This online course is designed to support local leaders throughout the Americas as they prepare for and respond to the global (H1N1) 2009 influenza health crisis.
If a school’s mission is to have all children learn, then improving student mental health must be a priority, says Jack Campana, a senior research scientist at EDC.
The HEC [Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention] staff challenged our committee, questioned our process and provided us with a framework to truly define the problems and attach evidence-based approaches to the issues we were experiencing.”
– Lori Ebert, staff member of Phi Kappa Phi Fraternity
With a new four year contract to operate the Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention, HHD will enhance its support to colleges and universities.
As colleges and universities got into full swing this fall, so did the Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention.
The Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention is funded by U.S. Department of Education. The name of the center has been changed slightly. John Clapp from San Diego State University is the Director. Tracy Downs is the Acting Assistant Director. For more information contact Tracy Downs at tdowns@edc.org
HHD will strengthen substance abuse prevention nationwide on behalf of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention in SAMHSA.
As the nation debates how to best care and pay for the health of our people, the role of prevention is important. Raising the legal drinking age to 21 is just one example of effective prevention.
This project is funded by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. EDC’s Health and Human Development division is partnering with the following organizations to carry out this contract: CRP, Inc., Minnesota Institute for Public Health, Social Science Research and Evaluation, University of Nevada, Reno, University of Oklahoma, and Westat. For more information contact Cheryl Vince Whitman at cvincewhitman@edc.org
EDC’s Kim Dash works with the federal government’s Service to Science Initiative to help local communities evaluate their substance abuse prevention programs.
Through the Service to Science Initiative, community substance abuse prevention programs can enhance their evaluation efforts.
Androscoggin County, Maine, in the northeastern corner of the United States, is far from the hustle and bustle of a big city.
The Service to Science Initiative is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). For more information contact Kim Dash at kdash@edc.org.
Project LAUNCH focuses on improving the services for children from birth to age 8 which address their physical, emotional, social, and behavioral development.
Early childhood teachers have been reporting a rise in the number of children that display biting, hitting, and other challenging behaviors in their preschools.
Project LAUNCH is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA). It is operated through the National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention at EDC in partnership with the American Institutes for Research and the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development. For more information contact Diane Barry at dbarry@edc.org.
