Prevention First
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Categories
Individual and Family ServicesMental Health & Addiction Services
About Us
Mission and Vision
Our Mission: PreventionFIRST! implements best practice strategies to reduce the risk of behavioral health disorders.
Our Vision: All communities apply prevention strategies in every stage of life.
Core Values
Collaboration
Engage with local coalitions and individuals
Empowerment
Help people find their role in prevention
Evidence-based
Decisions/programs based on data and need
Enduring
Long-term, lasting resource for the community
Our Goals
Ensure data-driven decision-making for prevention action
- Measure the impact of our work & that of our partners
- Conduct a biannual Student Survey
- Produce comprehensive assessments to understand problems & related social consequences
- Evaluate short/long term outcomes
Strengthen & support community level substance use/misuse prevention efforts
- Establish new and support developing coalitions
- Provide evidence-based prevention training/technical assistance to communities & partners
- Identify, build, and maintain relationships with organizations doing prevention work
Promote collaboration across community sectors to implement evidence-based prevention
- Implement prevention strategies to change social acceptability, access/availability, media messaging/promotion, and policy/enforcement
- Focus efforts on identified substance use/misuse problems among youth: underage drinking, marijuana use & prescription/over-the-counter drug misuse
Video Media
Highlights
Images
![Santa Maria PreventionFIRST! Festiival Santa Maria PreventionFIRST! Festiival](https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/images/customers/818/members/8374/photos/GALLERY_MAIN/Santa_Maria_Prevention_Festival_4.jpg)
![PreventionFIRST! Price Hill Summer Event PreventionFIRST! Price Hill Summer Event](https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/images/customers/818/members/8374/photos/GALLERY_MAIN/IMG-8458.jpg)
![Prevention outreach to families at Westwood Apts. Prevention outreach to families at Westwood Apts.](https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/images/customers/818/members/8374/photos/GALLERY_MAIN/Westwood_Apts._Parenting_Training_2.jpg)
![PreventionFIRST! Santa Maria Prevention Event- La Mega media banner PreventionFIRST! Santa Maria Prevention Event- La Mega media banner](https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/images/customers/818/members/8374/photos/GALLERY_MAIN/prevention_first_WEB_FB_1080x1080_june27_(3).jpg)
![PreventionFIRST! Mental Health Fresh Check Day at the University of Cincinnati PreventionFIRST! Mental Health Fresh Check Day at the University of Cincinnati](https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/images/customers/818/members/8374/photos/GALLERY_MAIN/IMG_6427.jpeg)
![PreventionFIRST! Univ. of Cincinnati Fresh Check Day- Mental Health Awareness PreventionFIRST! Univ. of Cincinnati Fresh Check Day- Mental Health Awareness](https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/images/customers/818/members/8374/photos/GALLERY_MAIN/IMG-6415.jpg)
![PreventionFIRST! at Holy Family School in Price Hill- Family Night PreventionFIRST! at Holy Family School in Price Hill- Family Night](https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/images/customers/818/members/8374/photos/GALLERY_MAIN/IMG_9404.jpg)