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HEC/News e-DigestAugust 26, 2011
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New Center This Week! Features, publications, Prevention Updates, and learning and training opportunities   

This Week! 2011 Recovery Month Toolkit Available for Download

Recovery Month, sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, is designed to highlight the societal benefits of substance abuse treatment and to promote the message that recovery from substance abuse in all its forms is possible. To help community organizations plan a Recovery Month event or campaign, SAMHSA and the Recovery Month planning partners have developed the Recovery Month Toolkit, which includes printed materials to support event organizers in their planning and outreach to local leaders and community audiences.

 

More information about This Week! Features can be viewed at the Center's Web site. 

 

Prevention Update: Integrating Mental Health Promotion and Substance Abuse Prevention on College Campuses Now Posted

According to the American Psychiatric Association, college can be an exciting time, though for some it can be overwhelming and stressful. Depression, anxiety, substance use, and eating disorders are common mental health issues on college campuses. The 2010 American College Health Association National College Health Assessment found that 28 percent of college students reported that at some point in the last 12 months they had felt so depressed it was hard to function. And 46 percent reported that, in the same period, they had experienced overwhelming anxiety. In addition, 8 percent of students also reported being diagnosed or treated for depression and almost 6 percent seriously considered suicide.

 

To view online or download Integrating Mental Health Promotion and Substance Abuse Prevention on College Campuses, please visit the Prevention Updates page on the Center's Web site.

 

New Case Study: University of Massachusetts Amherst: Campus and Community Coalition to Reduce High-Risk Drinking (CCC)

The CCC came together in March 2004. On the campus side, CCC members include 16 organizations, with leadership coming from the Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention and the Office of Community Relations. Other participants are the university police, Center for Student Development, Dean of Student's office, fraternities and sororities, Student Government Association, campus athletics, and Everywoman's Center. Services such as residence life, campus transit, and the campus television station are also part of this broad-based collaborative. On the community side, coalition members come from police departments and city governments in the adjacent towns of Amherst and Hadley; from the business community, including the Amherst Chamber of Commerce and the Pioneer Valley Housing Association; and from social services, such as Amherst Community Services and the Amherst Health Department.

 

To learn more about the CCC and its success, please visit the Center's Web site.

 
In This Issue
From the Center
Announcements from the Field
The Latest Research
Recent News Articles

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Upcoming conferences and events, new resources and publications, and job opportunities in the alcohol and other drug abuse and violence (AODV) prevention field. The information shared on this site does not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Education or the Higher Education Center. The U.S. Department of Education and the Higher Education Center do not necessarily endorse the events and resources listed below, but offer this information as a service to the AODV prevention field.  

 

Title IX Sexual Violence Response Compliance Information

Margolis, Healy & Associates (MH&A) has created a free Violence Against Women Resources page that includes links, resources, and news to assist campuses with Title IX sexual violence response compliance as well as other efforts to address and respond to violence against women. This page was created as part of a MH&A partnership with NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education to produce the recently concluded Webinar series "Preventing and Responding to Violence Against Women Crimes on Campus."

 

To access these resources, please visit the Margolis, Healy & Associates Web site.

 

Webinar: "From Data to Prevention III - Framing Data to Demonstrate the Need for Primary Prevention"

This fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will release initial results of the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS). The new data about intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and stalking will create opportunities to raise awareness about the prevalence of these public health problems and to make the case for prevention. This Webinar will discuss NISVS and its messaging implications for the field, explore tools for creating a strong message framework around intimate partner violence/sexual violence/stalking data, and respond to workshop questions solicited in advance from the field. This information will provide practitioners with the knowledge necessary to develop strong messages about the data and the need for primary prevention in order to reach a variety of constituents.

 

Dates: Tues., Sept. 20, 2011, and Wed., Sept. 21, 2011

Time: 2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern Time

 

To register, please visit California Coalition Against Sexual Assault's PreventConnect.org.

  

Call for Presentations for CADCA's 22nd National Leadership Forum

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) is requesting workshop proposals addressing the latest research findings, cutting-edge program successes, lessons learned, or problems solved. The theme is Forum 2012: Collaborate. Advocate. Innovate. The nation's largest meeting for community prevention leaders, treatment professionals and researchers, and SAMHSA/CSAP's 8th Annual Community Prevention Day, CADCA's National Leadership Forum will help coalitions to continue to bring about population-level change in communities. Effective coalition leaders engage and mobilize their communities through collaboration, advocacy, and innovation. Within their footprint, this allows coalitions to maximize partnerships, develop a clear understanding of local conditions, and take action.

 

Forum Dates: February 6-9, 2012

Location: Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland

Submission Deadline: Friday, September 30, 2011

 

Visit the CADCA Web site for the Presentations link and all the latest details regarding the 22nd National Leadership Forum. 

 

Second Annual National Drug Facts Week Begins October 31, 2011

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will sponsor the second annual National Drug Facts Week, to be held October 31 through November 6, 2011. This weeklong observance will bring together teens and scientific experts in community events across the country to discuss scientific facts about drug abuse. National Drug Facts Week is being supported by the following federal agencies: the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration.

 

Organizations wishing to hold events during National Drug Facts Week can visit NIDA's Web site.

 

Job Opportunities  The following positions were recently posted to the Job Opportunities section of the Center's Web site:

 

Health Educator

University of Mississippi

 

Director, Health Education Awareness Resource Team

Temple University

 

Campus Coordinator, Health Promotion Services

University of West Florida - Pensacola

 

Health Educator

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

Prevention Coordinator

University of Missouri

 

Research and Prevention Program Coordinator

University of Missouri

 

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ED's Safe and Supportive Schools News

If you would like weekly e-mail updates on Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools programs, as well as other information related to school safety, substance abuse and violence prevention in education, and the promotion of student health and well-being, you may be interested in subscribing to ED's Safe and Supportive School News. Subscription information is at http://www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/listserv/preventioned.html.

 

The Latest Research
The latest research related to campus-based alcohol and other drug abuse and violence (AODV) prevention, with a special focus on the scope of the problem and promising strategies and interventions.     

 

Brown, S., Jensen, C. D., Cushing, C. C., Aylward, B. S., Craig, J. T., Sorrell, D. M., & Steele, R. G. (2011). Effectiveness of motivational interviewing interventions for adolescent substance use behavior change: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79(4), 433-440.

 

Perron, B. E., Grahovac, I. D. et al. (2011). Supporting students in recovery on college campuses: Opportunities for student affairs professionals. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 48(1).

 

More research studies can be viewed in The Latest Research section on the Center's Web site. 

 

The Higher Education Center news service (HEC/News) is provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention as a way to disseminate news and information related to alcohol and other drug abuse and violence prevention on campus and in surrounding communities. Through its Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, the Department funds the Center under contract number ED-04-CO-0069/0005. The contracting officer's representative is Phyllis Scattergood. The content of HEC/News e-Digest does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Education, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. government.

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