Since 2004, West Virginia received and implemented a federal Strategic Prevention Framework Grant that resulted in the increased capacity of state and county coalitions that focus on substance abuse and other prevention initiatives.
The multi-year SPF grant ended this September, but many reports and documents are available that highlight our state’s accomplishments.
Of particular interest are:
--a scholarly journal article (The Power of Process: A Story of Collaboration and Community Change. Journal of Community Development);
--a dissertation (Regional Learning Opportunities: A Story of Place-Based Learning Among Adults in WV);
--and two end-of-project wrap up reports:
• WV SPF SIG Final Qualitative Evaluation Report
• WV SPF SIG Final Grant Closeout Report 2004-2010
Additional Info about WV’s SPF SIG Implementation is available at:
http://www.prevnet.org/spfsig/default.aspx
All evaluation reports are available at:
http://www.prevnet.org/spfsig/reports.aspx
Nov 10, 2010
Nov 1, 2010
November 2010 Health Observances & Resources
•American Diabetes Month
RESOURCE: WV Diabetes Prevention & Control Program
•COPD Awareness Month
RESOURCE: WV Asthma Education & Prevention Program
•Lung/Stomach/Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
RESOURCE: WV Comprehensive Cancer Program
•Prematurity Awareness Month
RESOURCE: March of Dimes, WV Chapter
•Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month
RESOURCE: American Heart Association
•Nov 8-14: Drowsy Driving Prevention Week
•Nov 8-14: National Drug Facts Week
•Nov 18: Great American Smokeout
RESOURCE: WV Div. of Tobacco Prevention
•Nov 20: National Survivors of Suicide Day
RESOURCE: WV Suicide Council
Source/Additional Info: www.healthfinder.gov
Oct 18, 2010
WVPRC To Offer Ethics Training w/ CEUs in November
November 8, 2010 (9 am - 4:30 pm) - WVPRC in Dunbar
Ethics Seminars for Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC) and Approved Licensed Professional Supervisors (ALPS)
Additional Details (including online registration): www.PrevNET.org/trainings.aspx
Ethics Seminars for Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC) and Approved Licensed Professional Supervisors (ALPS)
Additional Details (including online registration): www.PrevNET.org/trainings.aspx
Oct 7, 2010
Substance Abuse Costs WV’s Welfare System More Than $95 Million
The financial impact of drug and alcohol abuse on WV's welfare sector is more than $95 million, according to the latest report from the WV Partnership to Promote Community Well-Being and the WV Prevention Resource Center (WVPRC). The welfare system includes programs providing income support and other social services to WV children and families.
Yetty Shobo, WVPRC Evaluation Specialist and author of the report, projects substance abuse could cost WV’s welfare system more than $300 million by 2017 if current trends persist and intervention does not occur.
“The Financial Burden of Substance Abuse in West Virginia: The Welfare System” -- available at www.PrevNET.org -- is a continuation of a series initially funded by a federal Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Block Grant administered by the WV Division of Justice and
Community Services. The present work is funded by the U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention’s Prevention as Community Development: Projects of Regional and National Significance Grant and is the fourth in a series that examines the cost of drug and alcohol abuse to the criminal
justice, healthcare, education, welfare, and workforce systems in West Virginia. A comprehensive report, incorporating estimates from all these sectors, will be produced at the end of the project.
The WV Partnership to Promote Community Well-Being, created by Executive Order 8-04, is WV’s Governor-appointed substance abuse prevention and early intervention planning body. The Governor and the WV Partnership released a comprehensive, strategic plan for addressing substance abuse at a drug summit in November 2009. This latest funding study report was produced by the WV Prevention Resource Center, which staffs the WV Partnership and provides support for WV’s community prevention efforts.
Additional information about the WV Partnership, the WVPRC, and the Funding Study project is available at www.PrevNET.org.
Yetty Shobo, WVPRC Evaluation Specialist and author of the report, projects substance abuse could cost WV’s welfare system more than $300 million by 2017 if current trends persist and intervention does not occur.
“The Financial Burden of Substance Abuse in West Virginia: The Welfare System” -- available at www.PrevNET.org -- is a continuation of a series initially funded by a federal Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Block Grant administered by the WV Division of Justice and
Community Services. The present work is funded by the U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention’s Prevention as Community Development: Projects of Regional and National Significance Grant and is the fourth in a series that examines the cost of drug and alcohol abuse to the criminal
justice, healthcare, education, welfare, and workforce systems in West Virginia. A comprehensive report, incorporating estimates from all these sectors, will be produced at the end of the project.
The WV Partnership to Promote Community Well-Being, created by Executive Order 8-04, is WV’s Governor-appointed substance abuse prevention and early intervention planning body. The Governor and the WV Partnership released a comprehensive, strategic plan for addressing substance abuse at a drug summit in November 2009. This latest funding study report was produced by the WV Prevention Resource Center, which staffs the WV Partnership and provides support for WV’s community prevention efforts.
Additional information about the WV Partnership, the WVPRC, and the Funding Study project is available at www.PrevNET.org.
Oct 1, 2010
October 2010 Health Observances and Related Resources
Talk About Prescriptions Month
National Council on Patient Information & Education
WV Prescription Drug Abuse Quitline: 1-866-WV-QUITT
Take Care WV RX Abuse Prevention Campaign
Halloween Safety Month
Halloween Health & Safety
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
WV Comprehensive Cancer Program
National Dental Hygiene Month
American Dental Hygienists’ Association
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
WV Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
www.firstcandle.org/
Red Ribbon Week (October 23-31)
National Family Partnership
National Council on Patient Information & Education
WV Prescription Drug Abuse Quitline: 1-866-WV-QUITT
Take Care WV RX Abuse Prevention Campaign
Halloween Safety Month
Halloween Health & Safety
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
WV Comprehensive Cancer Program
National Dental Hygiene Month
American Dental Hygienists’ Association
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
WV Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
www.firstcandle.org/
Red Ribbon Week (October 23-31)
National Family Partnership
Currently on Prevention WV
The definition of bullying extends way beyond taking someone’s lunch money, and it happens more than you might think. Studies show between 15 and 20 percent of U.S. students are bullied. Impact includes school truancy, substance abuse and additional violence.
