“Save-the-Date… May 5-7, 2020. Join Us for the North Carolina Prevention Conference!”
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Anna Godwin, Executive Director Community Impact NC (CINC)
Jessica Dicken, Section Chief, Community Wellness, Prevention, and Health Integration Team, DMHDDSAS
Josh Stein, MPA, JD, North Carolina Attorney General.
Introduction by Steve Mange, JD.
Phillip S. Gardiner, Dr. P.H., Co-Chair of the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council.
This presentation will look at the intersection of tobacco, marijuana and electronic cigarettes, the delivery devise for the 2 before mention drugs and others. This will include understanding the chemical composition of both e-liquid and the resulting aerosol. This presentation will also delve into the chemical composition of Marijuana smoke and its similarities to tobacco smoke. We will also look at Hookah, and IQOS.
Phillip S. Gardiner, Dr. P.H., Co-Chair of the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council.
The session will focus on Nicotine Salts, FDA Regulations(sic) and the Evali crises.
Ret. Lt. Patrick Burns, Vice Chair of the Orange County ABC Board
Gayane Chambless MA, NCC, Program Director, Orange Partnership for Alcohol and Drug Free Youth
By moving from a siloed to a team approach, communities can increase their capacity to address high risk and underage alcohol use. This presentation will provide information on how community collaboratives and organizations can effectively work together with law enforcement to inform and enhance one another’s efforts by building a multi-agency team. Information will be provided on the different types of targeted enforcement operations that can be conducted, as well as highlight the benefits and additional resources that result from building community partnerships. The session will be beneficial to officers specialized in alcohol enforcement, as well as to community collaboratives and organizations interested in building or becoming part of a multi-agency enforcement team.
Colber Prosper, CADCA
Building community partnerships and coalition membership can be slow or stagnate. The struggle is real. This session will cover how issues of leadership, community politics, inequalities and coalition structure can hurt overall collaboration and impact. The instructor will share how having a “hero’s mentality” can fuels such issues and it will take collaborative leaders to produce real community change. Participants will discuss principles of collaborative leadership and how they will apply them to their coalitions.
Annie Murphey, LICSWA, CDP
A Coordinator’s role is extremely diverse, but adding in challenges of promoting prevention and making community level systematic changes in a state that has legalized marijuana brings it’s own set of challenges. Learn some ideas that have been helpful, as well as things we wish we would have done differently at the local with legalized marijuana in Washington State to help you make your next steps. Bring questions.
Dylan Ellerbee, BA, Research Associate, UNC Greensboro and Wake Forest School of Medicine
This session will review the established best practices in alcohol policy. Utilizing Alcohol No Ordinary Commodity and the CDC Community Guide on Excessive Alcohol Consumption, participants will be taught what policies work and in reducing excessive and underage alcohol consumption. In addition to reviews of best practice policies, participants will be introduced to the advocacy techniques that have worked at the state and national level in moving alcohol policy.
Poe Health Center Youth
Nicole Augustine, MPH, MCHES, CSAPC, Project Coordinator for the North Carolina Behavioral Health Equity Initiative and the Southeast Prevention Technology Transfer Center, Wake Forest School of Medicine
The National CLAS standards are designed to improve health equity, by establishing standards by which organizations operate. In this session, participants will review the foundational terminology, explore how to enhance organizational cultural competence, and discuss the importance of cultural adaptations in the implementation of prevention strategies.
Megan Canady, MSW, MSPH, Research Associate with the UNC Center for Maternal and Infant Health
Vaping among women of reproductive age has become common, including during pregnancy despite the potential risks. In this session, learn more about the scope of this problem including the negative maternal and infant health outcomes. Attendees will learn how to address vaping during pregnancy through effective screening and counseling methods. Further, free resources to support providers and patients alike will be shared.
Annie Murphey, LICSWA, CDP
Understand struggles and wins from Washington State’s experience, on a state-wide level, with legalized retail marijuana. Plan for changes that can take place when retail marijuana becomes a reality: what policies can help in prevention, what policies should you look at in advance; who should be at the table? These are all questions that will be answered in this one-hour session. With a quick look at WA campaigns, state-wide prevention design, and data to assist with your predictions and planning in North Carolina.
Jim Martin, Director of Policy and Programs, NC Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch
This session will describe the current landscape of e-cigarettes and the epidemic of e-cigarette use among youth. The session will focus on evidence-based policy,
prevention, and cessation strategies. Participants will also learn about key state and national resources.
This ticket admits one to the North Carolina Prevention Conference. When registering a youth, please mark "N/A" for registration questions that don't apply.
This ticket admits one to the North Carolina Prevention Conference. When registering a youth, please mark "N/A" for registration questions that don't apply.
Unfortunately, we are NO LONGER accepting exhibitors. All exhibitor spots have been filled at this time.
This is a stipend application for the 2020 NC Substance Misuse Prevention Conference. Once completed, you will be alerted in January if you have received the award. If you receive a scholarship, you will be sent an email with a registration code for the scholarship.
The conference will be held May 5-6, 2020 at McKimmon Conference Center in Raleigh, NC.
Applications must be received by January 15, 2020 by 5:00pm to be considered.
Pleaese reach out with any questions or concerns: Terri Moy terri@impactcarolina.org
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION LINK (NOW CLOSED):
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stipend-application-north-carolina-prevention-conference-2020-tickets-79299263231
If you are a youth ages 12-18 planning to attend the North Carolina Prevention Conference, you can complete this application to apply for a stipend registration for the event. For hotel rooms for youth, adult leaders may request the needed amount of rooms to terri@impactcarolina.org. LIMITED rooms are available for youth and will be awarded on a first come, first serve basis.
Applications must be completed by January 15 to be considered for a registration stipend.
The conference will be held May 5-6, 2020 at McKimmon Conference Center in Raleigh, NC.
YOUTH STIPEND APPLICATION LINK (NOW CLOSED):
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/youth-stipend-application-north-carolina-prevention-conference-2020-tickets-85203009495
Supported by the NC 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 (SAMHSA), Substance Abuse Block Grant, Strategic Prevention Framework for Prescription Drugs (SPF-Rx, #SP022087).
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