142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Using a public health model to plan for community change around alcohol: Lessons learned from Minnesota's Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) process

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Molly Patil , Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division, MN Department of Human Services, St. Paul, MN
Abby Larson , Olmsted County Public Health, Rochester, MN
Melissa Adolfson, MS , EpiMachine, LLC, Saint Paul, MN
Meaghan Sherden, MPH , Health Assessment and Planning Division, Olmsted County Public Health Services, Rochester, MN
Substance abuse prevention has widely been funded through competitive bid models in which potential grantees submit an application outlining specific programs they hope to implement. If the funder feels the program is likely to produce positive results, a grant is awarded, and the applicant is able to implement the specified program. The State of Minnesota, through a federal cooperative agreement with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), developed a different process for supporting community alcohol prevention efforts using a two-phase funding model in which sub-recipient grantees are funded to implement a public health planning process that allows communities to more thoroughly examine local problems and strategically plan and develop local solutions. Seven community grantees across Minnesota are utilizing the Strategic Prevention Framework to guide comprehensive, data-driven, prevention programming that will create community-level change around alcohol use. Minnesota will showcase this public health approach to assessing, prioritizing, and planning to address substance abuse problems. We will describe how local coalitions accessed existing data, conducted primary data collection, prioritized local problems and root causes, assessed the evidence base of and selected corresponding interventions, and developed community-specific strategic plans. Additionally, a multi-step process for assessing high-risk sub-populations and examples of efforts to build local capacity and prevention infrastructure will be shared. Practical tips for being successful in this public health process and lessons learned will also be explained.

Learning Areas:

Program planning
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
List the five steps and two underlying components of the Strategic Prevention Framework public health model Differentiate between environmental and individual ATOD prevention strategies Design a process for assessing and prioritizing local ATOD problems in a community Describe how a community coalition’s capacity can be built to more effectively plan comprehensive ATOD prevention programs Identify components of a comprehensive community prevention plan

Keyword(s): Prevention, Community Health Planning

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I worked as the grant coordinator for Olmsted County during the assessment phase of the SPF SIG grant. During the assessment phase I facilitated many data collection activities through development of assessments and the analysis of the results that informed the creation of Olmsted County’s Strategic Plan on Reducing Underage Drinking and Binge Drinking among Young Adults. My responsibilities in my current position as Program Evaluator include data analysis, strategic planning and developing evaluation plans.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.