In this session, we provide practical steps you can take in your professional role to support the development of healthy, recovery-friendly communities.

2. What is PROMPT TN?
Project to address opioid misuse and abuse in
rural Tennessee counties
1
Increase capacity of Extension and public
health to address issue locally

3. Main Components
Professional Development and Training
1
Identify resources and produce community-
friendly tools
2
3 Pilot implementation of Communities That
Care (CTC) in Greene County

4. Survey: Resources to Address Issue
4%
32%
10%
49%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Have tools needed to
engage in work to address
opioids in community
Uncomfortable doing
work to address the
opioid issue
Know enough about
opioids to effectively
engage community
Know who to partner
with in community

5. How does this impact my work?
Increase your knowledge and understanding of
substance misuse and abuse and related issues
1
Increase capacity to engage communities
2

6. PROMPT TN Webinar Series:
Using Data for Action:
What you need to know!
Module 3: A Guide to Addressing
Substance Misuse in Your Community.

7. Module 2: Unpacking Tennessee
Adolescent Substance Misuse Data.
Module 1: A Practical Guide to
Understanding Opioid Data.

8. Learning Objectives
Participants will:
• Identify prevention-related activities within their current work
role.
• Understand the substance use care continuum.
• Know where to find resources for evidence-based programs
and policies that reduce risk and build protective factors in
communities.
NOTE: Use Chat for Any and All
Questions You Have!

9. Commonly Used Terms
Risk factors are characteristics at the biological, psychological, family, community, or cultural level that
precede and are associated with a higher likelihood of negative outcomes.
Protective factors are characteristics associated with a lower likelihood of negative outcomes or that
reduce a risk factor’s impact. Protective factors may be seen as positive countering events.
Some risk and protective factors are fixed: they don’t change over time. Other risk and protective
factors are considered variable and can change over time. Variable risk factors include income level,
peer group, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and employment status.
Community assessment is the process of identifying the strengths, assets, needs and challenges of a
specified community. Assets refer to the skills, talents and abilities of individuals as well as the
resources that local institutions contribute to the community.
https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/20190718-samhsa-risk-protective-factors.pdf

10. How is PROMPT TN
connected to my
work as an
Extension Agent?
Health Educator?

11. The BIG Picture:
UT Extension
Family and
Consumer
Sciences (FCS)

12. The BIG
Picture:
Tennessee
Department
of Health

13. The Continuum of Care for Substance Use

16. The BIG
Picture:
Tennessee
Department
of Health

19. Strategic Prevention
Framework
Communities that Care
https://www.communitiesthatcare.net https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/20190620-samhsa-
strategic-prevention-framework-guide.pdf

20. Primary Prevention : Evidence-based “grab and go” curriculum for youth and parents.
Early Intervention: Targeted outreach to high-risk populations, empowering
emotional wellness and improving access to health care.
Treatment: Improve access to healthcare by knowing where your local treatment
services are located.
Recovery Support: Build assets, empower emotional wellness and work together to
plan and design safe and healthy environments.
How can I contribute in my role to the continuum of care of substance use?

21. Blueprints for Healthy
Youth Development:
https://www.blueprintsprogra
ms.org/
Primary prevention
and early
intervention

22. Primary
prevention
and early
intervention

23. Treatment

24. https://www.tn.gov/opioids/treatment/preventing-an-overdose-death.html
Treatment

25. Anti-Drug Coalitions Funded by the
TN Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/mentalhealth/documents/Coalition_Contacts_FY21_1.25
.21.pdf

27. Resources for Programs and Practices
SAMHSA Selecting Best-fit Programs and Practices: Guidance for Substance Misuse Prevention
Practitioners:
https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/ebp_prevention_guidance_document_241.pdf
SAMHSA Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center: https://www.samhsa.gov/resource-search/ebp
Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development: https://www.blueprintsprograms.org/
What Works Clearinghouse (WWC): https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/
Find Naloxone in Your Area: https://www.tn.gov/opioids/treatment/preventing-an-overdose-
death/find-naloxone-in-your-area.html
Tennessee Redline https://www.taadas.org/our-programs-and-services/redline
TN Treatment Locator
https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/mentalhealth/documents/SAPT_Agencies_FY21.pdf

28. “Prevention works, treatment is effective, and
people do recover”.

29. Questions?
Post in chat.
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