Prevention 101

Substance abuse prevention is founded on proven theories and frameworks to inform its strategies. This training will provided you with the foundational theories and frameworks that inform prevention strategies that you will use in your programs and communities. It will focus on primary and upstream prevention - the work that takes place at the “top of the cliff” that keeps individuals in our community healthy.

Learning Objectives

  1. Define behavioral health
  2. Explain the continuum of care
  3. Describe the risk and protective factor theory
  4. List substance misuse prevention strategies
  5. List the National Institute on Drug Abuse (or NIDA) Principles
  6. Describe the Strategic Prevention Framework

 

Length of Learning Opportunity

1.5 hour

Primary Competency

Public Health Sciences Skills

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Related Courses

Shared Risk & Protective Factors And Substance Misuse 101

To understand the Shared Risk and Protective Factors approach, it is first important to understand risk and protective factors that will be explored in this online module.

Telling Your Prevention Story

Storytelling is a powerful tool to share your community's prevention efforts with others. In this module, you will learn best approaches to storytelling as well as gain skills to craft your own community's prevention story.

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