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SAMHSA has just released its newest report titled Data-Based Planning for Effective Prevention: State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroups.
This report presents the key principles and core expectations of the State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroups, designed to use data to inform and enhance state and community decisions regarding substance abuse and mental health disorder prevention programs.
Please follow the link below to learn more and download your own copy for...
read moreIf you have experience as a peer counselor, outreach worker, Promotoras de Salud, patient navigator or community health worker, add this training to your resume and become a part of the Community Health Worker workforce in our state.
For additional information about these trainings and how they could benefit your group, agency or practice, click here: http://hcwcommunityhealthworker.org/.
To register for a training...
read moreGet Involved in SAMHSA's National Prevention Week 2014: May 18 to 24!
National Prevention Week is a SAMHSA-supported annual health observance dedicated to increasing public awareness of, and action around, substance abuse and mental health issues. This observance is powered by communities nationwide that host prevention-themed events to:
* Increase the visibility of behavioral health and the...
read moreUnderage Drinking includes readily accessible reviews of the latest research on the extent of underage drinking and problems associated with it. According to the report, "Alcohol remains the most widely used substance of abuse among America's youth," which has "profound negative consequences for underage drinkers, their families, their communities, and society as a whole."...
read moreThe Annals of Internal Medicine published today a methods paper by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) titled “Behavioral Counseling Research and Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Perspectives.” The paper provides the USPSTF’s perspective on developing evidence-based recommendations for behavioral counseling...
read moreState of New Hampshire Job Posting
Chief of Prevention & Education Services
Department of Health & Human Services
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read moreThe Yakama Nation is moving to ban marijuana in all 10 counties of its ancestral lands, covering one-fifth of the state's land mass.
In the wake of the state's legalization on recreational pot use, the tribe has already banned...
read moreText-only version of this interview can be found below. (Links to other sites may not work properly.)
To see the article as posted on the National Geographic website, click here: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140304-marijuana-legalized-medical-marijuana-thc-francis-collins-nora-volkow--science/
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read moreThe largest study of mental health risk and resilience ever conducted among U.S. military personnel today released its first findings related to suicide attempts and deaths in a series of three JAMA Psychiatry articles. Findings from The Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Service-members (Army STARRS ) include: the rise in suicide...
read moreClick the link below to see the story about adults buying alcohol for minors outside a liquor store.
Spoiler alert: women were more likely to buy alcohol than men!
By Ashley Stewart, Seattle Times Olympia bureau
State lawmakers spent last week looking at ways to address problems left from the voter-approved initiative to privatize liquor sales.
Two years after the state left the liquor business, stores are closing and many customers are crossing borders to buy spirits.
Previously, stores were run by the state or...
read moreA group of former top health officials is urging tobacco companies to stop marketing and selling menthol cigarettes. The group includes all of the living former U.S. Secretaries of Health, Surgeons General, and Directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The group, called the Citizens’ Commission to Protect the Truth, is...
read moreAttached is the most recent issue of the CESAR FAX. This is the revised version that corrects an error in the population base used to calculate the rate. This and previous issues of the CESAR FAX are available online at http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/cesarfax.asp.
CESAR FAX may be copied without permission. Please cite CESAR as the source.
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