overdose, risk and protective factors for substance use, youth substance use prevention strategies, youth substance use trends, emerging substance use trends, the potential regulations surrounding marijuana legalization, as well as numerous other topics.
Robin A. LaVallee, MPP, is a Senior Research Associate at Carnevale Associates, LLC. She has over a decade of experience applying her expertise in policy research, evaluation, performance measurement, data collection, and analysis in the public health, substance use, and criminal justice arenas. For more than ten years, Ms. LaVallee previously conducted alcohol epidemiology and policy research supporting the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System and National Alcohol Education Program. She currently supports the Office of the Chief Financial Officer's performance management and strategic planning efforts within the Office of Justice Programs.
Published: April 28, 2021
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Problem Gambling Prevention: The Facts, Using Public Health Models, and Integrating Programming with Substance Misuse Prevention
Heather Eshleman, M.P.H.
March 24, 2021, 1-2 PM EST
COURSE DESCRIPTION
March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month. With the legalization of sports betting in mid-Atlantic states as well as increased internet gambling due to COVID-19 restrictions, gambling has never been more accessible to youth and adults. Basic facts on youth and adult gambling will be discussed with emphasis on data from MD, DC, WV, DE, PA, and VA. Public health models will be used to show how problem gambling can be prevented and integrated with alcohol and substance misuse prevention programming.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
To learn problem gambling facts and the basics of problem gambling prevention.
To examine how public health models can be used to prevent problem gambling in youth and adults.
To explore how to integrate problem gambling prevention strategies with the work of alcohol and substance misuse prevention and mental health promotion.
PRESENTERS
Heather Eshleman, M.P.H., is the Prevention Manager at the Maryland Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling. She works collaboratively with community organizations, schools, and government agencies to prevent underage and problem gambling as well as oversee special population and youth grants. She currently leads the Center’s efforts in compiling an underage and problem gambling prevention needs assessment to provide baseline data to guide future prevention strategies. She served as the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention Supervisor at the Anne Arundel County Department of Health from 2006-2019, overseeing the Substance Abuse Prevention coalitions, the Opioid Misuse Prevention Program, the Strengthening Families Program, the Fatal Overdose Review Team, and Coordination of the Students Against Destructive Decisions Chapters. Before becoming Supervisor, from 2002-2006, Heather was a Grants Administrator at Anne Arundel County Department of Health. Heather received her Masters in Public Health from the University at Albany School of Public Health and her Bachelor’s degree in School and Community Health Education from Towson University. Heather served in the United States Peace Corps in Morocco, North Africa, as a Maternal and Child Health volunteer, working on hygiene promotion and pre-natal care for two years.
Published: March 24, 2021
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Self-Paced Online Courses:
Demystifying Data: Gathering and Using Local Risk and Protective Factor Data for Prevention
Part 1: Gathering Local Risk and Protective Factor Data for Prevention
Part 1 of this two-part online course series will describe the importance of gathering data for community needs assessments and evaluation, including the types of data to collect. Participants will review key risk and protective factors associated with substance use and mental health. The course explores existing data sources, assessment of data gaps, and options for collecting primary data at the local level. By the end of the course, participants will:
Learn about key risk and protective factors to assess at the individual, family, peer, school, and community levels;
Identify sources of existing data on risk and protective factors; and
Assess strategies for developing a data collection plan to address data gaps at the local level.
Part 2: Using Local Risk and Protective Factor Data for Prevention
During Part 2 of this online course series, participants will learn about data quality and quantity—having enough data and having the right data. The course explores processes for prioritizing risk and protective factors to determine which to address with prevention efforts and shares examples. This course will conclude with recommendations for ongoing monitoring to inform evaluation efforts. At the conclusion of this course, participants will have learned about:
Tips for assessing the quality and quantity of the data they’ve gathered to determine readiness for prioritizing and planning;
Prioritization processes, including how to format your data; prioritization dimensions to consider, and tips for making the process interactive and engaging, and
The importance of ongoing data gathering and collection efforts in order to evaluate local prevention efforts.
