Using SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework to integrate substance abuse and HIV prevention among minority populations

Through its Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMSHA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is providing communities with resources, training, and technical assistance to address the twin epidemics of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS among minority populations. The MAI is part of a SAMHSA strategic initiative to prevent substance abuse and mental illness nation-wide and focuses on increasing communities' capacity to implement integrated, evidence-based, behavioral health programs through the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF). The SPF is built on a community-based approach to behavioral health and can be utilized to implement and sustain programs at the Federal, State, and local levels—thereby supporting healthier individuals, families, and communities. The proposed session will provide examples of how the SPF is currently being used by nearly 170 community-based organizations, including minority-serving institutions and tribal organizations, to implement integrated substance abuse and HIV prevention programs across the United States.