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This tool uses the Socio-Ecological Model (SEM) to present key risk and protective factors for substance misuse, organized across individual, relationship, community, and societal levels. By focusing on factors that emerge in childhood, it supports early interventions aimed at reducing the risk of substance misuse in later life, offering evidence-based insights to guide targeted prevention strategies for families, educators, communities, and policymakers.
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This tool highlights United Indian Health Services' use of traditional structures to foster recovery and wellness for American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Through collaborative building projects, cultural activities, and peer support, UIHS integrates community and heritage into substance use prevention, addressing wellness holistically to strengthen cultural connections and resilience.
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This resource offers best practices for planning, implementing, and evaluating data dashboards in substance misuse prevention. It covers defining scope, understanding audience needs, choosing technology, selecting data sources, incorporating user-friendly design, and evaluating the dashboard’s effectiveness to support data-driven decision-making and community impact.
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This tool guides prevention planners in using logic models to address social determinants of health (SDoH) in substance use prevention. It offers a step-by-step process for incorporating factors like housing instability into models, detailing resources, activities, outcomes, and impacts to create more comprehensive and effective prevention strategies.
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This tool provides prevention planners with evidence-based strategies and interventions to reduce high-risk alcohol use among young adults (18-25).
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This tool serves as a guide for substance misuse professionals, presenting 26 interventions designed to prevent adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and reduce their negative health impacts.
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This guide supports strategic prevention planning for American Indian and Alaska Native communities by identifying culturally informed programs that reduce substance misuse and promote mental health. It includes 85 programs evaluated using both Western and Indigenous methods, categorized by documented outcomes, target populations, and settings to help tribes select effective, culturally responsive interventions.
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This tool explores how the housing sector and prevention professionals can collaborate to address substance misuse and housing instability. It covers key housing paradigms, the complex relationship between housing and substance use, and practical ways to partner with housing organizations to improve community health and reduce risk factors related to substance misuse.
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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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