Certificates of Completion available for one hour each upon successfully completing the quiz with 80% or more correct.
Click here to get started: https://healtheknowledge.org/course/index.php?categoryid=101
Published: March 9, 2021
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Suicide Risk, Assessment, And Intervention: Skill Building Lab
Kate Bishop, MSSA
February 23, 2021, 10AM-12PM EST
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The global pandemic and resulting social isolation have taken a heavy toll on the human mind, heart, and spirit. Though the strain is difficult for everyone, marginalized communities already dealing with systemic injustice and those with existing mental health challenges have an extra level of distress to contend with. Professional helpers may encounter suicidal clients in any health and human service role, but may not feel confident about how to tell who is most at risk for suicide, how to assess the level of danger, and how to connect someone who is struggling with effective interventions. Broadly relevant to many populations, with special focus on LGBTQ individuals and people living with HIV, this webinar event is designed to help workers build a toolbox of practical skills you can use immediately to support vulnerable people in staying alive and moving towards well.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Explore the dynamics of suicide among vulnerable populations, including people living with HIV and AIDS.
Identify key methods and tools for assessing suicide risk with clients
Describe how to address suicidal ideation and self-harm, boost resilience, and connect clients to specialized care and treatment
Examine prevalence, disparities, trends, unique risk and protective factors, and culturally-specific support interventions
PRESENTER
Kate Bishop, MSSA, the Education Coordinator at the LGBT Health Resource Center of Chase Brexton, is a seasoned professional development trainer with expertise in working with LGBTQ populations, sexual and reproductive health care, adolescent development, intimate partner violence, and sexual trauma. She is certified as a trainer through GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) as well as SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders). Before joining the Chase Brexton team, she developed the capacity building program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s STAR TRACK Adolescent HIV program, providing cultural responsiveness trainings for agencies that serve sexual minority youth of color. Ms. Bishop holds a Bachelor of Arts in Gender Studies from Hiram College and a Masters in Social Work from Case Western Reserve University.
Published: February 23, 2021
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Substance Use and Risk of Suicide
Josh Esrick, MPP, and Emily Patton, MSc, PgDip
February 10, 2021, 1-2:30 PM EST
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Substance use prevention efforts are part of a continuum of behavioral health services. It is important for prevention stakeholders to understand priority issues and activities across other areas of that continuum. Increasing awareness and understanding of how different areas of that continuum intersect and overlap enables stakeholders to identify shared issues and potential opportunities for collaboration. One such area is the issue of suicide prevention. The increasing rates of suicide across most demographics are a major public health concern. Research has shown that substance use, and in particular, both opioid and alcohol misuse, can increase suicide risk. This webinar will discuss how, and to what extent, substance use is connected to suicide risk. It will also cover identified evidence-based substance use prevention programs that also address the risk of suicide, and what potential opportunities for further collaborations may exist.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Explain the importance of collaboration between substance use prevention and suicide prevention
Examine the research on how substance use can increase risk of suicide
Discuss the data on rates of suicide among people who use substances
Overview evidence-based programs for preventing substance use and suicide, as well as other opportunities for collaboration
PRESENTERS
Josh Esrick, MPP is a Senior Policy Analyst with Carnevale Associates. Josh has extensive experience in substance use prevention; researching, writing, and presenting on best practice and knowledge development publications, briefs, and reference guides; and developing and providing T/TA to numerous organizations. He developed numerous SAMHSA Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies’ (CAPT) products on strategies to prevent opioid misuse and overdose, risk and protective factors for substance use, youth substance use prevention strategies, youth substance use trends, emerging substance use trends, the potential regulations surrounding marijuana legalization, as well as numerous other topics.
Emily Patton, MSc, PgDip holds a Masters of Science in Abnormal and Clinical Psychology from Swansea University and a Postgraduate Degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Edinburgh. She offers significant professional experience in the fields of public policy development and analysis, criminal justice research, data collection and analysis, program development, and performance management.
