December 20, 2007
In this issue:
New Monitoring the Future Survey Reveals Teen Drug Use Has Declined
New Monitoring the Future (MTF) Survey reveals teen drug use has declined by 24 percent since 2001 for 8th, 10th, and 12th graders combined, with reductions in the use of nearly every drug in every drug prevalence category.
The MTF study is the largest and most significant survey of youth drug use and measures drug, alcohol, and cigarette use and related attitudes among 8th, 10th, and 12th grade students nationwide. Study participants report their drug use behaviors across three time periods: lifetime, past year, and past month. This year, 48,025 students from 403 public and private schools participated in the survey. The survey is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of HHS’s National Institutes of Health.
Click here to view the ONDCP's fact sheet on MTF survey.
Click here to view the entire survey.
Don't Miss: Executive Moms - Juggling Career and Motherhood
Oregon Partnership's Center for Education and Training is proud to bring you - Executive Moms - Juggling Career and Motherhood. The event will take place on Tuesday, February 12th, from 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. at Montgomery Park, located at 2701 NW Vaughn Avenue, in Portland. Registration is $35, and Parking is Free.
Across Oregon, women are running companies or starting their own businesses, plus managing their children and households. They look like a million dollars as they drop off their child at school before heading into the office for a conference call, they check email on Blackberries from soccer games, they juggle caring for a sick child with meeting a deadline for a strategic marketing plan. How do these Executive Moms do it all? Learn their secrets to success, hear tips for work/life balance, find ways to enlist more help from your husband, extended family and childcare providers, and get advice on how to not only get through it all, but actually enjoy life as a working mom.
To register please email Danny Slifman or call OP at 503-244-5211.
Click here for more information.
Click here to download the training flyer.
Public Meeting to Discuss Mental Health and Addiction Services
The Mental Health Association of Portland will host an open and public meeting to discuss mental health and addiction services with Multnomah County Chair Ted Wheeler. The Commission recently decided to NOT fund a psychiatric emergency center, a key recommendation of the Mayor's Public Safety / Mental Health Initiative.
This is an exceptional opportunity for a public conversation about services, financing, outcomes, and priorities. Please mark your calendars and save this date. The meeting will take place on January 18 at 6 PM, at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, located at 147 NW 19th Ave. in Portland. All are welcome.
Click here for more information.
New Web Page Helps Users Identify Evidence-Based Programs
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has developed a new Web page to assist the public in identifying evidence-based programs and practices that can prevent and/or treat mental and substance use disorders. A Guide to Evidence-Based Practices on the Web at www.samhsa.gov/ebpWebguide features 37 Web sites that contain information about specific evidence-based interventions or provide comprehensive reviews of research findings.
Click here for more information.
Training Opportunity: Grant Writing Workshop
The Washington County Sheriff's Department and Grant Writing USA invite you to attend a grant writing workshop in Hillsboro, February 6-7, 2008. The workshop is applicable to city, county and state agencies as well as nonprofit organizations, K-12, colleges and universities.
Grant Writing USA has helped thousands of government agencies, nonprofit organizations and educational institutions achieve grants success. Given the opportunity I’m confident we can do the same for you.
Click here for more information.
Oregon Partnership Wishes You a Safe and Happy Holiday
The holiday season is filled with fun, family, friends and festivities. It is also the time of holiday celebrations, and alcohol consumption tends to increase significantly. OP recommends safe and moderate consumption of holiday libations. Here are a few tips to keep your holiday celebrations safe and responsible:
- While entertaining, offer protein-rich and starchy foods that help the body absorb alcohol. But remember, a full stomach cannot prevent alcohol from being absorbed – only slow it down.
- Provide your guests with an attractive selection of nonalcoholic beverages. Remember that about one-third of all adults in the U.S. abstain from drinking alcohol completely for a variety of reasons.
- Serve coffee and dessert toward the close of the evening. But remember, drinking coffee won’t help speed up the elimination of alcohol from the bloodstream.
- Encourage your guests to car pool with a designated driver.
- For a friend who has had too much to drink, call a cab or insist that the guest sleep overnight at your home.
Thanks for reading A Closer Look, and have a great holiday!
Do you have information to share with your prevention colleagues around the state? Please send to: dslifman@orpartnership.org.
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