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While building protection for all our young people is a common and aspirational goal for many from diverse walks of life, schools present a unique opportunity and challenge for doing so. This report describes a set of simple yet powerful practices that, when used consistently by teachers, can enhance middle school student agency and build student success skills. This report summarizes these activities and aligns the evidence-based practices to the components of the Social Development Strategy, a strategy for enhancing daily interactions with young people that have been proven to have far-reaching positive effects on their development.

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

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.  

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.  

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.   

Look, Listen and Learn: Advancing Early Achievement in Young Children of Color   Date: August 27, 2020   Webinar Description The achievement gap in Washington State continues to be “led” by children of color. Meanwhile, children of color also lead in television and media consumption. By showcasing Black and Indigenous people and people of color learning, teaching, and exploring, television becomes a tool to provide positive media representation of diversity as well as greater access to early learning principles in more homes. As substance misuse prevention professionals, our role is to address health disparities and improve health outcomes in our communities. This webinar will explore the research behind what works best to promote school readiness and success and will highlight the Look, Listen and Learn (LL+L) program. LL+L is a new concept in public access television. As an early listening educational program, LL+L helps bridge the achievement gap by featuring local enrichment venues and applying brain development knowledge to foster learning and enhance caregiver-child relationships.   Presenter Val Thomas-Matson is the Founder/Producer of Look, Listen, and Learn. Val is a community organizer/activist with deep experience in media. In addition to early work at KING TV, she created, produced, and hosted the daily community affairs talk show Communities in Action for King County Government TV for three years. She has also worked extensively with the multi-award winning production company North by Northwest, serving as co-host of Washington Grown, and managing video production elements for educational, nonprofit and government video campaigns. Hattie McDaniel and Fred Rogers serve as primary sources of inspiration.     Webinar Recording View Webinar   Webinar Slides Download Slides - Look, Listen and Learn: Advancing Early Achievement in Young Children of Color   Additional Resources Look, Listen and Learn Website Watch the Look, Listen and Learn award-winning show on Youtube! Equitable Production Checklist Community Centric Fundraising - Aligned Actions List  

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The Science of the Positive framework is based upon the realization that ‘The Positive’ exists in ourselves, our communities and our cultures, and can be increased to improve health and safety. Both the Positive Community Norms approach to prevention and the new science of HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) are organized around the Science of the Positive  Cycle of Transformation which includes domains of Spirit, Science, Action, and Return. This interactive session will introduce these three key approaches to transforming community health. Learning Objectives: Describe the Science of the Positive framework Understand how the Positive Community Norms approach corrects misperceptions to impact behavior and increase health Learn how positive childhood experiences can mitigate the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on health outcomes and promote resilience Presenter: Jeffrey Linkenbach, EdD, MA is the Founding Director & Research Scientist at The Montana Institute, who has developed national award-winning science-based programs to change norms. He is one of the co-developers of HOPE – Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences, and serves as a Co-Investigator at the HOPE Center in the Tufts University Medical School. He is recognized for his pioneering development of the Science of the Positive Framework and the Positive Community Norms Approach which are being utilized by tribal, federal, state and local organizations to achieve positive change and transformation around challenging issues such as child maltreatment, substance abuse, suicide, traffic safety and community-engaged leadership. Additional Resources:      

2020 Back to the Future, A New Decade in Prevention! Additional Resources What's Happening Around the Region? Epi Corner: Broadening the Lens of Prevention

This webinar is one of the New England PTTC's prevention trainings. In this webinar (recorded April 29, 2020), participants will receive a detailed overview of each of the four products in the toolkit. No continuing education is available. Contact us if you have any questions.   Recorded Webinar - Preventing The Non-Medical Use Of Prescription Drugs In New England Presented by Sandra Del Sesto, M.Ed., ACPS with Megan Hawkes and Kim Magoon, Public Consulting Group Course Summary: Increases in the non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) and opioid misuse overall, have many New England communities increasingly focusing on these problems as a prevention priority. In order to address these problems, prevention practitioners must understand the factors that contribute to the problems and the strategies that have been effective in addressing those factors. This webinar will look at where to go to learn about risk and protective factors associated with prescription drug misuse, provide an overview of evidence-based strategies that address these factors, and begin to explore opportunities for forging the new partnerships needed to implement these strategies in New England.   Link to view the recorded webinar (recorded on April 29, 2020). No continuing education is available. 

