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The Role of Prevention in a Trauma-Informed Approach to Wellness

Vol. 9, Iss. 14

This Prevention Tactic describes the impact of trauma on individuals and communities; defines the key components of a trauma-informed approach, and how they differ from current prevention efforts; and provides examples from cities that are using a trauma-informed approach to > read more

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Social Determinants of Health: A Common Language for Collaborating Across Sectors

Vol. 9, Iss. 13

This tactic will help prevention professionals employ the language of social determinants of health (SDH) as a means of grounding substance use disorder prevention work in the broader cross-systems prevention dialogue. This tactic defines SDH and explains how this terminology > read more

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Sustaining Prevention: Eight Capacity Building Factors for Success

Vol. 9, Iss. 13

The goal of this Prevention Tactic is to demonstrate how prevention stakeholders can utilize eight capacity building factors to continue and expand prevention efforts regardless of the entity’s size, bureaucracy or the changing environment. To demonstrate how capacity building can > read more

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Culturally Responsive Environmental Prevention

Vol. 9, Iss. 12

The goal of this Tactic is to assist professional prevention providers, grassroots citizen groups, prevention coalitions, and others who aim to change substance use and abuse patterns on a community scale by illuminating what culturally responsive selection, implementation, and evaluation > read more

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Effective Substance Abuse Prevention

This paper arms prevention planners and practitioners with clear information to help make prevention a priority. It attempts to take the pulse of prevention by looking at effective strategies within the substance abuse prevention field, providing tips on selecting the > read more

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Substance Abuse Prevention: Benefits Outweigh Costs – Spreading the Message Where It Counts

Vol. 9, Iss. 7

Many social science fields embrace taking the long view when addressing problems, seeing prevention as the cornerstone of effective problem solving. This publication focuses on the cost/ benefits of substance abuse prevention and how to support these essential efforts in > read more

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The Power of Substance Abuse Prevention: Why Invest in Prevention

Given today’s economic conditions, it is critical to measure the worth of programs, services, and policies that stand to reduce the costly effects of substance abuse. The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of the cost-effective and > read more

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Creating a Policy to Manage Donations

Vol. 9, Iss. 5

We are again seeing a new wave of unease with industry ads displayed at local, community events such as fairs, fundraisers, and festivals, especially where children and families are in attendance. In light of these concerns, government bodies and community-based > read more

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The Elderly and Prescription Drug Misuse and Abuse

Vol. 9, Iss. 2

Elderly individuals are particularly vulnerable to prescription drug misuse. Prescription drug abuse is present in 12% to 15% of elderly individuals who seek medical attention. In addition to the toll on individuals and families, abuse places a heavy financial toll > read more

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Preventing Substance Abuse Among Youth in Foster Care

Vol. 9, Iss. 4

Many youth who experience the foster care system struggle with substance use and abuse. By understanding these complex needs and underscoring the context prevention in which services are provided, substance abuse prevention providers can adapt their service models to effectively > read more

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