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Implementing Community-Level Policies to Prevent Alcohol Misuse
Alcohol misuse is focused on binge and heavy drinking patterns within a community or at the population level. This guide will serve as a compendium of key policies for the prevention of alcohol misuse that have been identified as evidence-based by robust scientific literature.
Author: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Publisher: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Implementing Promising Community Interventions
Information on illustrative interventions using various strategies for change.
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Publisher: Community Toolbox
Implementing Social Marketing
This toolkit assists in developing a social marketing effort to promote adoption and use of innovations.
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Publisher: Community Toolbox
Improving Organizational Management and Development
This toolkit provides guidance for enhancing your organization's governance structure and improving communication.
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Publisher: Community Toolbox
Incorporating the Social Determinants of Health into Substance Use Prevention
Evidence-based substance misuse prevention starts with a clear understanding of the risk and protective factors driving substance misuse and related behavioral health problems present in communities. Many factors affect people's risk of misusing substances. Among these, the social determinants of health (SDOH) are some of the most important.
This tool is designed to educate prevention professionals about the SDOH, including what SDOH are and how they impact the risk of substance use.
Author: The Strategic Prevention Technical Assistance Center (SPTAC)
Publisher: SAMHSA
Increasing Cultural Humility for Prevention Specialists who work with Hispanic, Latino, Latinx Populations in New England
This tool serves prevention specialists that want to establish positive relationships with Hispanic, Latino, or Latinx populations and those who are already working with this population and want to improve their cultural humility. The goal of this product is to help lessen the barriers that prevention specialists and Latino populations may face when discussing substance misuse and addiction. Covered in this tool are geography of Hispanic and Latino populations within New England, linguistics to consider, risk and protective factors, and New England state specific resources for people who identify as Hispanic, Latino, or Latinx with whom prevention specialists may want to connect.
Author: Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network (PTTC) Publisher: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Increasing Participation and Membership
This toolkit provides guidance for increasing participation and engaging stakeholders in change efforts.
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Publisher: Community Toolbox
Injury Management: A Key Component of Prescription Opioid Misuse Prevention 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)
Institute for Health & Recovery (IHR)
The Institute for Health and Recovery (IHR) is a statewide service, research, policy and program development agency. Trainings on a wide variety of topics are available through BSAS Training Calendar.
Institute for Health & Recovery (IHR)
The Institute for Health and Recovery (IHR) is a statewide service, research, policy and program development agency. Searchable Training & TA topics include Pregnant/Parenting Women, SUD Treatment, Tobacco, Trauma, Youth/Young Adults, and Wellness.