Focus on Prevention - Old

3 – 5 CE Hours
350 members have taken this course

This course has been retired. We regularly update our course catalog to ensure relevance.

About the Course

This course offers brief and practical information that is useful in planning and delivering youth substance abuse prevention programs. Prevention strategies, ensuring a solid foundation for strategies, and ways to disseminate information about prevention programs are among the topics presented. The course information also includes guidelines on working with the media and resources for additional information on youth substance abuse prevention.

This course is based on the reading online article, Focus on Prevention – Old created by No author name given

Publication Details

Journal/Publisher: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Publication Date: 2005

Course Material Author

No author name given

No author name given authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Target Audience

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially addiction counselors, psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about planning and delivering youth substance abuse prevention strategies. It is appropriate for all levels of participants' knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Identify and explain each of the eleven "Focus On" topics presented.
  2. 2 Adapt event timelines presented to fit the fit the needs of a particular program.
  3. 3 Be able to design materials for a specific youth substance abuse intervention program.

Disclosure to Learners

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The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

Any relevant financial disclosures for course material authors can be found in the article.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

$45

Your CE Credits

3 – 5 CE Hours CE Approvals CE Approvals

Course Details

Reading Online
Course 100921

Availability

This course is retired. It is no longer available.

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