Careers of Substance collects resources from trusted organizations in order to support the substance use workforce in a variety of areas. If you would like to suggest a resource, please contact us.
Turning Data Into Action: A User’s Guide to the Report to Congress on the Prevention and Reduction of Underage Drinking
The Report to Congress on the Prevention and Reduction of Underage Drinking (RTC), along with the State Performance and Best Practices report and state-specific reports, serves as a resource for creating data-driven and evidence-based policies and programs to reduce and prevent underage drinking. This user guide gives a brief overview of the reports and a breakdown by audience for how to find and use the information they contain.
Author: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Publisher: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Understanding the Role of Intervening Variables/Risk and Protective Factors
This brief provides an overview of some of the risk and protective factors that affect the likelihood that a child will misuse substances in the future by age range (prenatal, 1-3, 3-5, and school age).
Author: The Center for Strategic Prevention Support and the Bureau of Substance Addiction Services Publisher: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services
Undoing the Drivers of Health Inequity
The fundamental drivers of health inequity are systemic factors that shape people’s physical and social surroundings in ways that create barriers to health. This interactive tool outlines how to address the five fundamental drivers of health inequity by developing legal and policy strategies to transform policies and systems. It provides real-world examples of how communities across the country have used equitable policymaking to confront the drivers of health inequity and create systems change.
Author: ChangeLab Solutions
Publisher: ChangeLab Solutions
Using Naloxone to Reverse Opioid Overdose in the Workplace: Information for Employers and Workers
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) developed this information to help employers and workers understand the risk of opioid overdose and help them decide if they should establish a workplace naloxone availability and use program.
Vermont Alcohol & Drug Professionals Workforce Development Resources
Supporting the development and maintenance of the VT alcohol & drug professional workforce, this page offers resources, webinars, trainings, conferences and learning communities for those working in or exploring the field of alcohol & drug prevention, treatment and recovery.
Voluntary Non-Opioid Directive
Chapter 52 of the Acts of 2016, an act relative to substance use, treatment, education and prevention (“the STEP Act”) established Voluntary Non-Opioid Directives. The form allows people to decline in advance any treatment option that includes opioids.
Wander - a Tool to Support Youth Health and Wellness
Wander is an online destination created by the Prevention Unit in the Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS) at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The site’s goal is to equip youth in early adolescence with stress reduction tools. It offers a self-guided, engaging and motivating game that youth can use by themselves — or with support from trusted adults — to help them build an internal toolbox of self-regulation, mindfulness, and coping skills.
Webinar recording - Equity in Action: How Communities can Drive Implementation of Declarations of Racism as a Public Health Crisis
The Collaborative for Anti-Racism & Equity (CARE) is hosted its first webinar on 8/24/23 . In this 90-minute presentation, hear from our partners and we discuss our work to support and address racism as a public health crisis.
Webinar Objectives:
- Describe barriers to achieving racial equity
- Explain how governmental programs to achieve racial equity comply with the 14th Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Assess community involvement in declarations of racism as a public health crisis and identify opportunities for community to be authentically centered in political processes
- Identify limitations and opportunities for narrative change in news coverage of policy efforts to declare racism a public health crisis
- Learn more about the history of declarations
- Understand their role in public health
- Learn more about APHA’s racism declarations tracking map
Presenters:
Lawrence Haynes – American Public Health Association
Dawn Hunter – Network for Public Health Law
Camara Jones – O’Neill-Lancet Commission on Racism, Structural Discrimination, and Global Health
Catherine Labiran – The Praxis Project
Crystal Lewis – The Institute for Healing, Justice, & Equity
Hina Mahmood – Berkeley Media Studies Group
Ruqaiijah Yearby – The Institute for Healing, Justice, & Equity
Author: Collaborative for Anti-Racism and Equity (CARE)
Publisher: Collaborative for Anti-Racism and Equity (CARE)
Wellness and Health Promotion
Wellness and nutrition can affect vulnerability to addiction, and can support or hinder recovery.
Health promotion activities can foster brain and other physical changes that support recovery and assist with management or prevention of cravings. Treatment and prevention can incorporate health promotion along with other tools.
What Do Prevention Specialists Do? Video Series
In this video series, you will hear from experienced prevention specialists working in New England describing the varied roles and experiences of prevention specialists. Each video focuses on a Prevention Performance Domain as defined by the International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC) Prevention Specialist Job Analysis. Through these videos, you will learn what each prevention domain is and how all the domains function together for effective prevention. If you are new to the field of prevention, or starting a new role within the field, these videos will help you understand the science and practice of prevention specialists.
Author: Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network (PTTC) Publisher: Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network (PTTC)