Prevention Needs For A Successful Community Program

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Prevention Needs For A Successful Community
Program

• Pamela Gillen RN, ND, CACIII
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Other Prenatal
  Substance Abuse Prevention Outreach Project
• University of Colorado Health Sciences Center/AHEC

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Conception of project

• CDC
• CSAP
• ADAD
• UCHSC/AHEC

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Centers For Disease Control And Prevention

• Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division (ADAD) and
  Colorado Department of Healths (DCEED)
  collaborated in a Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
  Prevention Program with a grant from the CDC.
• State Wide Focus

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Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)/ADAD

• Prevention Strategies -- ADAD merged
  strategies with CSAPS National Strategies to
  insure a common definition of what we are doing
  in prevention.

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UCHSC/AHEC

• Continued the ADAD FAS Prevention Project
• Developed the FAS and Other Prenatal Substance
  Abuse Prevention Outreach project
• State Wide Focus
• Area Health Education Partners across state

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AHEC MISSION

• Serve the health needs of the state especially
  rural, minority, and underserved populations
  through educational outreach.

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AHEC Centers

• Centennial AHEC, Greeley
• Central AHEC, Denver
• San Luis Valley AHEC, Alamosa
• So Eastern Colo AHEC, Pueblo
• Western Colo AHEC, Clifton

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AHEC MAP
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Project Abstract

• Collaborative effort involving numerous community
  sectors and Health, education, social service,
  law enforcement and community groups.

• State wide focus utilizing the Colorado AHEC
  (Area Health Education Center) system to provide
  program service to all areas of the state.

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ADAD/POP GOAL

• Reduce Use of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
  by Pregnant Women

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ADAD/CSAP STRATEGIES

• Information Dissemination
• Community-Based Process
• Environmental

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Information Dissemination Strategy

• FAS/ATOD material development
• FAS/ATOD video/ material dissemination
• FAS articles
• FAS Internet / curriculum
• Public service announcements
• Speaking Engagements
• Telephone Information line 1-800

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SMART START Brochure
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Community-Based Process Strategy

• Community Needs assessment
• FAS/High risk women training
• FAS community development
• FAS/ATOD multi agency meetings, coalitions,
  parent support groups
• Technical Assistance

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Environmental Strategy

• TA to community on establishing policy and
  developing services for individuals
• Changing Legislation
• Prevention efforts aimed at the state
  legislatures

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Key components of program

• FAS/AHEC Partner in each region of state
• Collaborative training
• Multi-media access
• Statewide advisory council
• Statewide Coalition
• Prevention funded position through CSAP block
  grant funds

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Growing Partnerships

• Criminal Justice
• TASC, Drug Court
• Mental Health
• MHASA, JFK
• Education
• Chaffee County
• Health Care
• Childrens Hospital, Genetics, Denver Health
• Alcohol and Drug Treatment
• Special Connections
• Alcohol and Drug Service providers Association

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Growing Partnerships

• Drug/alcohol prevention Parenting
• Social Services
• Work force
• Community coalitions and organizations

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Parents Support Groups

• What has worked!
• Parent ownership
• Financial support
• Organizational support
• Food
• Childcare
• Speakers

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Program Evaluation
Prevention Evaluation Partners
Assessing Outcomes
Prevention Stories
MDS
Realizing Individual And Community Possibilities
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What Have We Learned?

• Health care providers are lacking new knowledge
  regarding FASD diagnosis.
• Many providers are reluctant to diagnosis due to
  feeling the diagnosis is simply a label.
• Human service providers and health care providers
  need to collaborate more closely.
• Geographic barriers continue to be a problem for
  adequate resources.

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What Have We Learned?

• Change happens, but sometimes slowly
• Neutral position enhances capacity building
• Small start up dollars work
• Fostering relationships, networking and
  collaborating strengthen the project

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Overview

• One office, 2 people
• Expanding Capacity
• Partnerships
• Focused Prevention Efforts
• 6 sites, 3 clinics, multiple trainers
• Vision