{"id":2961,"date":"2024-10-21T12:54:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T19:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/sdrg\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2961"},"modified":"2024-10-21T12:54:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T19:54:19","slug":"substance-use-prevention-month-telling-the-prevention-story","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/sdrg\/news\/substance-use-prevention-month-telling-the-prevention-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Substance Use Prevention Month: Telling the Prevention Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In October, SAMHSA celebrates&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samhsa.gov\/newsroom\/observances\/prevention-month\">Substance Use Prevention Month<\/a>! and they are Telling the Prevention Story. Prevention Month lifts up the national conversation \u2014 to showcase prevention\u2019s positive effects on communities across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To inspire action, each of us can share how prevention is improving lives in our communities.<\/li>\n<li>We aim to prevent substance use in the first place, prevent the progression of use, and reduce harms. And we have the prevention playbook to do so.<\/li>\n<li>Prevention science (with decades of research and community-based experience) shows that prevention works.<\/li>\n<li>Prevention strengthens protective factors and reduces risk factors \u2015 in individuals, families, schools, communities, and society.<\/li>\n<li>Prevention helps us get ahead of substance use and mental health challenges \u2014 so that youth, families, and communities can thrive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>To Tell Your Story During Prevention Month:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Download the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samhsa.gov\/newsroom\/observances\/prevention-month\">Substance Use Prevention Month toolkit<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 which includes social media messages, graphics, email signature graphic, virtual meeting background, and resources.<\/li>\n<li>Share your #MyPreventionStory on social media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In October, SAMHSA celebrates&nbsp;Substance Use Prevention Month! and they are Telling the Prevention Story. Prevention Month lifts up the national conversation \u2014 to showcase prevention\u2019s positive effects on communities across the country. To Tell Your Story During Prevention Month:<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/sdrg\/news\/substance-use-prevention-month-telling-the-prevention-story\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2964,"template":"","class_list":["post-2961","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/sdrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/sdrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/sdrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/sdrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/sdrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/sdrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}