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.75 CEs
This presentation provides an overview of the science that underlies evidence-based prevention interventions and strategies, and the application of these effective approaches in prevention practice. The concepts of prevention science are important for prevention professionals to understand in order to succeed in their efforts to prevent risky health behaviors such as substance use. Prevention science lays the groundwork for the development, testing, and implementation of prevention strategies that have been shown to achieve positive outcomes, i.e., evidence-based programs, practices, and policies.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
Define prevention science
Describe the interactions of the macro- and micro-level influences with personal characteristics that contribute to substance use behaviors
Discuss risk and protective factors within the contexts of the etiology model and the socialization process
Identify points of intervention
Presenter:
Zili Sloboda, is the President of Applied Prevention Science International. She was trained in medical sociology and in behavioral health and epidemiology. Her research has focused on substance use epidemiology, services research, and the evaluation of substance use treatment and prevention programs. Her current focus is on establishing the field of prevention science, developing an international cadre of prevention professionals, and on studying the relationship between training in prevention science and the implementation of evidence-based prevention interventions and policies.
She has served on the faculties of three universities and worked at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for 12 years in several capacities, the last as the Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research with a focus on HIV and substance use. While at NIDA she and her staff organized the International Epidemiology Work Group and the International HIV Prevention Network.
She was one of the founders of the U.S. and E.U. Societies for Prevention Research and is well-published in the area of substance use epidemiology and substance use prevention. Her major books include the Handbook of Drug Abuse Prevention, Epidemiology of Drug Abuse, Defining Prevention Science, and Prevention of Substance Use. In addition, she has a long standing commitment to the dissemination of evidence-based programming and the advancement of Translation I and II research through work with the U.S. Society for Prevention Research and with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. She has received several commendations for her work from the National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. and E.U. Societies for Prevention Research.
Target Audience: Professionals or organizations; Community members (members of a community or consumers); Students or educators (including faculty, administrators, supervisors, etc.)
Location: Virtual
Sponsored By: Central East PTTC and the Danya Institute
Cost: Free
For questions, email webinars@danyainstitute.org