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Partnership to End Addiction Partnership to End Addiction has developed a report entitled “Prevention Agenda” fundamentally rethinking our approach to prevention. We must promote child, family, and community health; look beyond the traditional targets of substance use prevention; collaborate with and learn from others in the child health and development…

C4 Innovations Youth Engagement Strategies and Support (YESS) seeks to apply best practices for youth engagement to adolescent substance use prevention and early intervention programs. The approach reasons that young people know which approaches and messaging will be most effective for their own age groups. Programs must involve a diverse…

Sharon Levy Levy discusses the historical trends of American opioid usage, with a particular emphasis on the legislation that was passed during periods of higher prevalence. These include the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, the Harrison Drug Act of 1914, the Narcotic Addict Treatment Act (1974), and the…

James J. Hudziak, Zoe Adams, Yang Bai, Matthew Lerner, Jackie Ellis, & Jeff Rettew Hudziak et al. tested the efficacy and effectiveness of the University of Vermont Wellness Environment (WE) program through the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) intervention. Participants completed the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test…

Andrew Volmert, Julie Sweetland & Nat Kendall-Taylor, FrameWorks Institute This report is part of the FrameWork Institute’s larger, multi-method project to design and test framing strategies aimed at improving public understanding of adolescent substance use. This report builds on earlier research around gaps between expert and public thinking about adolescent…

Legal Action Center A third tool in the Legal Action Center’s series on confidentiality regulations as they relate to SBIRT services for youth, this tool outlines how Part 2 applies to common scenarios involving SBIRT. The tool provides guidance around security of records, disclosures to parents and guardians, consent form…

Legal Action Center Building upon Tool #1: Fact Sheet and Tool #1: Decision Tree, this tool provides SBIRT providers with an overview of the basic requirements of Part 2. The tool is for providers who have determined that they are covered by Part 2 (see Tool #1: Decision Tree) as…

Legal Action Center This tool is the first in the series of fact sheets about how the federal confidentiality regulations around substance use disorder records, known as “42 CFR Part 2” (Part 2), relate to SBIRT services for youth. This first tool is intended to help SBIRT providers determine whether…

Legal Action Center This tool is part of the Legal Action Center’s series on confidentiality regulations as they relate to SBIRT services for youth. Building upon “Tool # 1: Fact Sheet”, this tool includes a decision tree to help SBIRT providers determine whether their SBIRT services are subject to federal…

Yang Bai, William E. Copeland, Zoe Adams, Matthew Lerner, Jessica A. King, Steve Szopinski, Vinay Devadanam, Jeff Rettew, & Jim Hudziak The University of Vermont (UVM) Wellness Environment (WE), an incentive-based program focused on health promotion, illness prevention, and behavioral change, is hypothesized to improve health and academic outcomes by…