Certified Prevention Specialist

Behavioral Health correct answers A state of emotional/mental well-being and/or choices and actions that affect health and wellness. Is substance abuse a behavioral health problem? correct answers Yes- so is addiction, mental disorders, psychological distress, and suicide. Behavioral health service systems include: correct answers Mental health promotion, SUD/mental health disorder prevention, SUD/mental health disorder treatment, recovery support The Institute of Medicine (IOM...

Stages Of Community Awareness correct answers No Awareness, Denial, Vague Awareness, Pre-Planning, Preparation, Initiation, Stabilization, Confirmation, ownership. Dimensions of Community Awareness correct answers Community Efforts, Community Knowledge of the efforts, Leadership, Community Climate, Community Knowledge of the issue, Resources. Quantitative Data: Archival Data correct answers Data in Numerical form that is based on studies, tells us how many, how often. Data that al...

Stages Of Community Awareness correct answers No Awareness, Denial, Vague Awareness, Pre-Planning, Preparation, Initiation, Stabilization, Confirmation, ownership. Dimensions of Community Awareness correct answers Community Efforts, Community Knowledge of the efforts, Leadership, Community Climate, Community Knowledge of the issue, Resources. Quantitative Data: Archival Data correct answers Data in Numerical form that is based on studies, tells us how many, how often. Data that al...

Prevention strategies, activities, or approaches that have been shown through research and evaluation to be effective in the prevention and/or delay of substance use or abuse. correct answers Best Practices Data that already exists and that are maintained by an organization or entity. Typically, this refers to collected data repositories maintained by state agencies, such as Highway Patrol (for DUI accidents and fatalities), Health Services (for AOD related hospitalizations), and Treatment...