CAPT on the Web - November 2016

What's New in November 2016

Welcome to CAPT on the Web ---- a quick link to the latest prevention resources, articles, and tools on www.samhsa.gov/capt, offering cutting edge research, timely publications, and examples of successful prevention efforts from around the country. Check out what's new on the site!

Announcements

New Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health. This first-ever report looks at what we know about substance misuse and how we can use that knowledge to address resulting problems and their consequences.

Prevention Collaboration in Action

Pennsylvania Creates Statewide Opioid Misuse Prevention Media Campaign. Learn how the Commonwealth Prevention Alliance forged a collaboration among prevention, addiction, and media experts to raise public awareness about prescription drug misuse and heroin.

Related Resources:

Substance Misuse Prevention Media Campaigns

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Grantee Stories

State-Level Logic Model Drives Wisconsin Prevention Efforts. Learn how Wisconsin is using its state-level logic model to guide and strengthen the state's substance use prevention systems.

Related Resources:

Sample State-level Logic Models to Reduce the Non-Medical Use and Related Consequences of Opioids

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Practice-Support Tools

Examples of Local-level Logic Models for Addressing Behavioral Health Disparities. See three examples of logic models prevention practitioners can use to think through their process for addressing behavioral health disparities at the community level.

Related Resources:

Click here for other Training and Technical Assistance Tools.

Upcoming Events

San Diego Positive Culture Framework Training. December 7-9, 2016. San Diego, CA. Explore how culture influences behavior, how we can cultivate cultural transformation, and the benefits of a comprehensive, positive prevention approach. Sponsored by the Center for Health and Safety Culture.
SAMHSA's 13th Annual Prevention Day. February 6, 2017, National Harbor, MD. Features presentations, training sessions, technical assistance, and resources to support prevention practitioners, community leaders, researchers, and consumers in successfully addressing emerging prevention issues.
CADCA's 27th Annual National Leadership Forum. February 6-9, 2017. National Harbor, MD. Learn about the latest strategies for fighting substance misuse, and hear from nationally-known prevention experts, federal administrators, and concerned policy makers.

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SAMHSA's Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) is a national training and technical assistance system committed to strengthening substance abuse prevention efforts at the regional, State, and local levels and building the nation's behavioral health workforce.

Comments or suggestions? We welcome your feedback at samhsa_capt@edc.org

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SAMHSA's Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies
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