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Monthly e-newsletter of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC.  September 2020 issue focus: National Recovery Month

Southeast PTTC August Newsletter

In this Issue Sustaining Prevention Programming During a Pandemic Additional Resources What's Happening Around the Region? Epi Corner: Sustainability: A Data-Driven Dynamic Process

How Does the SPF Contribute to Sustainability?   Assessment Communities begin making decisions based on a clear understanding of local prevention needs. They also begin building relationships with data keepers and stakeholders who can play important roles in supporting and sustaining local prevention efforts over time. Capacity By increasing the ability to respond to changing issues with innovative solutions, by promoting public awareness and support for evidence-based prevention, and by engaging partners and cultivating champions, communities ensure that successful programs are sustained within a larger community context, and therefore less vulnerable to local budgetary and political fluctuations. Planning When developing a comprehensive approach to preventing substance misuse, communities consider the degree to which prevention interventions fit with local needs, capacity, and culture: the better the fit, the more likely interventions are to be both successful and sustainable. Implementation By working closely with partners to deliver evidence-based programs and practices as intended, closely monitoring and improving their delivery, and celebrating “small wins” along the way, communities help to ensure intervention effectiveness and begin to weave prevention into the fabric of the community. Evaluation Through process and outcome evaluation, communities can make important mid-course corrections to prevention efforts, identify which practices are worth expanding and/or sustaining, and examine ongoing plans for—and progress toward—sustaining those practices that work. By sharing evaluation findings, planners can also help build the support needed to expand and sustain effective interventions.1 Cultural Competence To ensure that prevention practices produce positive outcomes for members of diverse population groups, communities must engage in an inclusive and culturally appropriate approach to identifying and addressing their substance misuse problems. Prevention infused with health equity is the only type of prevention worth doing—and sustaining.

Southeast PTTC July Newsletter

The fourth edition of our bi-monthly newsletter is available. This month's edition features an update from the director focusing on schools reopening, micro-learning, regionally and nationally developed trainings and tools to support and grow the prevention workforce in New England.

Prevention of Substance Misuse in Older Adults Additional Resources What's Happening Around the Region? Epi Corner: Substance Use Among Older Adults

Southeast PTTC June Newsletter 

Monthly newsletter of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC.  June 2020 issue includes resources for addressing health equity available from across the Great Lakes programs and the TTC networks. 

Monthly e-newsletter of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC. 

Monthly e-newsletter of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC. 

Evaluation: Adding Razzle Dazzle to Your Prevention Programming Efforts This number hasn’t been confirmed, but in my experience, about 110% of preventionists are passionate about prevention and the work they’re doing. Their elevator speeches advocating for prevention are in their back pockets and ready to be shared at the first glimpse of eye contact from that unsuspecting county commissioner, they work into the wee hours of the morning to make sure everything is in place for that special community event, they meet nervously but energetically with the hesitant community leader that took them hours to contact. Surely, preventionists would give the energizer bunny a run for his money! Regardless of how much passion a preventionist has though, prevention outcomes cannot be achieved with a handful of motivated individuals. We already know that in order for prevention efforts to be sustained over time, the community needs to be involved and sometimes others need to see the value of the prevention efforts and the changes that can, and have, occurred in the community before they invest. Regardless of the type of investment; time, space, energy, resources, they need to know the cause is worth their effort. This is where evaluation comes in. Telling your story, sharing your data with the community and those who are making an investment, or that you would like to make an investment, will greatly increase your opportunities for collaboration. Not only does evaluation help you improve your impact on the community from year to year, but it helps you share that information in concise, measurable ways that will convince even the most reluctant of community leaders.  

The National American Indian and Alaska Native Prevention Technology Transfer Center would like to share with you Volume 1, Issue 3 of our newsletter, Prevention in our Native American Communities for Summer 2020: Secondary Trauma: How Providers Can Cope. Please take a few moments to explore this issue.

A Developmental Approach Substance Use Prevention Additional Resources What's Happening Around the Region? Epi Corner: Preventing Substance Misuse Among Young Adults

Culturally Relevant Prevention in African American Communities The Cultural Adaption Continuum Additional Resources What's Happening Around the Region? Epi Corner: Enhancing Cultural Competency to Reduce Health Disparities

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

Opioid Overdoses and Suicide Additional Resources PTTC Events and Products Epi Corner:Understanding Disease Using the Epidemiology Triangle

Upcoming PTTC Training Brain Science Techniques and Tobacco Control Measures: A Merging of the Minds   Five Fascinating Brain Science Resources

Upcoming PTTC Training Serving Military Veterans in Substance Misuse Prevention Additional Resources Question to the Field Apps for Veterans and Those Working With Veterans Addressing Trauma  

What is the Value of Prevention Credentialing? International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium Prevention Examination and Domains Testing Resources Region 6 Credentialing Boards Degree Programs in Prevention What's Happening Around the Region? Epi Corner: Growing and Maintaining a Competent Prevention Workforce: A Data Driven Process

  Congratulations SAMHSA Grantees Resources-New Fiscal Year Training and Conference Highlights Staff Music Picks Staff Self-Care Ideas Epi Corner-Partnering with an Epidemiologist to Enhance Your Prevention Efforts

The third edition of our bi-monthly newsletter is available. This month's edition features an update from the director, toolkit for parks and recreation, regionally and nationally developed trainings and tools to support and grow the prevention workforce in New England.

Introduction: Prevention Across the Lifespan: Preconceptual, Prenatal and Infancy Additional Resources What's Happening Around the Region? Epi Corner: Prevention Across the Lifespan: Preconceptual, Prenatal and Infancy

Meet the South Southwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center team! Epi Corner article by Dr. Beverly Triana-Tremain, Got Data Literacy? 5 Actions You Can Take Right Now