This Slide Deck for You can be used as a stand-alone overview of the Social Development Strategy or incorporated into other presentations or materials. The Social Development Strategy (SDS) is a tool for enhancing five factors proven to build protection and organizes these protective factors into a strategy for action that anyone can use in their daily interactions with young people. The SDS is as simple as five fingers on one hand.        

Produced in partnership with Chase Brexton's LGBT Resource Center, these three fact sheets serve as a resource for Prevention Professionals working with LGBTQ Communities. They highlight risk and protective factors unique to these communities.    Please download the Youth and Vaping, LGBTQ Suicide Prevention, and LGBTQ Substance Misuse Prevention Strategies Fact Sheets using the download link above. Check out our recorded webinars for additional information on these topics! Vaping and LGBTQ Youth Suicide Prevention and LGBTQ Communities Prevention Strategies to Engage the LGBTQ Community

Preventing Opioid Misuse and Opioid Overdose: Moving Upstream Date October 31, 2019   Description The “all hands on deck” call to address the opioid crisis has challenged our efforts to implement primary prevention that complements other efforts to address the crisis across the spectrum of behavioral health care services. This interactive webinar will explore ways to expand prevention to move our work more upstream--beyond preventing deaths from opioid overdoses to preventing the misuse that leads to those overdoses. This webinar will include an overview of 2018 NSDUH data and the risk and protective factors associated with opioid misuse and overdose, as well as a range of promising and evidence-based strategies to consider as part of creating a comprehensive plan to move the work of prevention upstream. The webinar will also explore community mobilization strategies and ways to build additional partnerships.   Learning Objectives • Describe what is known in the research about risk and protective factors associated with opioid misuse. • List a variety of interventions that prevent opioid misuse and overdoses. • List strategies that have strong evidence of effectiveness and those that have emerging or promising evidence.   Presenters Kevin Haggerty, MSW, PhD specializes in prevention programs at the community, school, and family levels. 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 for the Community Youth Development Study, which tests the effectiveness of the Communities That Care program. Michelle Frye-Spray, MS, CPS is a Project Manager at the Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies at the University of Nevada, Reno. Michelle leverages her passion for upstream prevention with over 25 years of prevention-related experiences working with schools, communities, states, tribal organizations, and jurisdictions. Her skills include training design and facilitation; community capacity-building; and navigating culturally complex communities and systems to oversee the delivery of prevention services that are culturally appropriate and audience-specific. Alyssa O'Hair, MPH, MA, CPS is a Senior Manager, Workforce Development at the Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies at the University of Nevada, Reno. 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 Slides Download Slides Here   Additional Resources Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health Read Chapter 3 on Prevention Programs and Policies   The Surgeon General's Spotlight on Opioids Download Document   The Prevention Paradox View the 4-minute video   Targeting Youth to Prevent Later Substance Use Disorder: An Underutilized Response to the US Opioid Crisis Download Article   Evidence for State, Community and Systems-level Prevention Strategies to Address the Opioid Crisis Download Article   Positive Childhood Experiences and Adult Mental and Relational Health in a Statewide Sample: Associations Across Adverse Childhood Experiences Levels Download Article      

The nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) has become an increasing public health concern in the United States, with abuse rates rising rapidly since the late 1990s. Yet preventing and reducing prescription drug misuse represents a major challenge for several reasons. First, we know less about the factors that contribute to NMUPD than about those that contribute to other drug use. Also, because of how prescription drugs are made available, these factors may differ from those that are associated with alcohol misuse and illicit drug use. This tool provides a starting point for understanding those factors that the research literature has identified as being associated with NMUPD and its consequences. Understanding these factors can help us assess, plan for, and select interventions designed to address them. The factors included in this tool have been organized according to the socio-ecological model, a multi-level framework that allows us to consider the different contexts in which risk and protective factors exist.

Watch here. This webinar recording is from a regional webinar training delivered by the South-Southwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center and was recorded on June 25, 2019. This webinar focuses on the Continuum of Care to identify the role of prevention in Mental Health First Aid. The substance abuse preventionist can expect to identify how the Mental Health First Aid course interventions address prevention at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of service.

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