SAMHSA's Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT), 2015 SAMHSA’s Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) offers a menu of online courses designed to help substance abuse prevention practitioners working at the state-,...
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The Bay Team: CADCA “Coalition in Focus” Award Press Release
CADCA, 2015 Congratulations to the BAY Team for winning the "Coalition in Focus" award at CADCA's 25th National Leadership Forum in National Harbor, MD. They were recognized for their success in reducing underage drinking through environmental strategies that shifted...
Marijuana Factsheet
National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, Inc., November 2014
Lessons After Two Years of Marijuana Legalization Short Report
SAM: Smart Approaches to Marijuana, 2015
Month-By-Month Prevention and Promotion Call to Action and Planning Guide
SAMHSA The PFP: Prevention and Promotion Month-to-Month Call to Action and Planning Guide can substantially improve the planning and management of your prevention programs, provide resources that focus on prevention interventions, and potentially serve as the...
New Survey: Misuse and Abuse of Prescription Stimulants Becoming Normalized Behavior Among College Students, Young Adults
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, 2014 A new, nationally representative survey released today by the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids confirms that the abuse of prescription stimulants is becoming normalized among current college students and other young adults. The...
Above the Influence Toolkit
Above the Influence The new Above the Influence (ATI) Toolkit enhances the existing ATI program efforts and furthers its goals with new individual and group activities that can help teens make healthier decisions, with the support of adults who value them. The new...
Theory at a Glance
National Cancer Institute This monograph, Theory at a Glance: Application to Health Promotion and Health Behavior (Second Edition), describes influential theories of health-related behaviors,processes of shaping behavior, and the effects of community and environmental...
Making Health Communication Programs Work
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health This book is a revision of the original Making Health Communication Programs Work, first printed in 1989, which the Office of Cancer Communications (OCC, now the Office of Communications) of the National...
Harvesting the Scientific Investment in Prevention Science to Promote Children’s Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health: Workshop Summary
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, 2014 Over the past few decades there have been major successes in creating evidence-based interventions (EBIs) to improve the cognitive, affective, and behavioral health of children. Many of these EBIs have been put...