Prevention Basics

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Session Description Prevention aims to prevent disease or injury before it ever occurs. This is done by preventing exposures to risk factors that cause disease or injury, altering unhealthy or unsafe behaviors that can lead to disease or injury, and increasing resistance to disease or injury should exposure occur.  The prevention basics session introduces prevention […]

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Youth Prevention Education Basics

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Session Description Effective youth prevention education curricula teach young people to resist drugs by developing personal and social skills, such as decision making, stress management, communication, social interaction, conflict resolution, and assertiveness. With this new awareness, youths are better able to resist the pressure to use drugs. This session provides an overview of youth prevention […]

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Aligning Prevention to Appropriate Populations

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Session Description Prevention activities are typically categorized by the following three definitions: primary, secondary and tertiary.   Strategies ranging from community education to neighborhood awareness around health issues are some of the actions that can be implemented at the local level.  The training will provide a survey of prevention strategies including a discussion of universal, […]

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