Event Calendar

SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) provides practitioners with comprehensive guidance to more effectively address substance misuse and related behavioral health problems in their communities. This seven-part webinar series will explore this five-step, data-driven process to identify genuine prevention needs, build capacity and plans to address those needs, implement effective programs and interventions, and evaluate and continually improve prevention efforts.

At each step of the SPF, and in separate sessions, practitioners will learn to integrate the guiding principles of cultural competence and sustainability to help support the implementation of SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF). 

Certificates for prevention hours will be available upon registration and completion of the webinar.

Each webinar is one hour and will begin at 8:00 a.m. PST

• February 25, Part 1: Assessment, will introduce the SPF and explore how to identify the needs of the community using data.

• March 24, Part 2: Capacity Building, will guide participants through the process of improving community readiness and increasing the resources available to address prevention efforts.

• April 21, Part 3: Planning, will prepare participants to plan to address identified needs

• May 19, Part 4: Implementation, will provide participants with the tools needed to implement prevention programs, policies, and practices with fidelity and effectiveness.

• June 23, Part 5: Evaluation, will offer helpful guides for the collection and analysis of prevention strategies and teach participants how to modify programming for future enhanced results.

• July 21, Part 6: Sustainability, will provide participants with the elements of a sustainable prevention program and how to integrate sustainability into each step of the SPF.

• August 25, Part 7: Cultural Competency, will prepare the participant to demonstrate cultural competence at the individual, organizational and system-level at each step of the SPF.

This webinar, developed by the Central East PTTC, will describe the importance of environmental strategies and how they differ from individual-focused prevention programs. Environmental strategies are prevention interventions that address factors related to the context within which individuals make decisions about initiating and continuing substance use. Researchers have identified numerous risk and protective factors for engaging in substance use, which are often categorized by a socio-ecological model. Environmental strategies primarily seek to address factors found at the community and society levels of the model. The webinar will discuss the different types of environmental strategies and provide examples of evidence-based strategies. It will also walk through examples of collaborative partners needed to implement environmental strategies and the pre-implementation work that preventionists will need to complete.

Presented by Robina Walker, PhD, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, this webinar will describe trends in the use of methamphetamine, describe evidence-based treatments for methamphetamine use disorder, and summarize current research investigating new treatments for methamphetamine use disorder.

This webinar will be held by the National American Indian and Alaska Native Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) Network.

Our understanding of adolescence has fundamentally changed over the past several decades. New insights from research reveal how changes in brain structure and function (such as the strengthening of connections within and between brain regions and the pruning away of unused connections) that occur during adolescence afford young people a remarkable capacity to learn, adapt to changes, and explore their own creativity.

But this understanding is not reflected in the current structure of the child welfare system, which was primarily designed to meet the needs of younger children. Adolescents’ more advanced developmental needs and abilities are not fully incorporated in the system’s aims and methods. Moreover, there are disparities within the child welfare system, with poor children and children of color being disproportionally referred to the child welfare system.

In this webinar, two members of the expert committee that authored The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth, Leslie Leve (University of Oregon) and Susan Mangold (Juvenile Law Center) will explore adolescent development science and opportunities for continued reform in the child welfare system. Practitioners, advocates, researchers, parents, and adolescents are encouraged to register.

Join Logan Davis, Outreach and Engagement Manager of the Higher Education Center, as he discusses the value of implementing SBIRT (screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment) on college and university campuses. In addition, he will walk attendees through the program, highlighting its key features, and share ways campuses are currently utilizing ScreenU as part of a comprehensive prevention strategy.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn about SBIRT and its utility on campus
• Walk through both the student and staff experience
• Hear examples of how campuses have implemented ScreenU in different departments and with different groups of students

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) presents the next installment of the webinar series, "Conversations: Putting Research into Action" on local regulation of marijuana sales. This month's conversation will be with Dr. Julia Dilley, who will present the findings of her recent article, "Community-level policy responses to state marijuana legalization in Washington State," published in International Journal of Drug Policy in 2017. Dr. Dilley will discuss how Washington State communities restricted marijuana sales in their jurisdictions and what local policy options are available to coalitions addressing marijuana sales in their communities too. 

For additional information or any questions, please contact Karolina Deuth by emailing evaluation@cadca.org or calling 1-800-54-CADCA, ext. 263.

Our expert moderator and panelists will answer questions and have a discussion about the following topics:

• Current research findings from the Division of Respiratory, Critical Care & Pulmonary, University of Utah on vaping-associated lung injury as well as an update on future studies.  
• Vaping prevention risk/protective factors, existing evidence-based or promising vaping prevention programs for youth and young adults (18-25) and other vaping research and resources.
• Policies/laws around e-cigarettes/vaping at the federal level as well as within HHS Region 8 states (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY). Additionally, the experts will discuss what, communities, community coalitions and schools can do, in regards to policies/laws, to combat vaping. Some strategies being implemented in rural communities will be highlighted.

Moderator: 
Dr. Jason Burrow-Sánchez, Professor/Department Chair, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Utah

Panelists: 

• Sean Callahan, M.D., Internal Medicine Physician and Assistant Professor, Division of Respiratory, Critical Care & Pulmonary, University of Utah
• Susannah Burt, Prevention Program Administrator, Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health
• Braden Ainsworth MPH, CPM, Program Manager, Tobacco Prevention and Control Program, Utah Department of Health

While other substances may get the share of the media attention, excessive alcohol consumption remains a consistent public health issue. This webinar will unravel the mystery of U.S. alcohol
regulation, review the current science on effective strategies to addressing local conditions that influence the alcohol policy environment, and provide insights about the future of alcohol policy regulation, and the need for balance between consumer interests and public health and safety considerations.

What kinds of personal information should be collected, analyzed, and shared for improving population health? In the February session of Hot Topics in Practice, two attorneys explore the legal and ethical issues related to public health data use.

This one-hour webinar begins with an overview of how the law can be an effective tool to promote public health and data sharing. The presentation will then discuss which ethical frameworks and questions are most helpful to guide our thinking as we approach data-related activities, as well as big data applications. The presenters will share case studies and action steps that help public health professionals address these seemingly intractable dilemmas and take the lead in initiating these community conversations.

Presenters
Rachel Hulkower, JD, MSPH, Public Health Analyst, Cherokee Nation Assurance, CDC Public Health Law Program
Cason Schmit, JD, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University School of Public Health