Thursday, November 21, 2024
11/21/2024
Abstract WV Collegiate Strategic Prevention Framework Partnership for Success The overall goal of the Southern West Virginia Collegiate Strategic Prevention Framework Partnership for Success (C-SPF-PFS) initiative is to prevent the onset and reduce the progression of alcohol, marijuana, tobacco and vaping, and prescription drug misuse and its related problems among higher education students (ages 18 and older) in a 21-county area covering southern West Virginia. The populations that will be benefit from this initiative to enhance the prevention infrastructure and develop the prevention capacity are the some 30,000 faculty, staff and students of the following institutions of higher education: Bluefield State College, BridgeValley Community and Technical College, Concord University, Marshall University, Mountwest Community & Technical College, New River Community and Technical College, Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, West Virginia State University and West Virginia University Institute of Technology. This project will also work to build robust connections between the higher education institutions and their local community coalitions. This new collaborative partnership will bring together the strengths of both the IHEs and the community coalitions to ensure sustainability of prevention assessment, planning, selection and implementation of evidence-based practices and evaluation of prevention efforts long past completion of the grant program. Short-term goals include the following. Goal 1: Increase prevention infrastructure and capacity for culturally sensitive, data-driven, evidence-based practice among higher education institutions in Southern West Virginia. practice among higher education institutions in Southern West Virginia. Goal 2: Conduct needs assessment to inform the development of a strategic plan and evidenced based interventions. Goal 3: Increase evidenced-based trainings and substance misuse prevention activities on campuses through SPF planning and implementation to ensure it is accessible by all students, faculty, and staff. Goal 4: Conduct outcome evaluation and dissemination of findings for the C-SPF-PFS Initiative. C-SPF-PFS has the potential to reach a total of 30,000 individuals over the course of the grant with environmental strategies and prevention messaging and plans to serve approximately 6,000 individuals per year with prevention interventions.
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