Published: February 10, 2021
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LGBTQ Youth Tobacco Prevention: COVID-19 and Lung Vulnerability
Kate Bishop, MSSA
December 9, 2020, 1-2 PM EST
COURSE DESCRIPTION
LGBTQ populations are at higher risk for COVID-19 due in part to wildly disproportionate rates of smoking, vaping, and other forms of tobacco use. Tobacco dependence usually starts in adolescence, and studies have shown LGBTQ youth are especially vulnerable to substance misuse, predatory ad campaigns, and peer influence. This webinar will explore the rates, risks, and intersections of tobacco use and the novel coronavirus among queer and gender expansive teens and young adults.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Review current data on LGBTQ youth, tobacco use, and COVID-19.
Examine the lung health impacts of COVID-19, smoking, and vaping in adolescents.
Describe the unique vulnerabilities of LGBTQ youth that influence tobacco use.
Explore best practices to support LGBTQ young people in avoiding or quitting their use of tobacco products.
PRESENTER
Kate Bishop, MSSA, the Education Coordinator at the LGBT Health Resource Center of Chase Brexton, is a seasoned professional development trainer with expertise in working with LGBTQ populations, sexual and reproductive health care, adolescent development, intimate partner violence, and sexual trauma. She is certified as a trainer through GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) as well as SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders). Before joining the Chase Brexton team, she developed the capacity building program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s STAR TRACK Adolescent HIV program, providing cultural responsiveness trainings for agencies that serve sexual minority youth of color. Ms. Bishop holds a Bachelor of Arts in Gender Studies from Hiram College and a Masters in Social Work from Case Western Reserve University.
HOSTS
This training was developed under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC), Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC), Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) task orders (Reference #s 1H79TI080210, 3H79SM081785, and 1H79SP081018) and is for training use only. Learn more about the Central East ATTC, Central East MHTTC, and Central East PTTC. The Central East ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC are managed by The Danya Institute.
Published: December 9, 2020
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Series: Preventing Youth Vaping
Part 1: The Extent and Risk Factors for Youth Vaping
Josh Esrick, MPP, and Emily Patton, MSc, PgDip
December 2, 2020, 1-2 PM EST
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This webinar will examine data on the rise and scope of vaping, and how it contrasts with previous tobacco and marijuana use data. It will examine the known risk factors that contributed to this rise, such as ease of availability, low perceptions of harm, and lack of environmental strategies to prevent use. The webinar will also discuss the issue and current status of acute lung injuries caused by vaping. This webinar is an update to the Preventing Youth Vaping Part I webinar that was offered on June 25, 2020.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Explain the importance of youth vaping as a prevention priority
Explore prevalence data on vaping, tobacco, and marijuana product use
Discuss known risk factors for vaping use
Identify areas where further research is required
PRESENTERS
Josh Esrick, MPP is a Senior Policy Analyst with Carnevale Associates. Josh has extensive experience in substance use prevention; researching, writing, and presenting on best practice and knowledge development publications, briefs, and reference guides; and developing and providing T/TA to numerous organizations. He developed numerous SAMHSA Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies’ (CAPT) products on strategies to prevent opioid misuse and overdose, risk and protective factors for substance use, youth substance use prevention strategies, youth substance use trends, emerging substance use trends, the potential regulations surrounding marijuana legalization, as well as numerous other topics.
Emily Patton, MSc, PgDip holds a Masters of Science in Abnormal and Clinical Psychology from Swansea University and a Postgraduate Degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Edinburgh. She offers significant professional experience in the fields of public policy development and analysis, criminal justice research, data collection and analysis, program development, and performance management.
HOSTS
This training was developed under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC), Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC), Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) task orders (Reference #s 1H79TI080210, 3H79SM081785, and 1H79SP081018) and is for training use only. Learn more about the Central East ATTC, Central East MHTTC, and Central East PTTC. The Central East ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC are managed by The Danya Institute.
