Substance Use Prevention and Recovery
Improve Physical and Mental Health
Slone, Coleman, Hackworth
Substance Use Prevention and Recovery General
Health
According to the National Institute of Health, in 2018, Kentucky had a 79.5 opioid prescriptions for every 100 persons compared to the national average of 51.4 prescriptions. Kentucky has seen a decline in opioid related deaths from 433 in 2017 to 315 in 2018, but an increase of diseases related to injected drug use. The recent statewide needs assessment identified substance use prevention and recovery as the most urgent priority for Cooperative Extension. Moreover, substance use was the focal point of the CES Advisory Council Meeting and the Floyd County Focus Group in early 2019. Taken together, youth KIP survey data and data from the CES needs assessment demonstrate the need to address substance use prevention, recovery, stigma, and impact on families, communities and the economy.
1. The prevention and reduction of substance use and its related consequences.
2. Changed public perception of substance use via stigma reduction.
- Reduced stigma from local community members
- Increased Opioid Stewardship (less rx’ing by doctors, appropriate Rx disposal, drug takebacks, etc.)
- Delayed age of first use among Kentucky youth
- Increased knowledge of substance use prevention, addiction, and recovery (or related subject matter)
- Increased ability to use destigmatized language
- Improved social skills and/or self-efficacy in KY youth
Outcome: Increased knowledge of substance use
Indicator: Number of individuals attending programs
Method: Retroactive pre-post
Timeline: Following every addiction 101 training
Outcome: Increased ability to use destigmatized language
Indicator: Number of individuals intend to change behavior
Method: Retroactive pre-post
Timeline: Following any program that includes language or substance use prevention training
Outcome: Improved social skills and/or self-efficacy in KY Youth
Indicator: Number of students undergoing Botvin
Indicator: Number of student undergoing Health Rocks
Method: Retroactive pre-post
Timeline: Following Botvin LifeSkills
Timeline: Following Health Rocks
Audience: Families Impacted by Addiction
Project or Activity: Addiction Training
Content or Curriculum: Addiction 101
Inputs: Agents, Homemaker Leaders, and paid staff
Date: year round
Project or Activity: Arts Activity
Content or Curriculum: Art of Recovery
Inputs: Agents, Homemaker Leaders, paid staff, and community partners
Date: year round
Audience: KY Youth
Project or Activity: Prevention Program
Content or Curriculum: Botvin LifeSkills, Adolescent Brain Health
Inputs: Coordinate with Floyd Co. School Staff
Date: Fall and Spring
Project or Activity: Truth and Consequences
Content or Curriculum: T&C: The Choice is Yours
Inputs: Agents, Staff, Community Partners, Leaders
Date: Fall and Spring
Project or Activity: Health Rocks, Grades 6-12
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Health Rocks
Inputs: Coordinate with Floyd County Staff
Date: September-May
Audience: Recovery Centers
Project or Activity: Financial Education
Content or Curriculum: Recovering Your Finances
Inputs: Agents, Coordination with community stakeholders, Leaders
Date: year round
Project or Activity: Horticulture Therapy
Content or Curriculum: Recovery Gardens
Inputs: Agents, Extension Master Gardeners, Community Partners
Date: Spring and Summer
Author: Andrea Slone
Major Program: Emergency Disaster Preparedness - FCS
The Floyd County Cooperative Extension Service and Family & Consumer Sciences Advisory Council implemented Truth & Consequences: The Choice is Yours, a scenario based role-play activity designed to help students learn more about the physical, legal, financial, and emotional consequences of substance abuse, for 357 Floyd County freshman students. 23 community partners and adult volunteers participated in the event. Students rotated between one to three different stations. The s