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Discover how Kamiah, Idaho, transformed into a prevention-focused community through the Upriver Youth Leadership Council (UYLC). This tool highlights how UYLC engaged youth, built partnerships, and implemented strategies across the substance use continuum, driving a community-wide culture of prevention and recovery. Explore actionable insights and best practices for fostering a holistic, prevention-focused environment.
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This tool explores how multiple epidemics, influenced by environmental factors, interact to exacerbate health issues like substance misuse. Emphasizing collaboration and environmental context, this resource delves into the implications for substance use disorder (SUD) prevention and offers prevention professionals strategies for developing a syndemic-informed approach to improve community health outcomes.
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This toolkit guides prevention practitioners in establishing and sustaining data workgroups essential for data-informed decision-making. These workgroups, integral to SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework, locate, analyze, and disseminate crucial substance misuse data.
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This toolkit equips prevention practitioners with the tools and guidance needed to conduct effective focus groups, fostering open dialogue, and gathering valuable insights from diverse stakeholders. By integrating focus groups throughout the prevention process and developing clear protocols, practitioners can tailor discussions to address specific community needs and inform evidence-based strategies.
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This tool provides insights for navigating the complexities of group collaboration in prevention efforts. Drawing from the Stages of Development Team Theory, it offers a roadmap for understanding and managing group dynamics across four crucial stages: Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing. From fostering trust and defining goals to delegating tasks and celebrating successes, this resource equips leaders with practical strategies to maximize productivity, cohesion, and long-term success within coalitions.
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This comprehensive resource offers a detailed understanding of stakeholders in early childhood education and their role in supporting prevention efforts. Covering prenatal care through elementary school years, it highlights primary and secondary partners, provides insights on collaboration, and emphasizes the importance of parental involvement, serving as a valuable tool for informed prevention planning and community engagement.
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Aimed at demystifying the intricacies of primary care, this glossary defines key terms and concepts within primary care, shedding light on legislative influences, funding mechanisms, provider organizations, and payment systems.
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The Institute of Medicine's continuum of care categorizes behavioral health services into four areas: promotion, prevention, treatment, and recovery. This resource explores how these services align, offering support from promoting wellness to aiding in long-term recovery. It provides a structured framework for addressing substance misuse across various stages of care, ensuring comprehensive support for individuals and communities.
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This resource examines cultural-specific risk and protective factors related to substance misuse and mental well-being in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. It provides research findings to assist in culturally responsive prevention planning, emphasizing the importance of understanding and respecting their diverse cultural backgrounds and practices.