SAMHSA Primary Prevention Strategies: Environmental Approaches
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. PT
One of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s key primary prevention strategies, environmental prevention, “establishes or changes written and unwritten community standards, codes, and attitudes. Its intent is to influence the general population’s use of alcohol and other drugs.” This training will explore best practices in environmental prevention and how to effectively implement strategies in community-based settings. Participants will learn about the Public Health approach and how it relates to environmental prevention, strategies to address environmental contributors to substance use and misuse, and how to engage communities in environmental prevention efforts.
The recommended skill level for Welcome to SAMHSA Primary Prevention Strategies: Environmental Approaches is for beginner prevention professionals.
About the Presenter
Charlie Seltzer (he/him) was the Substance Use Disorder (SUD) prevention coordinator for the Mendocino County Public Health Department for 10 years. When he retired from full time work, he asked to become a consultant for CARS. He enjoyed prevention, but he wanted to assist the whole field, not just his county. Now, he gets to consult with people all across the state, assisting them to design and implement strategic plans and build capacity for their local prevention work. He also enjoys offering SUD prevention trainings to the field and has led numerous Prevention-101 trainings, trainings on environmental prevention, the Strategic Prevention Framework, social determinants of health, conducting focus groups, designing logic models, and Diversity/Equity/Inclusion/Belonging issues for LGBTQ+ individuals, the disabled and rural populations. When he’s not working in the SUD prevention field, Charlie enjoys playing the piano (he’s quite good), gardening, reading, cooking, hiking the beautiful hills of Mendocino County, and being home with his husband and their cat.