Published: December 2, 2020
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Engaging LGBT Elders in Prevention Programs
Kate Bishop, MSSA
October 28, 2020, 1-2 PM EST
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The novel coronavirus pandemic has brought increased challenges to older adult populations in several directions. Elders are known to be at higher risk for contracting COVID-19, and are far more likely to face a serious course of the illness if infected. At the same time, isolation itself is a risk factor for physical and mental illness, cognitive deterioration, substance misuse, suicidal impulses, and creates barriers to accessing resources. LGBT Elders are less likely to be partnered or have children than other older adults, and are often estranged from their families of origin. Isolation, already a life-threatening condition, has reached extreme levels in LGBT Elder populations during the pandemic. This webinar will frame the unique challenges of reaching vulnerable LGBT Elders and offer practical strategies for engaging them in needed services, social opportunities, and essential support networks.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Examine the health risks of isolation and the impact of COVID-related barriers on older adults
Identify unique challenges often faced by LGBT Elders, as well as unique sources of resilience
Explore effective tools to engage older LGBT adults in prevention services and support networks
PRESENTER
Kate Bishop, MSSA, the Education Coordinator at the LGBT Health Resource Center of Chase Brexton, is a seasoned professional development trainer with expertise in working with LGBTQ populations, sexual and reproductive health care, adolescent development, intimate partner violence, and sexual trauma. She is certified as a trainer through GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) as well as SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders). Before joining the Chase Brexton team, she developed the capacity building program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s STAR TRACK Adolescent HIV program, providing cultural responsiveness trainings for agencies that serve sexual minority youth of color. Ms. Bishop holds a Bachelor of Arts in Gender Studies from Hiram College and a Masters in Social Work from Case Western Reserve University.
HOSTS
This training was developed under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC), Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC), Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) task orders (Reference #s 1H79TI080210, 3H79SM081785, and 1H79SP081018) and is for training use only. Learn more about the Central East ATTC, Central East MHTTC, and Central East PTTC. The Central East ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC are managed by The Danya Institute.
Published: October 28, 2020
eNewsletter or Blog
In this Issue:
Culture is Prevention: Celebrating Hispanic Latino Heritage Month
Additional Resources
What's Happening Around the Region?
Epi Corner: Identifying Opioid Misuse Risk and Protective Factors for Hispanic/Latino Populations
Published: September 17, 2020
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Health Equity in Prevention Part 1: A Definition in Rural and Remote Communities
September 3, 2020
Webinar Description
Health equity is a prominent topic in the field of public health, but what is it, really, and how does it relate to and intersect with prevention in rural and remote communities? This session will define health equity and explore it as it relates to racial inequity and justice in rural and remote communities. Note that we will be utilizing breakout sessions in this webinar! The webinar will highlight how prevention practitioners can integrate these concepts into the shared risk and protective factors theory and the social determinants of health to understand how health equity relates to the field of prevention.
Objectives
Define health equity, and understand it as a layer of racial equity.
Integrate the concept of equity into the shared risk and protective factors theory and social determinants of health model.
Identify the key components of an embodied health equity practice to impact health equity positively.
Presenters
Ona Crow, MSW, CPSII, serves primarily on OMNI’s Statewide Training and Technical Assistance Project, which provides customized training and technical assistance in needs assessment, capacity building, planning, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based prevention programs, policies, and practices to organizations and communities in Western Colorado. Ona also supports additional projects related to equity, food access, organizational development and planning, and more. Prior to joining OMNI, Ms. Crow facilitated the development of an organizational Inclusivity Blueprint, a strategy for organizational development to increase inclusivity. Lately, Ms. Crow has been engaging in continued learning around the Othering and Belonging Model. Overall, Ms. Crow brings an equity lens to all her work.
