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Grant Reviewers and Grant Writers in Massachusetts
This is a list of prevention professionals in Massachusetts who have grant reviewing or writing expertise.
Author: Center for Strategic Prevention Support
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Great Lakes PTTC: Evidence-based Prevention Page
To maximize the effectiveness of our prevention efforts and to ensure we don't do harm, it is important to implement evidence-based prevention. Evidence-based prevention includes programs, practices, and policies that have been shown to be effective through rigorous evaluations to prevent the onset and continuation of substance use, misuse, and other problem behaviors.
Author: Great Lakes PTTC Publisher: Great Lakes PTTC
Guidance for Conducting Focus Groups
This tool provides guidance for conducting focus groups including planning, developing questions, and conducting the focus groups themselves. It also provides sample question for different audiences related to the issue of underage drinking.
Author: Massachusetts Technical Assistance Partnership for Prevention Publisher: Center for Strategic Prevention Support
Guidance for Conducting Focus Groups for the MOAPC Grant
This tool provides guidance for conducting focus groups including planning, developing questions, and conducting the focus groups themselves. It also provides sample question for different audiences related to the issue of opioid misuse and overdose prevention.
Author: Massachusetts Technical Assistance Partnership for Prevention
Publisher: Center for Strategic Prevention Support
Guidance for Conducting Focus Groups for the PFS Grant
This tool provides guidance for conducting focus groups including planning, developing questions, and conducting the focus groups themselves. It also provides sample question for different audiences related to the issue of prescription drug misuse prevention.
Author: Center for Strategic Prevention Support
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Guidance on Communications After a Non-Concussion Sports Injury Fact Sheet
Recent legislation in Massachusetts requires that parents of middle and high school athletes and other adults such as coaches, athletic directors, athletic trainers, and school nurses receive educational materials on the potential dangers of opioid use and misuse. The educational materials shall also be distributed in written form to all students participating in an extracurricular athletic activity prior to the commencement of their athletic seasons.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH), Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) and Massachusetts Technical Assistance Partnership for Prevention (MassTAPP) collaborated to provide action steps to help prevent opioid misuse and overdose among student athletes. This fact sheet also highlight resources for addressing possible alcohol or opioid misuse or addiction.
Author: Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH), Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) and Massachusetts Technical Assistance Partnership for Prevention (MassTAPP)
Publisher: Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH)
Guide to Online Registries for Substance Misuse Prevention Evidence-based Programs and Practices
Prevention leaders are dedicated to improving the health of their communities through effective programs and policies to reduce substance misuse and its related consequences. Perhaps the most critical decisions prevention staff weigh are what set of programs and policies to implement, typically with limited resources. In the past, many prevention practitioners relied on a single registry to find potential evidence-based programs and policies that is no longer available. The good news is many other options exist! This document summarizes many available federal registries and online databases where prevention practitioners can begin their search for the “best fit” evidence-based prevention program, policy, or practice.
Author: SAMHSA’S Pacific Southwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center Publisher:
Handbook for Community Anti-drug Coalitions
The Handbook for Community Anti-Drug Coalitions provides an overview of resources for and about community coalitions. It helps educate, inform and empower local coalitions and provides some of the basic tools needed to become effective and sustainable.
Author: Publisher: Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA)