On the current edition of Prevention WV…
Doug Walters (WV Center for Civic Life’s Board of Directors) discusses the importance of public dialogue, and
Stephanie Anthony (WV Prevention Resource Center) highlights the role of community forums in the Take Care WV: RX Abuse Prevention Campaign.
Additional information about the Prevention WV television show, including show times and channels, is available at http://www.prevnet.org/preventionwvTV/default.aspx.
May 18, 2010
May 17, 2010
May 12, 2010
Take Care WV: Don't Share RX Drugs
Everyone knows drugs are dangerous. But did you know that sharing prescription drugs can be just as dangerous and deadly too? Sharing prescription drugs is also illegal.
Data indicates social access (sharing) is a major contributor to the misuse of prescription drugs. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, most prescription drug abusers obtain their drugs from family and friends. In WV, 64% of non-medical users of pain relievers reported getting the most recently used drug from a friend or relative for free, and another 7.6% reported buying them from a friend or relative.
Please don't share prescription drugs. Only take prescriptions as advised by your doctor.
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The WV Partnership to Promote Community Well-Being and the WV Prevention Resource Center are launching Take Care WV – a social marketing campaign to spread the word that sharing prescription drugs is illegal, and it can be just as dangerous and deadly as illicit drugs.
How can you help support this campaign and reduce the misuse of prescription drugs in our state?
-Please visit www.takecarewv.org to view/listen to campaign messages, read facts and statistics about RX drug misuse/abuse, and learn about proper RX storage and disposal.
-Participate in your county’s discussions about RX abuse. Community Forums/Discussions on RX abuse are being scheduled across the state this summer. Dates will soon be posted on the WV Prevention Training & Events Calendar available at www.PrevNET.org. Contact information for your County Prevention Partnership is available at PrevNet as well as www.takecarewv.org.
-Encourage your local coalitions/media/businesses/schools/civic groups to air/print the PSAs as much as possible. All the PSAs can be downloaded at www.takecarewv.org.
Some specific ideas for distributing the campaign messages include:
-Email/talk to all your professional and personal contacts about this campaign. Feel free to forward this message as is, but also consider adding your own personal touch.
-Print some of the PSAs as flyers and distribute/post them in your community. Ask your doctor, dentist, child care provider, church, employer, etc. to post flyers in their waiting areas, exam rooms, lunch rooms or bathrooms.
-Facebook/Twitter the following message: Take Care WV: Please don’t share prescription drugs. Learn more at www.takecarewv.org
-Include the print PSAs in newsletters, church bulletins, meeting packets, mailings, etc.
-Talk to your local pharmacist about the campaign. Ask if they’ll post some of the flyers, and tell them later this summer we plan to have RX bags (with the campaign logo/message) for all WV pharmacies to use for a limited time. We’re working on corporate permission for the chains right now. MORE ON THIS COMING SOON
Thanks in advance for your support of Take Care WV.
Data indicates social access (sharing) is a major contributor to the misuse of prescription drugs. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, most prescription drug abusers obtain their drugs from family and friends. In WV, 64% of non-medical users of pain relievers reported getting the most recently used drug from a friend or relative for free, and another 7.6% reported buying them from a friend or relative.
Please don't share prescription drugs. Only take prescriptions as advised by your doctor.
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The WV Partnership to Promote Community Well-Being and the WV Prevention Resource Center are launching Take Care WV – a social marketing campaign to spread the word that sharing prescription drugs is illegal, and it can be just as dangerous and deadly as illicit drugs.
How can you help support this campaign and reduce the misuse of prescription drugs in our state?
-Please visit www.takecarewv.org to view/listen to campaign messages, read facts and statistics about RX drug misuse/abuse, and learn about proper RX storage and disposal.
-Participate in your county’s discussions about RX abuse. Community Forums/Discussions on RX abuse are being scheduled across the state this summer. Dates will soon be posted on the WV Prevention Training & Events Calendar available at www.PrevNET.org. Contact information for your County Prevention Partnership is available at PrevNet as well as www.takecarewv.org.
-Encourage your local coalitions/media/businesses/schools/civic groups to air/print the PSAs as much as possible. All the PSAs can be downloaded at www.takecarewv.org.
Some specific ideas for distributing the campaign messages include:
-Email/talk to all your professional and personal contacts about this campaign. Feel free to forward this message as is, but also consider adding your own personal touch.
-Print some of the PSAs as flyers and distribute/post them in your community. Ask your doctor, dentist, child care provider, church, employer, etc. to post flyers in their waiting areas, exam rooms, lunch rooms or bathrooms.
-Facebook/Twitter the following message: Take Care WV: Please don’t share prescription drugs. Learn more at www.takecarewv.org
-Include the print PSAs in newsletters, church bulletins, meeting packets, mailings, etc.
-Talk to your local pharmacist about the campaign. Ask if they’ll post some of the flyers, and tell them later this summer we plan to have RX bags (with the campaign logo/message) for all WV pharmacies to use for a limited time. We’re working on corporate permission for the chains right now. MORE ON THIS COMING SOON
Thanks in advance for your support of Take Care WV.
May 10, 2010
May Health Observances
•American Stroke Month
•Better Hearing and Speech Month
•Clean Air Month
RESOURCE: WV Clean Indoor Air Program
•Healthy Vision Month
•Hepatitis Awareness Month
•Lupus Awareness Month
•Lyme Disease Awareness Month
•Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
RESOURCE: WV DHHR: Comprehensive Cancer Program
•Mental Health Month
RESOURCE: WV Mental Health Consumers’ Association
•National Arthritis Awareness Month & National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
RESOURCE: WV DHHR: Osteoporosis & Arthritis Program
•National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
RESOURCE: WV DHHR: Asthma Education and Prevention Program
•National Foster Care Month
RESOURCE: Mission WV Frameworks
•National High Blood Pressure Education Month
•National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
•National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
RESOURCE: WV DHHR: Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Initiative
•National Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week (May 9 – 15) RESOURCE: WV March of Dimes
•National Women's Check-up Day (May 10)
•HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (May 18)
RESOURCE: WV DHHR: HIV/AIDS & STD Program
•World No Tobacco Day (May 31)
RESOURCE: WV DHHR: Division of Tobacco Prevention
SOURCE/ADDITIONAL INFO: National Health Information Center
•Better Hearing and Speech Month
•Clean Air Month
RESOURCE: WV Clean Indoor Air Program
•Healthy Vision Month
•Hepatitis Awareness Month
•Lupus Awareness Month
•Lyme Disease Awareness Month
•Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
RESOURCE: WV DHHR: Comprehensive Cancer Program
•Mental Health Month
RESOURCE: WV Mental Health Consumers’ Association
•National Arthritis Awareness Month & National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
RESOURCE: WV DHHR: Osteoporosis & Arthritis Program
•National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
RESOURCE: WV DHHR: Asthma Education and Prevention Program
•National Foster Care Month
RESOURCE: Mission WV Frameworks
•National High Blood Pressure Education Month
•National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
•National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
RESOURCE: WV DHHR: Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Initiative
•National Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week (May 9 – 15) RESOURCE: WV March of Dimes
•National Women's Check-up Day (May 10)
•HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (May 18)
RESOURCE: WV DHHR: HIV/AIDS & STD Program
•World No Tobacco Day (May 31)
RESOURCE: WV DHHR: Division of Tobacco Prevention
SOURCE/ADDITIONAL INFO: National Health Information Center
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