Partners in Prevention Learning Collaborative

Sex, Drugs, and Alcohol: Bringing Health Promotion into the Greek Community

Overview:

Brandace Stone, MPH, CPH is a Health Promotion Specialist – Greek Life at the University of Florida. Her session will explore how the University of Florida is incorporating health promotion in the sorority and fraternity experience through an embedded Health Promotion Specialist. This role provides a network of services directly to the community guided by the “Core Four” health issues and Eight Dimensions of Wellness. This webinar will explore the unique culture that exists within sorority and fraternity communities and how health promotion initiatives are tailored to these needs. Additionally, various strategies for programming will be discussed, with particular emphasis on methods for institutions with varying levels of resources.

Learning Objectives:

• What is the role of an embedded or collaborative effort between Health Promotion and Greek Life?
• How does one tailor programs to specific Greek Life cultures?
• What effective prevention strategies that can be implemented within the Greek community?

Engaging Parents in Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention

Overview:

Dr. Rob Turrisi is currently a Professor at Penn State University with a joint appointment in the Department of Biobehavioral Health and the Prevention Research Center and is also the Director of the Prevention Research to Optimize (PRO) Health Lab. During his session, he will cover topics such as changes in parenting as students transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood; brain development and self-regulatory behavior; what is evidence-based prevention; and evidence-based parenting efforts to reduce high-risk drinking and alcohol-related problems in youth and emerging adults. A major theme throughout the presentation will be on what we have learned from clinical trials evaluating the Parent Handbook, why it works, and what parents can do.

Learning Objectives:

• How does parenting change as students transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood?
• What is evidence-based prevention?
• What are some evidence-based parenting efforts that can help reduce high-risk drinking in youth and emerging adults?
• How do you engage students not only pre-matriculation but also throughout their time on campus?

Engaging with Community Partners to Prevent Alcohol-Related Problems

Overview:

This webinar will discuss working with partners in the community to reduce risks associated with alcohol sales and consumption. Specifically, we will discuss working with community bars and restaurants, liquor stores and other retail sales outlets, and local police.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how to engage with business owners and alcohol servers.
• Learn how to engage with local police.
• Learn how to begin a town/gown collaborative. Potential; strategies will be discussed.

Effective Collaboration Utilizing the Social Ecological Model in Fraternity and Sorority Life AOD Prevention Efforts

Overview:

In this session, Chris and Kim will discuss applications of Collective Impact theory and the Social Ecological Model in broad-based prevention strategies for fraternity and sorority communities. Fraternities and sororities provide abundant examples of opportunities for exploration and will be used to give participants tangible structures to analyze. The focus will be on the partnership between campus professionals, students, and inter/national organizations.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will be able to identify intersections of the Social-Ecological Model, and Collective Impact frameworks with fraternity and sorority communities.
• Participants will create a plan for assessing the application of relevant theory into their practice with their community.
• Participants will be able to identify relevant partners in developing a prevention strategy focused in fraternity and sorority community.

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