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The Athena website is created for prevention professionals to develop, update, and sustain their substance abuse prevention work.

You can find general information about substance abuse prevention on this site or get specific documents and tools like sample agendas and surveys. You can also access prevention discussions and online training opportunities.

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National Prevention Week - Promotion of Mental Health

18 weeks 3 hours ago

Promotion of mental health is a complex and often nebulous topic when it comes to community prevention work. Mental health is much more than simply the absence of mental disorders. However, this does not mean that promoting mental health and wellness is a simple task. see the link below for some great information about mental health and evidence-based promotion efforts. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs220/en/ May 14-20 is National Prevention Week. ... Read more...

Shared Documents

Minerva Reference Document: Reporting Program Start Up 3 days 2 hours ago
Minerva Reference Document: Reporting Coalition Meetings 3 days 20 hours ago
Minerva Reference Document: Creating the Community Coalition Program Profile 1 week 1 day ago
Minerva Getting Started Quick Reference Guide 2 weeks 2 days ago
Description of Required Reporting 3 weeks 1 day ago
Aug 23 2017 - Prevention Learning Community Meeting Slides 4 weeks 1 day ago
Increasing Capacity and Outreach to Military - Janis Clark - 3rd hour presentation - Aug 23 2017 4 weeks 1 day ago
Strategic Planning Templates 4 weeks 1 day ago

News and Announcements

2017 Washington State Prevention Awards of Excellence Nomination Packet (download here) 16 weeks 1 day ago
Funding Opportunity - Evaluability Assessment of Marijuana and Prevention Education Program 1 week 1 day ago
Resilience Conference - Prosser, Washington 2 weeks 1 day ago
Social media tools for promoting Overdose Awareness Day - Aug 31 3 weeks 2 days ago

Discussion Activity

Contract examples 7 weeks 4 days ago
Informational Brochures, Papers, Posters, STUFF 8 weeks 2 days ago
Looking for educational video recommendations 17 weeks 3 days ago

Upcoming Events

Minerva Data Entry Training

Monday, September 25, 2017 - 10:00am - 3:30pm
Prevention Provider "3rd Hour" Webinar

Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Youth Mental Health First Aid

Friday, September 29, 2017 - 8:00am - 5:00pm

Job Opportunities

Health Equity Consultant (DOH3804) Posted: 09/22/2017 - 5:04pm
Student Assistance Professional Posted: 09/20/2017 - 8:58am
Prevention Systems Development Manager (DSHS) Posted: 09/17/2017 - 2:30pm
Tobacco Cessation Consultant (DOH3794) Posted: 09/14/2017 - 7:11pm
Mt. Baker Community Prevention Wellness Initiative Coalition Coordinator Posted: 09/12/2017 - 1:58pm
Prevention/Intervention Specialist and Chemical Dependency Professional Posted: 08/22/2017 - 10:46am

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