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Substance and Alcohol Misuse Prevention & Treatment

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Aim

Create and enhance cross-sector collaborations and programming so that all Central Oregonians have equitable access to skilled, evidence-based substance (licit and illicit) and alcohol misuse prevention, as well as evidence-based intervention, treatment, and recovery services that are culturally responsive and trauma-informed.

Metrics

  1. Decrease binge drinking among adults
  2. Decrease vaping or e-cigarette use among youth
  3. Increase additional services for alcohol or drug dependence for individuals newly diagnosed
  4. Reduce mental health/substance abuse emergency department visits in Madras, Prineville, and Warm Springs
  5. Learn more about these measures at Central Oregon Health Data

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Developed Materials

Binge Drinking Assessment

Central Oregon Healthy Retail Assessment

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Funded Initiatives

Media Campaign to Reduce Binge Drinking Among 18-34 Year Olds

This funding will be utilized to develop and implement an inclusive and engaging media campaign, targeting 18-34 year olds, to help raise awareness about what binge drinking is and to begin to shift societal attitudes ...

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Upstream Healthy Retail Community Assessment for Central Oregon

Working with stakeholders from Central Oregon, Upstream Public Health will conduct outreach and community listening sessions to assess community interest and readiness to pilot healthy retail locations in Central Oregon. This outreach will lay the ...

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