Ailala Kay, MA, is the Learning and Development Director at OMNI where she has worked since 2004. Ms. Kay brings over 15 of experience developing, leading and managing statewide capacity building projects with a team of regionally based, remote staff to implement consistent high-quality services while allowing for the flexibility needed to be responsive to areas of health equity, culture, and other needs of each community. For over ten years she has served as lead and oversight for Colorado's Statewide Substance Use Prevention Technical Assistance and Training Project, administered by OMNI Institute. Ms. Kay has extensive expertise working with organizations and coalitions, broadly focused on community health, substance use prevention and behavioral health. Ms. Kay is a certified Substance Use Prevention Specialist (SAPST), Trainer.
Panel of Community Practitioners: Prevention practitioners representing rural and remote communities in the Northwest Region will join the presenters to share their insights on how health equity and rurality intersect in prevention and how these concepts are operationalized at the community level.
Webinar Recording
View Webinar
Webinar Slides & Handout Packet
Webinar Slides - Health Equity in Prevention Part 1: A Definition in Rural and Remote Communities
Webinar Handout Packet - Health Equity in Prevention Part 1
Additional Resources
OMNI Institute Website
The myth of race, debunked in 3 minutes - Youtube Video
Questions?
Contact Ona Crow, MSW, CPSII (
[email protected]) or Ailala Kay, MA, (
[email protected]) if you have additional questions about the content related to this webinar.
Published: September 11, 2020
Toolkit
Research demonstrates that many risk and protective factors influence both substance misuse and one or more mental health concerns. Addressing these shared factors can increase your overall impact on improving community health and wellness. This annotated bibliography reviews some of this research, and was used to inform one section of the guidance document Demystifying Data: Gathering and Using Local Risk and Protective Factor Data for Prevention.
Published: September 10, 2020
Toolkit
Data are vital for defining your community's problems or needs (e.g., opioid misuse, underage drinking). Data also help us determine if there are specific populations who are disproportionately impacted by the problems or needs. Risk and protective factors help determine why a community may be experiencing a particular problem or need. Data help guide our decision making and action planning. The purpose of this guidance document is to provide a general overview on gathering and using risk and protective factor data to guide prevention efforts. This document will review strategies to gather and prioritize risk and protective factor data, as well as how to use these data in prevention planning.
Also check out the annotated bibliography used to create the section on shared risk and protection included in this document.
Published: September 10, 2020
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Underage Alcohol Use: An Overview of Data and Strategies
Josh Esrick, MPP, and Robin A. LaVallee, MPP
August 31, 2020, 1-2 PM EST
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The webinar will provide a broad overview of the current state of underage drinking and related prevention efforts. A review of the data on the prevalence of alcohol use and alcohol use patterns will be provided, along with data on the adverse effects of underage alcohol use, and research on its risk and protective factors. We will provide an overview of the Federal landscape as it relates to underage drinking prevention, and conclude by identifying successful prevention strategies.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Review data on the state of underage drinking and its consequences (current data and trends)
Review research on risk and protective factors for engaging in underage drinking
Discuss Federal prevention efforts/environment
Highlight evidence-based prevention strategies and related resources
PRESENTERS
Josh Esrick, MPP is a Senior Policy Analyst with Carnevale Associates. Josh has extensive experience in substance use prevention; researching, writing, and presenting on best practice and knowledge development publications, briefs, and reference guides; and developing and providing T/TA to numerous organizations. He developed numerous SAMHSA Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies’ (CAPT) products on strategies to prevent opioid misuse and overdose, risk and protective factors for substance use, youth substance use prevention strategies, youth substance use trends, emerging substance use trends, the potential regulations surrounding marijuana legalization, as well as numerous other topics.
Robin A. LaVallee, MPP is a Senior Research Associate at Carnevale Associates, LLC. She has over a decade of experience applying her expertise in policy research, evaluation, performance measurement, and data collection and analysis in public health, substance use, and criminal justice arenas. For more than 10 years, Ms. LaVallee conducted alcohol epidemiology and policy research in support of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism’s Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System and National Alcohol Education Program.
Published: August 31, 2020