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Tuesday, December 4, 2012 |
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NYC PRC Prevention News Issue #40
Building capacity by creating networks, one coalition at a time | |
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Notes From the Meeting Table
Breaking News...When You Need to Stay Informed
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TODAY'S POLL
Tell Us Your Opinion
Should Non-Medical Marijuana Be Legalized?
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IS IT TIME TO RETHINK YOUR WEBSITE WORKSHOP
Presented by BIG DUCK - Communications for Non-profits
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logo courtesy of Big Duck. |
When it comes to the Web, a lot has changed over the past 10 years (and some things haven't). Does your website give users what they need, how they want to find it? Does it serve your mission and current goals? How have the trends toward interactivity, social media and responsive design impacted your website? Do you have a content strategy and resources you need to keep your site up to date? We'll have fun taking a stroll down memory lane - playing "name that year" on site designs and looking at some awesome successes and a few wonderful failures.
Session Takeaways:
- Understanding of what has changed - and what hasn't - in what people want from your website and how you can deliver it.
- Criteria to evaluate how much of a redesign you need, and how much you can handle. Is a little refresh enough? Do you need a complete redesign? Should you leave things alone?
- Ideas for how to keep your site current and interactive.
Who Should Attend: This workshop is open to organizations, individuals, and community members that want to develop a more comprehensive and useful online (website) presence that can support community based anti-drug efforts.
Accommodations: Light breakfast and Lunch will be served.
Join us on Thursday, January 17th at 10 AM until 1 PM for another professional development series brought to you by BIG DUCK.
The event will take place at the Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services,
501 Seventh Avenue (near West 37th Street) in Manhattan, 8th Floor.
For more information and registration, please visit our link or go to PRC website and look for the upcoming events section. |
Living Near Bars May Increase Risk of Heavy Drinking, Study Suggests
Living near bars may increase the risk of heavy drinking, a new study suggests. Researchers followed almost 55,000 adults in Finland for seven years. They found those who moved closer to bars were more likely to consume a greater amount of alcohol, according to Reuters. A person who moved one kilometer (0.6 mile) closer to a bar increased the odds of becoming a heavy drinker by 17 percent. The study defined heavy drinking as more than 10 ounces a week of distilled alcohol for men, and seven ounces for women.
The researchers noted that the findings were similar among people who moved close to bars, and among people who lived in neighborhoods where bars opened close to their homes.
The study appears in the journal Addiction.
Researcher Jaana L. Halonen told Reuters it is possible that restricting the operating hours of bars and other alcohol retailers could limit local residents' risky drinking.
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PREVENTION NEWS COVERAGE (CONTINUES) | |
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Unkindness linked to alcohol, drug abuse in black populations
New Study conducted by Purdue University suggests alcohol & substance abues links to discrimination
Blacks who feel mistreated and discriminated against are more likely to abuse alcohol and illegal drugs, and a new study from Purdue University shows this usage can become a problematic pattern.  "It's no surprise that people who believe they receive frequent unfair treatment from strangers feel enough emotional pain that leads them to self-coping behaviors such as alcohol and drug use, but this study shows that there is significant relationship between this poor treatment and chronic substance abuse," says Haslyn E.R. Hunte, an assistant professor of health and kinesiology who studies health outcomes and discrimination. "There is a connection here, and while more work is needed to understand the cause and effect, especially if a substance abuse problem could be one of the reasons people are treated unfairly, people need to realize how they treat others can affect them deeply.
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Contact Us
NYC Prevention Resource Center
The Children's Aid Society
105 East 22nd Street, Suite 517
New York, New York 10010
Tel: (917) 286-1541
Fax: (212) 529-6762
Email: prc@childrensaidsociety.org |
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 About Us
The New York City Prevention Resource Center (PRC) is a partnership between the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), and The Children's Aid Society (CAS).
The PRC is committed towards providing technical assistance and training to NYC communities addressing the negative factors associated with underage drinking, tobacco and other drug use; through the formation and strengthening of coalitions that are implementing evidence based strategies and best practices. |
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