The Travis County Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition (YSAPC) in partnership with Cardea (http://www.cardeaservices.org/) received a grant in July of 2017 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health. YSAPC will work to prevent prescription and non-prescription opioid misuse among girls ages 10 to 17, especially pregnant and parenting girls, through the development, implementation and evaluation of a Preventing Opioid Misuse Among Girls Community of Practice (CoP) over a three (3) year period ending on June 30 of 2020.
The CoP will offer educational activities to healthcare professionals and other stakeholders in Region 13 schools and Travis County clinics that address:
- Understanding addiction and adolescent brain development;
- Overview of opioids and how they are different from other drugs;
- Data, story and trends;
- Recognizing warning signs of opioid misuse;
- Risk and protective factors of misuse;
- How to talk to adolescents;
- Gender-responsive and trauma-informed approaches;
- Motivational Interviewing;
- Evidence-based prevention interventions;
- How and when to screen for misuse;
- Information and referral to local resources;
- Ways to integrate prevention into primary care;
For more information, please see the PowerPoint.
