Prevention Insights

School of Public Health

Prevention Insights

Training Needs Survey

Open until April 30

There is still time to fill out our Training Needs Survey. Results will help us determine where gaps lie in training and how to best support the Indiana prevention workforce.

To take the survey, CLICK HERE.

Registration is Now Open!

Chicago Marriott Naperville

Pre-Conference: September 25, 2024

Conference: September 26 - 27, 2024

Are you passionate about driving positive change in your community? Don't miss the opportunity to be part of the premiere event in prevention, behavioral health, and equity! At the Connections in Prevention Conference 2024, we're bringing together experts and advocates to explore innovative practices and strategies that promote behavioral health, resilience, and equity. Anchored within a racial equity lens, our conference aims to better situate prevention within diverse perspectives and foster inclusive solutions.

Early Bird Registration for both the Pre-Conference and the Conference are now open and will run through July 26, 2024.

Click HERE to Register!

The Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network is pleased to announce several new training dates for moderated ethics trainings. This two-week, asynchronous moderated course, adapted from the original SAMHSA Center for Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) course, explores the six principles of the Prevention Code of Ethics, brought to life with realistic examples designed to enhance participant understanding. The course also introduces a decision-making process to help practitioners apply this code to a variety of ethical dilemmas, and an online discussion area to facilitate discussion with other course participants.

Click HERE to learn more about the training.

News & Articles

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More teens than ever are overdosing. Psychologists are leading new approaches to combat youth substance misuse. “Just Say No” didn’t work, but experts are employing new holistic programs to help steer kids away—or at least keep them from dying—from illicit substances.

To read article, click HERE.

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Analysis of social media language using AI models predicts depression severity for white Americans, but not Black Americans. NIH-supported study also found Black people with depression used different language than white people to express their thoughts on Facebook.

To read article, click HERE.

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May 2nd: Human Trafficking Training

9:00am - 5:00pm EST | In-Person
Monroe County Convention Center

Prepare prevention providers, coalitions, and community-based partnerships to bring awareness to and educate community members on how to prevent and end human trafficking. Understand the shared risk factors that underlie mental health, substance use, and human trafficking. Learn about efforts to reduce health disparities and enhance health equity in communities as part of prevention planning to reduce numbers of individuals at risk.

For complete details and to register, go to the Prevention Insights Training Portal.

Indiana University
107 S. Indiana Ave
Bloomington, IN 47405