These hour-long webinars from IPS staff share learned insights and actionable strategies to support prevention specialists, community organizers, media advocates, and other public health professionals with all aspects of implementing upstream prevention projects, from building effective coalitions to successfully advocating for policy change.
Upstream Prevention aims to prevent public health problems before they occur by optimizing the physical, economic, and social factors that shape community health. Upstream prevention is an approach that creates lasting and sustainable change. The following webinars provide insights into how to effectively lead upstream prevention programs.
The term “upstream prevention” – like “population-level prevention” and “systems change” – has become ubiquitous in public health. Yet, its true meaning can remain elusive. In this webinar, we explore the nuanced dimensions of upstream prevention and review strategies for integrating upstream approaches into community work, paving the way for more impactful public health strategies.
Logic models provide a framework for problem-solving. However, they are often developed and used primarily for research and evaluation purposes. In this webinar, we provide practical support for creating and using logic models at every stage of public health campaigns, policy advocacy efforts, and community change projects.
Socioeconomic, cultural, and racial inequities are at the root of most disparities in health, wealth, and opportunity. In this webinar, we introduce IPS’s Approach to Community Transformation (ACT) Model as a framework for integrating equity into programs by engaging in community-led planning, building community power, and supporting community-driven decision making.
Assessing the nature, scope, and root causes of public health problems in communities is essential to determining the correct strategic direction for upstream prevention campaigns. The following webinars take a closer look at important assessment tactics.
Maps have been at the forefront of decision-making for centuries. In this webinar, we demonstrate how geographic information systems (GIS) can reveal relationships between geography and health (in)equity, and how community members can use their own maps to advocate for policy change.
Community organizing is about harnessing community power. It involves bringing together individuals, groups, and organizations and leveraging their collective voices to create change. The following webinars provide insights into how to build and mobilize strong community-based coalitions.
Being successful at community organizing requires strategy, from building and gaining trust with community members to coalescing around a plan despite differing points of view. In this webinar, we discuss approaches to grassroots community organizing that will elevate your game.
Cultural organizing has emerged as a multidisciplinary community of practice at the intersection of art, cultural work, and social change. In this webinar, we explore how community organizers can root their organizing in local culture and make room for people to bring their full selves to the table.
Getting youth advocates engaged in working for their communities took a sharp turn during the COVID-19 pandemic. Youth leaders met the challenge by pivoting toward virtual platforms in creative ways. In this webinar, we introduce participants to projects that effectively used technology to engage youth in alcohol and other drug (AOD) prevention efforts.
In this webinar, we offer insight and examples on how public art can reduce SUD-related harms in underserved communities. We also explore how public art has been utilized to address blight and increase public safety with Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles.
Media advocacy involves using media strategically. Done correctly, earned and digital media can raise awareness of public health problems, inspire communities to care, and build political will for policy change. The following webinars are intended to assist public health providers in leveraging the power of media in their work.
In a “too much information era,” local public health and advocacy stories are often lost in a sea of multi-million dollar advertising campaigns, national news, and even disinformation efforts. In this webinar, we explore real-world campaigns to teach you how to rise above the noise and implement media advocacy effectively.
Generating news headlines is easy enough to do. The challenge is engaging readers to click and read on. In this webinar, we teach participants how to make their news media stand apart through the element that most connects the writer to the reader: storytelling.
Policies set standards and shape the ‘systems’ that influence so many factors within a community, from health and safety to educational and economic opportunity. The following webinars provide insights into how to lead effective upstream prevention programs, of which policy advocacy and systems change are integral parts.
The term “upstream prevention” – like “population-level prevention” and “systems change” – has become ubiquitous in public health. Yet, its true meaning can remain elusive. In this webinar, we explore the nuanced dimensions of upstream prevention and review strategies for integrating upstream approaches into community work, paving the way for more impactful public health strategies.
Logic models provide a framework for problem-solving. However, they are often developed and used primarily for research and evaluation purposes. In this webinar, we provide practical support for creating and using logic models at every stage of public health campaigns, policy advocacy efforts, and community change projects.
Socioeconomic, cultural, and racial inequities are at the root of most disparities in health, wealth, and opportunity. In this webinar, we introduce IPS’s Approach to Community Transformation (ACT) Model as a framework for integrating equity into programs by engaging in community-led planning, building community power, and supporting community-driven decision making.
Substance misuse, including among youth and young adults, is one of the most intractable public health problems of our time. Substance use prevention is about using upstream strategies to create community conditions that make substance misuse less possible and probable. The following webinars explore substance use prevention, including among specific populations.
In this webinar, we offer insight and examples on how public art can reduce SUD-related harms in underserved communities. We also explore how public art has been utilized to address blight and increase public safety with Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles.
Research has established the link between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and increased susceptibility for substance use disorders later in life. Too often, inequitable policies aggravate this link, inducing stress in certain communities that undermines community and child wellbeing. In this webinar, we explore how public health providers can partner with communities to build resilience and break the cycle of intergenerational trauma.
Gay men are one of the groups most impacted by the crystal meth epidemic, with the percentage of use estimated to be as high as 1 in 5. This also has a significant impact on new HIV cases. In this webinar, we introduce promising new harm reduction strategies being used to address the crisis.
Spanning culture, race, age, and religious affiliation, the LGBTQ+ community is truly a rainbow. Unfortunately, adverse experiences and toxic stress create conditions where community members are at higher risk of substance use disorders and emotional health issues. In this webinar, we examine the relationship between toxic stress, mental health, and substance use disorders within the LGBTQ+ community.
We live in a society with significant disparities in health, wealth, and opportunity, largely determined by a person’s zip code. Advancing equity in public health is about ensuring all people have the resources they need to thrive, regardless of their neighborhood, socioeconomic status, race, sexual orientation, or gender identification. The following webinars explore how to make advancing equity central to upstream prevention projects.
Cultural organizing has emerged as a multidisciplinary community of practice at the intersection of art, cultural work, and social change. It is about organizing from a particular tradition, cultural identity, community of place or worldview. In this webinar, we explore how community organizers can root their organizing in local culture and make room for people to bring their full selves to the table.
Socioeconomic, cultural, and racial inequities are at the root of most disparities in health, wealth, and opportunity. In this webinar, we introduce IPS’s Approach to Community Transformation (ACT) Model as a framework for integrating equity into programs by engaging in community-led planning, building community power, and supporting community-driven decision making.
Harm reduction is an important strategy that seeks to reduce the negative consequences of substance misuse, without requiring cessation of the behavior. Harm reduction plays a significant role lowering the incidence of overdoses and the transmission of sexual diseases. The following webinars provide insights into how to lead harm reduction programs supporting LGBTQ+ populations.
Gay men are one of the groups most impacted by the crystal meth epidemic, with the percentage of use estimated to be as high as 1 in 5. This also has a significant impact on new HIV cases. In this webinar, we introduce promising new harm reduction strategies being used to address the crisis..
The lasting impact of community trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) is becoming better understood in public health, referring to the collective impact of chronic stressors on communities and individuals. These experiences can lead to long-standing health disparities that span generations. The following webinars take a look at strategies that can reduce ACEs’ impact.
Research suggests resilience is the foundation for healing trauma for individuals and communities. In this webinar, we explore how public health providers working on the frontlines can associate the parallels of caring for themselves as they care for their communities.
Research has established the link between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and increased susceptibility for substance use disorders later in life. Too often, inequitable policies aggravate this link, inducing stress in certain communities that undermines community and child wellbeing. In this webinar, we explore how public health providers can partner with communities to build resilience and break the cycle of intergenerational trauma.
