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In this Issue:
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Congratulations to International Credentialing and Reciprocity Consortium's (IC&RC) Prevention Specialist of the Year, Vicky Weigman!
- What's Happening Around the Region?
- Register: Session 3, Building a Youth Prevention System Series, July 21
- Coalition Affinity Group Booster Video #2, Opportunities for Participation
- Regional Needs Assessment
- NPN Conference presentations, August 23-25
- National Latino and Behavioral Health PTTC events
- National Latino Behavioral Health Conference, September 15-16
- Register for other events
- A Comprehensive Culturally Responsive Glossary
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Sowing Seeds of Prevention
A Conversation with
Dr. Janice Williams
This month our SSW PTTC Co-director LaShonda Williamson-Jennings sat down with Dr. Janice Williams, State of Louisiana's Department of Health, Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Behavioral Health as she prepares for retirement after 40 years of service in the behavioral health field. We were inspired by her wisdom and passion for prevention and know you will be, too.
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Prevention has the potential to be... |
"Prevention is the base and the soul of everything we do in the behavioral health field."
Dr. Janice Williams
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Using Secondary Data Sources in Prevention Research
By Iris Smith, PhD., M.P.H.
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The Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) is a data-driven process for planning, executing, and evaluating prevention strategies. Data collection, interpretation, and dissemination is integral to the SPF process. Coordinated data collection, analysis, and synthesis at the individual, community, state, and national level are key elements of an effective prevention system.
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Want to learn more about working with data?
Attend the Ditching the Discomfort with Data Series
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Have you been participating in the 5-part series on Ditching the Discomfort with Data? The resources and recordings for sessions 1-3 are available on our website and part 4's registration is open. Use this series to train your new prevention workforce or community coalition.
Date: August 30
Time: 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. MT / 10:30 - 12:00 p.m. CT / 11:30-1:00 p.m. ET
Data analysis is the process of working with data to gather useful information, which can then be used to make informed decisions. Part 4 of the Ditching the Discomfort with Data series will explore several methods and techniques prevention professionals and their partners need to perform to determine risks, consequences, and resources within a community.
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Congratulations to International Credentialing & Reciprocity Consortium’s (IC&RC)
Prevention Specialist of the Year!
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Vicky was nominated by the Maine Prevention Certification Board (an IC&RC member board), one of many nominations received from IC&RC member boards.
As submitted by the Maine Prevention Certification Board, Vicky:
- is a substance use prevention coordinator with 35 years of service to the Lewiston Public Schools
- has worked with over 350 students on quitting tobacco and has made tobacco cessation counseling easily accessible for her students
- is a former member of the Lewiston Area Public Health Committee, Project Unitel, the Federally Qualified Health Center DFD Russell, as well as other vital community organizations
- formerly served as the secretary for the Maine Prevention Certification Board
- is a current member of the Tobacco Prevention and Control Advisory Committee
Vicky holds the Certified Prevention Specialist credential as well as the International Prevention Specialist Credential, through the IC&RC. She has been a certified prevention specialist for over six years.
Congratulations Vicky! Thank you for your award-winning work in the field of prevention!
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What's Happening Around the Region? |
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Building a Youth Prevention System
A Three-Part Series
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Part 3, Building Authentic Youth and Adult Partnerships
Date: July 21, 2022
Time: 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. MT / 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CT / 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET
Involving youth and young adults in meaningful substance misuse prevention efforts presents unique challenges. Challenges are important to overcome because participation by youth and young adults is a powerful means of driving community-level behavior change. During this webinar, a panel of youth and young adult prevention leaders will discuss how to successfully foster authentic partnerships which lead to sustainable change.
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The Second Video in the Series
is Now Available
The Six Elements of Effective Coalitions Resource Toolkit
A new video based on the PTTC product, The Six Elements of Effective Coalitions Resource Toolkit, is now available.This video, “Opportunities for Participation,” is the second in a series of six. This series, facilitated by Derrick Newby, South Southwest PTTC T/TA Specialist, serves as a follow-up to the Prevention Coalition Affinity Group Series.
Look for the third video, Developing New Skills, in our September newsletter.
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Regional Needs Assessment
We're Requesting Your Input for Training and Technical Assistance Needs This Year!
The South Southwest PTTC is conducting a training and technical assistance needs survey to better respond to the needs of prevention professionals during this time. Your input is important to us! We ask that you complete the survey before Friday, July 29. The survey takes less than 10 minutes.
Click the link below or use the camera on your phone to use the QR code.
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National Prevention Network Conference |
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Just for fun: Are you attending NPN conference this year?
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If you're attending the National Prevention Network (NPN) Conference, August 23-25 be sure to attend sessions with South Southwest PTTC team members, Nicole Schoenborn, Evaluator and Beverly Triana-Tremain, Epidemiologist.
Nicole's presentation is titled, Dismantling Power and Privilege through Data: Prevention Ethics, Equity, and Social Justice. Beverly's presentation is titled, What? So What? Now What? The Epidemiology of Synthetic Opioid Overdose Deaths. We're looking forward to seeing all of you who are attending.
More about these presentations next month...
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Watch our website for
future events
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Download resources
from our website
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Subscribe and view past training from
our YouTube channel
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National Hispanic and Latino PTTC Events |
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Please consider attending some of the events promoted below by one of our partners, the National Hispanic and Latino PTTC. |
The 2022 National Latino Behavioral Health Conference |
The 2-day conference will have national keynote speakers, breakout sessions along the spectrum of behavioral health, and networking opportunities for everyone. It will also give you an opportunity to learn more about NLBHA and the National Hispanic and Latino Addiction and Prevention Technology Transfer Centers.
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A Comprehensive Culturally Responsive Glossary: Concepts to Increase Awareness Toward Health Equity
Now available in English, Spanish and Portuguese!
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A Cultural Adaptation of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment, (SBIRT) for Working with Hispanic and Latinx Communities (2-part series)
Session 1
Date: Aug 3
Time: 12:30-2:00 p.m. MT / 1:30-3:00 p.m. CT / 2:30-4:00 p.m. ET
Session 2
Date: Aug 10
Time: 12:30-2:00 p.m. MT / 1:30-3:00 p.m. CT / 2:30-4:00 p.m. ET
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Understanding, Going Through, and Managing Loss, Grief, and Bereavement: Life with the Covid-19 Pandemic for Latinos with a View on Latino Men (3-part series)
Session 1
Date: July 18
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m. MT / 1:00-2:00 p.m. CT / 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Session 2
Date: July 25
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m. MT / 1:00-2:00 p.m. CT / 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Session 3
Date: August 1
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m. MT / 1:00-2:00 p.m. CT / 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
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