Event Dates
March 12, 2019 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
March 13, 2019 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location
Hinton Rural Life Center
2330 Hinton Center Rd, Hayesville, NC 28904
Program Summary
The non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) has become an increasing public health concern in the United States, with abuse rates rising rapidly since the late 1990s. Yet preventing and reducing prescription drug misuse represents a major challenge for states and communities, as prescription drugs offer important health benefits, in addition to presenting risks.
The following listed strategies can be implemented by faith-based organizations in collaboration with the community coalitions to delay the onset of prescription drug use among youth and adults:
- Education is implemented to increase awareness of prescription drug misuse dangers for the public and health care providers. It also provides opportunities to teach individuals how to properly dispense, store, and dispose of controlled substances.
- Proper medication disposal provides ways for people to safely and responsibly get rid of controlled substances that they have in their household. The objective of proper medication disposal is to limit access and availability, as well as raise awareness of prescription drug misuse.
- Provide faith communities and organizations strategies aimed to identify resources in their community to support their congregation who a substance misuse disorder to appropriate intervention and treatment organizations.
- Multi-component programs combine more than one type of strategy to address multiple risk factors (e.g., lack of awareness, perceptions of harm, access and availability, overdose antidote use) associated with prescription drug misuse and overdose.
Training Agenda
- Provide education to increase awareness of prescription drug misuse dangers for the public and health care providers. Also, the training provides opportunities to teach individuals how to properly dispense, store, and dispose of controlled substances.
- Provide a method to implement proper medication disposal for people to safely and responsibly get rid of controlled substances that they have in their household. The objective of proper medication disposal is to limit access and availability, as well as raise awareness of prescription drug misuse.
- Provide training participants strategies aimed to identify resources in their community to support their congregation who a substance misuse disorder to appropriate intervention and treatment organizations.
- Provide participants information on multi-component programs which combine more than one type of strategy to address multiple risk factors (e.g., lack of awareness, perceptions of harm, access and availability, overdose antidote use) associated with prescription drug misuse and overdose.
Training Topics will Include - Faith (in) Power (History of Faith Movements in improving Social/Health Outcomes) / and Prevention and Faith-Based
- Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration’ s Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) Overview
- Faith and Cultural Competence within the Opioid Crisis
- Sustainable Models for Faith communities to identify
Audience
This training is designed for community members, faith-based congregations and leaders as well as professionals who are seeking additional knowledge and training about the integration of faith-based approaches with substance abuse prevention.
Skill Level
The event is intended to serve the needs of novice to moderately skilled community members.
About the North Carolina Training and Technical Assistance Center (NCTTA)
The NCTTA provides training and technical assistance to North Carolina Substance Abuse Prevention Providers and interested communities. Services include:
- Developing tools and strategies to improve the quality of substance abuse prevention activities
- Providing technical assistance and learning resources
- Improving the understanding of prevention science
- Encouraging the use of epidemiological data to guide prevention planning
- Assisting in the selection and implementation of evidence-based and promising prevention practices
About Mountain Projects Prevention Services
Mountain Projects is a community based non-profit organization, founded in 1965 as a Community Action Agency that provides vital services to the elderly, disadvantaged and general public in Western North Carolina. In 2008, they contracted with Smoky Mountain Center to implement the Strategic Prevention Framework grant. In 2012, they became the Prevention Provider for the western region of Vaya Health.
About the Hinton Rural Life Center
Hinton Center is a Christian retreat and conference center where guests can come to retreat, reflect and renew. The Center provides day meeting spaces as well as overnight accommodations for groups up to 200. Hinton Rural Life Center is a Methodist organization, welcoming to interfaith and non-faith based organizations who uphold and honor the values of our organization.
About the Trainers
TTJ Group, LLC promotes public health by collaborating with communities to create and provide innovative and culturally appropriate services on a national level. The Group has a seventy-five (75) plus network of content consultants and associates included to provide work in this proposal who have worked with prevention programs nationally and specifically within their professions and are specialist in substance abuse disorder prevention, and public health. They each have a solid understanding of working with faith-based organizations and communities, Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) and understanding of program sustainability. They represent over two hundred years of experience in the human service field.
Funding in whole or in part for this event was provided by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services with funding from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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