2023 NPN Conference Program - Flipbook - Page 12
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | Workshop Session II
2E - Reducing Risky Behaviors in Montana with Practical Tools that Develop the Social and Emotional Skills
of Parents and Their Children, Annmarie McMahill
The Center for Health and Safety Culture conducted surveys with parents to better understand their current beliefs about
underage drinking, the top parenting challenges they were facing, and the skills they wanted their children to have to be
successful. The Center recognized that there was an opportunity to engage parents by developing ParentingMontana.org, a
website that is free and accessible to anyone with an internet connection. This session will cover a five-step process that was
developed: getting input, teaching, practicing, supporting, and recognizing. Each of these steps creates opportunities to grow
social and emotional competencies that can be applied to any parenting challenge. During the presentation, local prevention
coordinators, state leaders, and researchers will learn about the basics of social and emotional skills and briefly review the
research showing their efficacy in reducing a variety of health-related issues including underage drinking and the misuse of
drugs. We will review the results of the recent evaluation, and engage in dialogue to explore how growing social and emotional
skills across the social ecology of a community may be a powerful approach to taking prevention to the next level.
2F - Developing an Inventory: Preventing Opioid Use in Black/African Americans Across the Lifespan,
Tyiesha Trina, Jallisa Butler, Paige Salters, and Jalynn Stubbs
The BOLD (Building Our Leadership and Diversity) Prevention Fellowship Program focuses on increasing the number of Blackidentifying prevention scientists to inform positive change in Black/African American communities by building their capacity to
identify programs, practices, and policies proven effective in reducing substance misuse risk factors and consequences while
promoting mental health and protective factors in our communities. This session will focus on the opioid epidemic rates for
Black/African Americans which are higher than other ethnic/racial groups and the significant gaps in services due to the lack of
culturally relevant opioid prevention programs. This workshop will provide an overview of the work being done and discuss the
gaps in the literature as it pertains to prevention efforts for these populations. The BOLD Fellows will provide recommendations
on how evidence-based and promising programs can become more culturally responsive and discuss methods for
disseminating the inventory.
2G - Using Geospatial Data for Youth Overdose Prevention, DJ Gering and Todd Hixson
Use geospatial data to craft culturally sensitive messaging at a micro-level and learn to manage and use resources efficiently
while understanding the importance of cross-sector partnerships. Join the Kansas Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) Team to
learn who they are and how they can assist you to focus on identifying neighborhoods and elementary schools with a high
proportion of at-risk youth based on geospatial socioeconomic and suspected overdose data. This session will demonstrate the
data tools created by the Kansas ORS team to address youth substance use and building resiliency in at-risk youth using
infographics and maps. Organizations benefiting from these data tools include law enforcement, non-profits, schools, prevention
coalitions, and health departments. The youth prevention strategies implemented with these data are focused on long-term
objectives of reducing youth substance use and overdose and building resiliency.
2H - Young Advocates Program: A Pathway for Workforce, Leadership, and Advocacy Development, Craig
Reed, Kendall Watanabe, Carolina Gabaldon
Explore how to develop and maintain grasstops coalitions with diverse, senior-level community leaders to advance evidencebased and equitable alcohol prevention polices at the local and state level and engage community leaders in data collection,
research, media, and policy advocacy. Focusing on reducing alcohol related harm, this study targeted youth ages 12-25, families
and the general population as it relates to DUI prevention, injury prevention and other forms of harm that come from binge and
underage drinking. Utilizing data and research, community organizing and media advocacy, the Alcohol Policy Panel (APP) of San
Diego County has advocated for and advanced dozens of local policies.
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