Announcements

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Session Objectives:

List the programs, media campaigns and professional training opportunities offered by Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW). Review the components and materials for PPW programs, media campaigns and training. Discuss how prevention and health organizations across the US are implementing PPW strategies.

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3X1ZbJ3VQSKbvthefgXaWQ

Length: 60 minutes

Date: Wednesday June 1st

Time: 12:… read more

HCA will be hosting the 2022 Washington State Provider Meeting and Prevention Summit this November in a hybrid format. The in-person portion will be held in Yakima, WA at the Yakima Convention Center. The virtual option will include livestreaming for those to take part remotely. More information on the hybrid format will be shared as the agenda is finalized in the coming months.

The pre-conference Washington State Prevention Provider Meeting will be hosted the morning of Tuesday,… read more

SAMHSA recently released a series of downloadable resources for informing adults and reaching out to teens with the facts about underage alcohol use - all updated in Spanish!

After High School: Talking With Your Young Adult about Underage Drinking This Spanish language fact sheet is to inform parents how to effectively talk to their young adult about the risks of underage drinking. Tips for Teens: The Truth about Alcohol This Spanish language fact sheet for teens provides facts… read more

As a follow-up to National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, CADCA put together a video on the safe storage and disposal of medications with their partner AmerisourceBergen. Take a look, share the video, and help keep this successful awareness campaign going!

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is announcing its first-ever behavioral health Recovery Innovation Challenge. The goal of this challenge is to identify innovations developed by peer-run or community-based organizations, and entities that may partner with them—such as local or state governments, health systems, hospitals, or health plans—that advance recovery.

As part of this challenge,… read more

We hope attendees had an amazing time at 2022 Coalition Leadership Institute. It was a blast to put together with help from the Northwest PTTC and volunteers from the DBHR Prevention team. We appreciated the energy and the engagement you all provided, but if you missed any of it or would like to review, we are pleased to announce that ALL materials from the conference can now be found on the Athena Forum, under “Training” - “Provider Training” - “Coalition Leadership Institute - May 4-5… read more

We are looking for a few prevention specialists that would like to participate in beta testing the new online Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) Follow-Up Course: Youth Goal Monitoring & Setting next week.

This online course is designed for Prevention Plus Wellness program implementers who wish to follow-up with participating youth/young adults and track their goal monitoring and goal setting over time.

If chosen, we will send you a link to register for the course and add 1-2… read more

Session Objectives:

Explore connections between the big 3 lifestyle behaviors (i.e., breakfast eating (nutrition), sleep duration & physical activity and mental health problems and behaviors among US high school adolescents using YRBS data (2019). Review research examining healthy lifestyle behaviors, including diet and breakfast eating, sleep and physical activity and mental health indicators. Identify practice implications for youth-serving professionals and parents.

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DBHR is looking for interested CPWI Coordinators to participate in a one-hour Health Equity interview for an evaluation project. The purpose of these interviews is to identify success stories, barriers, challenges, and other information relevant for promoting health equity in CPWI communities. The information from this interview will be used to share lessons learned in promoting equity in prevention work with other CPWI communities, to celebrate successes in the communities, and to… read more

Session Objectives:

Explore the need for addressing both chronic disease risks and substance use risks in single prevention programs and media campaigns for youth, young adults and parents. Identify unique characteristics of PPW programs and campaigns allowing them to broadly prevent substance use while improving the mental and physical health of young people. Review research, theory and practice supporting PPW programs and campaigns as practical, evidence-based multiple risk… read more