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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 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 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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This resource offers guidance for prevention professionals addressing prescription opioid misuse. It helps practitioners understand state-specific regulations, educational requirements, and collaboration opportunities to enhance prescriber education programs. By answering key questions such as who can prescribe opioids in your state and what resources are available, this tool equips professionals to collaborate effectively with primary care.
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Recognizing the vital role prescribers play in mitigating prescription opioid misuse, this resource explores the importance of educating prescribers on safe opioid prescribing practices, outlines key goals for prescriber education, and provides foundation information that prevention professionals need to advocate for and facilitate prescriber education in their communities.
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This tool provides a comprehensive guide on the use and accessibility of naloxone, a life-saving medication for reversing opioid overdoses. It discusses the current state of naloxone access, including types of access laws, liability protections, and the future of over-the-counter availability. The guide also addresses non-legal barriers to naloxone access, such as knowledge gaps, attitudes, values, beliefs, and logistical challenges. Additionally, it outlines strategies to overcome these barriers and considers additional factors like polysubstance use and naloxone dosing.