2023 NPN Conference Program - Flipbook - Page 10
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Workshop Session I
1F - Mircolearning to Impact Big Picture Prevention: Using Technology to Support and Engage Ohio’s
Prevention Workforce, Sara Condrac and Tessa Miracle
This presentation will illustrate strategies to use technology-based microlearning opportunities to engage, support and inform
professionals working in behavioral health prevention and promotion. The increased use of virtual conferencing technology and
media platforms over the past three years has evolved to support an agile, needs-driven professional development approach
that can be delivered in doses smaller than traditional in-person learning events. For instance, the Ohio Center of Excellence for
Behavioral Health Prevention and Promotion uses a coordinated microlearning approach through communication platforms
such as a podcast, blog publication, social media, newsletter, and interactive web-based forums. Microlearning opportunities that
support just in time learning for Ohio’s credentialed workforce allow for timely discussion of current topics in the ever-changing
prevention landscape. When technology-based microlearning events are coordinated around strategic themes, the efforts
accumulate to provide increased breadth of comprehension for the consumer. Monthly learning opportunities allow participants
to engage with emerging topics, complex issues facing the workforce, and provide timely opportunities for collaboration and
brainstorming. The use of learning objectives to guide programming efforts around an established theme or development need
is central to the microlearning approach. In this presentation, leaders will be encouraged to identify microlearning opportunities
within their organizations and apply strategic objectives to support the professional development needs of their stakeholders.
1G - Expanding Opioid Strategies Across the Continuum of Care, Julie Furne and Christina Skiles
Hear about strategies to address opioids that include: promoting non opioid choices for pain management, increasing access to
medication assisted treatment, expanding medication take back events to community events, working with Juvenile Court to
offer diversion, partnering to start drug court, youth created opioid media campaigns, lock box distribution, drug disposal bags,
Naloxone trainings, academic detailing, Rx drug safety trainings, changing the use of pain scales to comfort scales at the hospital,
hospital policy on including opioid storage and disposal as part of discharge instructions. We will focus on opioid strategies
beyond storage and safe disposal. The intended outcomes are reduced ease of access to medications to be misused, fewer
school suspensions related to possession of medications on school property, increased access to treatment, and increased
perception of harm.
1H - Implementing Prevention Services on HBCU Campuses, Kayla Stephens, Kimberly Hunter, Stratford
Moore, and Deedra Roberts
The presentation will provide a general overview of the Council on Substance Abuse’s substance abuse prevention plan to
address ATOD use amongst young adults and college students at HBCU’s & community colleges and will explain benefits of
student engagement & partnerships with college students. Ways to implement on-campus prevention programs will be
reviewed including substance misuse, safe-sex, and mental health during the academic career and once they graduate. Using
surveys of minority college students, faculty members and the LGBTQIA+ community, the results generated a marketing
campaign using social media, forums, and printed materials. The forums covered topics such as alcohol and various substances,
mental health, safe-sex, one-one tutoring and goal planning, attending campus events, and other social and recreational
activities for student and led to a school policy requiring a one-hour awareness class.
1I - Closing the Gap: Examining the Behavioral Health Needs of Marginalized Young Adults in Virginia, Eden
Griffin, Cheryl Winston, and Swechchha Tripathi
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OMNI Institute, in collaboration with the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Service’s Office of
Behavior Health Wellness and local Community Service Board organizations across Virginia, administered a statewide survey to
young adults aged 18-25 years in 2022. With over 5,000 surveys collected, the Young Adult Survey (YAS) garnered a diverse
sample, including significant responses from populations that have been historically marginalized and underrepresented,
providing the opportunity to dive deeper into the unique needs of these populations and how their experiences and needs
compare to those of their peers. Understanding the substance use and behavioral health trends among young adults who are
BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color), LGBQ+, and Transgender and Gender Diverse is paramount in identifying
interventions and tailoring outreach activities that will allow us to close the gap and work towards health equity for all. This
session will provide an overview of survey administration, dive into the substance use, mental health, problem gambling, and
ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) experiences of marginalized young adults in Virginia and provide discussion on how
these results can (and are) being leveraged to drive prevention efforts.
