Helps coalitions, public health professionals, and other community stakeholders develop, implement, and evaluate a successful sustainability plan. The Guide provides a process for sustaining policy strategies and related activities, introduces various approaches to sustainability, and demonstrates sustainability planning in action with real-life examples.
Invites communities to host a town hall meeting on addressing underage and high-risk drinking as part of the 2016 national Town Hall Meeting initiative. The website offers tips and resources, videos, and an interactive map showing different communities that are hosting events across the country.
Discusses resources youth and doctors can use to talk about sexual health and feel better prepared for their upcoming visits. Resources include a best practices guide for providers, a health assessment tool for young men, information on well-woman visits, a youth-friendly health website, and more.
Provides free resources for schools and youth serving organizations that offer information about alcohol and drug abuse and safety. The resources are speicfically designed to help organizations and schools host a drug and alcohol facts week, however these resources are can be used year round as well.
Describes the results of a nationally representative survey of students ages 12-18 on prevalence of school bullying. A lower percentage of students reported being bullied in 2013 compared to previous years according to this Department of Education blog.
Presents a guide and video for parents which provides helpful information on talking to their college- bound young adults about alcohol use consequences. The two resources focus primarily on the academic and health consequences of underage drinking during the first year of college.
Features the Office for Victims of Crime Technical Assistance Center micro-site on Human Trafficking. This micro-site provides practitioner-driven, evidence-based training and technical assistance (TTA), webinars, and resources, that is responsive to the particular needs of victim service providers, their communities, and the victims they serve, including a specific focus on human trafficking.
Discusses a study published in the Journal of School Health examining the intersection between homelessness and sexual orientation among middle school students.
Introduces a SAMHSA study which is the first research study that provides insight on substance use initiation patterns among the one in every five full-time college students (aged 18 to 22) using illicit or potentially harmful substances.
Provides parents of children ages 9 to 15 with the tools and information they need to start talking with their children early about the dangers of alcohol. Includes a suite of materials that helps reinforce the underage drinking prevention campaign's messages.
