This resource provides information on what it means to organize for community change and effective strategies, as well as an overview on starting and maintaining a coalition with accompanying tools and examples.

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Publisher: The Community Tool Box

A history of unethical research and deficit-based paradigms have contributed to profound mistrust of research among Native Americans, serving as an important call to action. Lack of cultural safety in research with Native Americans limits integration of cultural and contextual knowledge that is valuable for understanding challenges and making progress toward sustainable change. This paper aims identify strategies for promoting cultural safety, accountability, and sustainability in research with Native American communities.

Author: Teresa N. Brockie, Kyle Hill, Patricia M. Davidson, Ellie Decker, Lydia Koh Krienke, Katie E. Nelson, Natalie Nicholson, Alicia M. Werk, Deborah Wilson, & Deana Around Him

Publisher: Contemporary Nurse

As part of a strategic planning process, practitioners need to select prevention strategies or interventions that address those risk and protective factors associated with their prioritized substance-related problem(s). This document summarizes evaluations of prevention strategies and interventions associated with binge or heavy episodic drinking, as identified in the prevention research literature. It also provides recommendations for using the prevention research to inform strategy selection.

Author: Publisher: Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC)

The National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives is pleased to provide this 40-page booklet of factsheets documenting evidence for structural racism across societal systems. Experts from a wide range of fields present data on the negative impacts of racist practices on the health and well-being of children and families, and recommend public policies to weed it out.

Author: National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives

Publisher: National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives

This guidance document is a resource for municipalities, individuals, organizations, community coalitions, and other groups who are implementing universal prevention efforts aimed at preventing and reducing underage drinking and other drug use in Massachusetts, including those whose efforts are funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) Bureau of Substance Abuse Services (BSAS) and, more specifically, grantees of the Massachusetts Substance Abuse Prevention Collaborative (SAPC) grant program.

Author: Center for Strategic Prevention Support Publisher: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Abuse Services

A self-guided and reflective tool that is inclusive of evidence-based practices, risk and protective factors and coping skills specific to LGBTQ+ youth for educators to utilize when developing and evaluating their own curriculum and informational products, to ensure they are being intentional with their inclusion and support of LGBTQIA+ youth. 

Author: Alissa Cannon Publisher: New England PTTC, SAMHSA

SUMHLC offers a variety of live interactive webinar (virtual) training sessions, hybrid trainings and self-paced, and asynchronous online trainings.

The Central East PTTC has created the Substance Use Prevention Resources for Use During a Pandemic guide to help prevention professionals navigate this challenging time.

Author: Publisher: Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC)

The Central East PTTC has created the Substance Use Prevention Resources for Use During a Pandemic guide to help prevention professionals navigate this challenging time.

Author: Publisher: Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC)

On August 31, 2022, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking information on SAMHSA's Role in Possible Agency Actions Regarding Mental Health and Substance Use Wellbeing in the Context of Climate Change and Health Equity. SAMHSA requested input on such issues as lessons learned from past climate-related emergencies, potential top priorities concerning climate change and health equity, research priorities, resources, and collaboration with governmental and non-governmental partners.

The deadline for comments was October 31, 2022. SAMHSA received 77 responses to the RFI ranging from 1-2 paragraphs to 20+ pages. Commenters included: medical and trade associations, academia, government officials (some making comments in their private capacity), private individuals (no evident affiliation), consulting firms, nonprofits/community organizations, and health care and behavioral health providers (active and retired). Based on SAMHSA’s analysis, this report provides a high-level summary of the key messages or themes from the RFI comments.

As noted in the RFI, it was for informational and planning purposes only and was not a solicitation for applications or an obligation on the part of the government to provide support for any ideas identified in response to it.

Key Ideas

• Climate change is a social determinant of mental health

• Behavioral health systems must become “climate-informed”

• Intergenerational trauma will be one of the layered effects of climate-related environmental change

Author: SAMHSA Publisher: SAMHSA