by ttasc | Mar 1, 2023 | Blogs, Moving Research to Policy
Racial and ethnic disparities in treatment access and outcomes among patients with substance use disorders (SUDs) have widened, despite substantial efforts to address the epidemic of drug-overdose deaths in the United States. Rates of overdose death are rising faster...
by ttasc | Jan 19, 2023 | Blogs, Public Policy & Environmental Change
The Community Assessment A community assessment is a comprehensive description of your target community (however your coalition defines community). The assessment process is a systematic gathering and analysis of information about the community for the purpose of...
by ttasc | Dec 27, 2022 | Blogs, Public Policy & Environmental Change
In this quarter’s segment of the Prevention Specialist Domain Series, we will be discussing how to further develop skills and competency in public policy and environmental change for prevention professionals. What are Environmental Strategies and How do we affect...
by ttasc | Dec 5, 2022 | Blogs, Professional Growth & Responsibility
The success of prevention programs relies heavily on a competent, well-trained, ethical and highly professional workforce of Prevention Specialists. Credentialing ensures that professionals have undergone development of competency requirements which includes the...
by ttasc | Nov 4, 2022 | Blogs, Professional Growth & Responsibility
Substance prevention efforts and strategies have come a long way in America within the last one hundred years. Do you know about the history of prevention and how we focus the lens of the profession in modern programs? History and health education are two of my...
