Substance Abuse Prevention
The Substance Abuse Prevention Program is designed for all U.S. Army Soldiers to include the National Guard and Reservist, Civilians, and Family members targeted training in the area of substance misuse/abuse, in order to positively impact the overall army climate and attitudes towards high-risk alcohol and drug behaviors. The program will emphasize that the goal to reduce the prevalence and incidence of modifiable associated risk factors for Substance Use Disorders, suicidal behaviors, increase the modifiable protective factors in the Army community and information about the importance of building a sense of community within the Army by mentoring to emphasize that intervention is a personal and community responsibility.
Substance Abuse Prevention Program
Purpose: Comprehensive Army Substance Abuse Program (ASAP) for Soldiers, Civilians, and Families mandated by Public Law 92-129. Resources the readiness efforts of the commander through the capabilities of prevention education and training, deterrence, detection, referrals, screening, targeted intervention, rehabilitation, risk reduction, employee assistance, overseas adolescent substance abuse counseling, knowledge management, program analysis/evaluation and policy development. Funds services and support provided it occurs within the AC ASAP at installation, Depot, Arsenal and Ammunition Plant echelons, and through the Adjutant General and Major Subordinate Commanders, respectively.
Substance misuse prevention efforts are geared toward enhancing individual and unit resiliency, both of which can be compromised by hazardous alcohol use and SUDs. Prevention strategies must be comprehensively structured to educate and inform the overall population as well as specifically target higher risk populations.
In collaboration with other Community Health Promotions (CHPC) members, the ASAP staff works to develop and implement prevention programs geared towards increasing organizational and individual awareness of SUD issues, including misuse and abuse of prescription medications, illegal and illicit drug abuse, trends, and threat to mission readiness.
Support & Counseling services, prevention/education campaigns, targeted soldier/civilian intervention, and detection efforts designed to mitigate high risk behavior. Funding also supports a knowledge management system, which generates timely information to aid leadership across all echelons in identifying trends, assessing the effectiveness of ongoing efforts, and facilitating the development of Substance Abuse policy. Appropriations used within this MDEP include Operations & Maintenance (O&M) for Active Army, USAR, and ARNG across all open years
Capability
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Provide organizational consultation or mediation services to Soldiers, civilian employees and their supervisors.
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Screen, assess, assist, and document efforts to address quality of life needs.
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Deliver short-term client intervention services.
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Execute longitudinal tracking services after case closure.
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Sustain the Employee Assistance Program and resource database.
Outcomes
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Develop employee and manager competencies to manage workplace stress.
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Improved employee productivity.
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Improving employees’ ability to successfully respond to challenges.
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Mitigating the effect of disruptive incidents, such as workplace, injury, or other crises.
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Increasing communication and collaboration between partners and stakeholders
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Educating the soldiers or community on the value of making effective decisions that positively impact personal readiness.
The Substance Abuse Prevention are to: (1) educate leaders in emerging issues of substance abuse, (2) align standardized curricula with concepts and language used throughout current Army Substance Abuse Program (ASAP) training and treatment, and (3) allow for measurement of training effectiveness across the Army.
Links
National Resource Directory
Emerging Drug Trends
Drug use and its resulting health effects can change as new trends and drug formulations emerge and become more widely used. NIDA’s National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS)(link is external) reports on emerging trends and patterns in many metropolitan areas and states.
https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/emerging-trends-alerts
About CDC’s Alcohol Program
Our Mission
To prevent excessive alcohol use and its impact in states and communities through public health surveillance, partnerships, and applied research for translation into public health practice.
Our Goals
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Improve public health surveillance on excessive alcohol use, particularly binge and underage drinking, and related health outcomes.
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Increase the translation and communication of effective population-level strategies for preventing excessive alcohol use and related outcomes into public health practice.
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Expand state and local public health capacity in alcohol epidemiology and preventing excessive alcohol use.
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Provide national leadership on effective population-level strategies to prevent excessive alcohol use through collaborations and partnerships.
Established in 2001, the Alcohol Program is located in CDC’s Division of Population Health in the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
Link: https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/about.htm
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities.
National Prevention Week
National Prevention Week (NPW) is a public education platform that promotes prevention year-round through providing ideas, capacity building, tools, and resources to help individuals and communities make substance use prevention happen every day.
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