Step 1: Ground Yourself (and Your Coalition) in Prevention Science Knowledge
Webinar: Ineffective Prevention Strategies and How to Make Them Effective
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These resources are an effective and efficient way to ground yourself and your coalition in prevention science knowledge specifically related to prevention strategies. You may wish to share them (or this website!) with your coalition membership.
The learning objectives for this webinar are as follows:
- Describe effective prevention strategies.
- Discuss why well-meaning people use ineffective prevention strategies.
- Develop strategies for approaching well-meaning people to educate them about effective prevention.
CADCA Primer - The Coalition Impact: Environmental Prevention Strategies
This publication provides an overview of the environmental strategies approach to community problem-solving. It includes real examples of efforts where environmental strategies aimed at preventing and reducing community problems related to alcohol and other drugs were implemented. No one approach or set of strategies will fix every community problem, but with an appropriate environmental assessment, a coalition can determine what aspects of environmental prevention will best serve their community.
This webinar series was developed for Ohio’s SPF SIG Initiative (2009-2014) and can be found on the SPF SIG website. The webinar series provides an overview of environmental strategies.
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