Obama Drug Strategy Stresses Evidence-Based Prevention
The newly released national drug strategy focuses on keeping science-based prevention as a key component of the effort to address substance abuse in the United States. Our coalition (along with over 700 community anti-drug coalitions across the country) uses a nationally recognized "Strategic Prevention Framework" (SPF) to carry out our prevention activities in Ohio County. The main components of the SPF are:
- Assessment: using local data to determine our community's assets and needs
- Capacity Building: improving our coalition's ability to collaborate & carry out prevention efforts
- Planning: selecting evidence-based strategies to match our assessed needs
- Implementation: putting our strategies into action
- Evaluation: documenting outcomes of our actions
- Sustainability: ensuring that our work will continue, with our without grant funding!
- Cultural Competence: incorporating appropriate ethnic/cultural considerations based on our community's demographics
Want to learn more about what's happening nationally? You can read the 2010 White House Drug Policy here: http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/strategy/
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