Currently on Prevention West Virginia TV

On the current edition of the Prevention WV television show, Rev. James Patterson of the Partnership of African American Churches discusses his organization’s community development and prevention efforts.

Additional information about Prevention WV, including show times and channels, is available at PrevNET.org.

WVPRC Continues Monthly Training Series

December 9, 2010 (9 am - 4:30 pm) - WVPRC in Dunbar
Discovering Well-Being From The Inside-Out

Additional Details (including online registration):http://www.prevnet.org/trainings.aspx

Reports Highlight Prevention Capacity Growth

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

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

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

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.

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