On the current episode of Prevention West Virginia, Tonya Barnett of Step By Step discusses bullying prevention in WV.
On the current episode of Prevention West Virginia, Tonya Barnett of Step By Step discusses bullying prevention in WV.
Sep 8, 2010
Take Care WV RX Abuse Prevention Campaign Continues
County Summits Convene and Pharmacies Use RX Bags w/
Don’t Share Message This Month
Data indicate 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 nonmedical 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.
Take Care WV, a statewide prescription drug abuse prevention campaign, continues this month through county summits and pharmacy distribution of RX bags with the “Don’t share RX medication.” message.
“This campaign is aimed at changing social/culture norms about sharing prescription drugs,” said Dr. Andy Whisman, Senior Evaluation Specialist with the WV Prevention Resource Center. “West Virginians are a caring people who want to help one another out when the can. Sharing prescriptions, however, is illegal and can be dangerous.”
COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS/ COUNTY-WIDE SUMMITS: Three dozen (36) counties have partnered with the WV Prevention Resource Center and WV Center for Civic Life to convene multiple discussions and county-wide summits about what communities can do about prescription drug abuse. The community discussions took place across the state this summer, and the summits are set for this month. Additional information about these events (including dates/times/locations/forum participant booklets/forum starter video) is available at www.prevnet.org/communityforums.aspx.
RX BAGS FOR PHARMACIES: All of WV’s 55 counties are participating in statewide use of pharmacy bags with the Take Care WV logo/website/message. Earlier this summer, county partners received large quantities of RX bags (the white paper ones you get your prescriptions in) to distribute to local pharmacies willing to participate. Most pharmacies,
including many individual stores and major chains such as Rite Aid, Walmart/Sam’s Club, Kroger, Fruth, are participating in this effort to make sure all West Virginian’s know it is illegal to share prescription medication, and RX misuse and abuse can be just as dangerous and deadly as illicit drug use. The bags also include the statement: Only take prescription medication as advised by your doctor.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS / WEBSITE: In addition to the forums/summits and RX bags, the Take Care WV campaign includes public service announcements (PSAs) and a website. Television, radio, and print ads were developed and are available to download online. During a five-week paid media placement earlier this summer the television PSAs aired more than 3,000 times on cable and broadcast stations across WV. The PSAs are also being distributed by local prevention and media partners. The website links to all PSAs, RX drug facts/statistics, information about proper RX storage and disposal, and a link to the WV Prescription Drug Abuse Quitline.
The Take Care WV Campaign, developed and implemented by the WV Partnership to Promote Community Well-Being and the WV Prevention Resource Center, has been supported with funding from the following grants: 2009 Drug Free WV Grant, WV’s federal Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG), and WV’s federal Projects of Regional & National Significance (PRNS) Grant.
Don’t Share Message This Month
Data indicate 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 nonmedical 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.
Take Care WV, a statewide prescription drug abuse prevention campaign, continues this month through county summits and pharmacy distribution of RX bags with the “Don’t share RX medication.” message.
“This campaign is aimed at changing social/culture norms about sharing prescription drugs,” said Dr. Andy Whisman, Senior Evaluation Specialist with the WV Prevention Resource Center. “West Virginians are a caring people who want to help one another out when the can. Sharing prescriptions, however, is illegal and can be dangerous.”
COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS/ COUNTY-WIDE SUMMITS: Three dozen (36) counties have partnered with the WV Prevention Resource Center and WV Center for Civic Life to convene multiple discussions and county-wide summits about what communities can do about prescription drug abuse. The community discussions took place across the state this summer, and the summits are set for this month. Additional information about these events (including dates/times/locations/forum participant booklets/forum starter video) is available at www.prevnet.org/communityforums.aspx.
RX BAGS FOR PHARMACIES: All of WV’s 55 counties are participating in statewide use of pharmacy bags with the Take Care WV logo/website/message. Earlier this summer, county partners received large quantities of RX bags (the white paper ones you get your prescriptions in) to distribute to local pharmacies willing to participate. Most pharmacies,
including many individual stores and major chains such as Rite Aid, Walmart/Sam’s Club, Kroger, Fruth, are participating in this effort to make sure all West Virginian’s know it is illegal to share prescription medication, and RX misuse and abuse can be just as dangerous and deadly as illicit drug use. The bags also include the statement: Only take prescription medication as advised by your doctor.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS / WEBSITE: In addition to the forums/summits and RX bags, the Take Care WV campaign includes public service announcements (PSAs) and a website. Television, radio, and print ads were developed and are available to download online. During a five-week paid media placement earlier this summer the television PSAs aired more than 3,000 times on cable and broadcast stations across WV. The PSAs are also being distributed by local prevention and media partners. The website links to all PSAs, RX drug facts/statistics, information about proper RX storage and disposal, and a link to the WV Prescription Drug Abuse Quitline.
The Take Care WV Campaign, developed and implemented by the WV Partnership to Promote Community Well-Being and the WV Prevention Resource Center, has been supported with funding from the following grants: 2009 Drug Free WV Grant, WV’s federal Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG), and WV’s federal Projects of Regional & National Significance (PRNS) Grant.
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