Did you know that one in 30 youth ages 12 through 17 has misused over-the-counter (OTC) cough medicine for its dextromethorphan (DXM) ingredient — and one in five young adults has misused a prescription drug? Help raise awareness of the dangers of over-the-counter (OTC) cough medicine and prescription (Rx) drug misuse during National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month (NMAAM) in October. 

Visit http://www.preventmedabuse.org/ to access CADCA's Online Med Abuse Prevention Toolkit, read about the 7 Strategies for Effective Community Change, get statistics and resources, and join the Dose of Prevention Challenge. 

Launched in October 2000, Lights On Afterschool is the only nationwide event celebrating afterschool programs and their important role in the lives of children, families and communities. The effort has become a hallmark of the afterschool movement and generates media coverage across the country each year.

The Afterschool Alliance organizes Lights On Afterschool to draw attention to the many ways afterschool programs support students by offering them opportunities to learn new things—such as science, community service, robotics, Tae Kwon Do and poetry—and discover new skills. The events send a powerful message that millions more kids need quality afterschool programs.

How can schools use CollegeAIM?

With the help of CollegeAIM, school officials can:

• Review the individual and environmental-level strategies to learn how their current strategies compare to other alternatives.
• Find new evidence-based options.
• Use the interactive strategy planning worksheet to help select a combination of approaches that meets the needs of their campus and their budget.

How is CollegeAIM different?

CollegeAIM is distinctive because of the breadth of its research and analysis, the expertise of its contributors, and its user-friendly format. This version of CollegeAIM is based on updates completed in 2019 and provides:

• An extensive review of decades of scientific literature
• A multi-year collaboration involving 16 leaders in college alcohol intervention research
• More than 60 interventions rated for effectiveness, costs, and other criteria
• Two user-friendly matrices and other resources

The Indiana University School of Medicine team, in partnership with the Indiana State Department of Health, invites you to participate in the new Indiana Teen Vaping TeleECHO Clinic to learn more about the management of vaping/e-cigarette use and related conditions in adolescents.

WHEN IS IT? This series will be held weekly on Mondays, 8:00 – 9:30am EST, through November 2.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE? The goal of this FREE series is provide support and promote increased clinical competence in treating adolescents who use e-cigarettes and other vaping devices so that patients across the state can receive the treatment they need in their home communities.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? The series is open to all clinicians, healthcare workers, recovery coaches, or other youth-serving professionals in the state of Indiana.

HOW DOES IT WORK? Using Zoom videoconferencing technology, Indiana Teen Vaping ECHO community participants in a virtual learning network with a multidisciplinary team of specialists from behavioral health, adolescent medicine, social work, pharmacy, pulmonology, cardiothoracic surgery, tobacco cessation, education, law and public health. In each 90-min session, the panel and other participants will provide mentorship and share their expertise via brief lectures and discussion of 1-2 deidentified patient cases submitted by participants. Click here  to learn more about the ECHO model.

WHAT ABOUT CME/CE? Participants will receive FREE CME/CE credits for each session attended. Sessions have been approved for:

• Physician – AMA PRA Category
• Nursing – ANCC credit
• Social Work – IPLA credit

WHAT TOPICS WILL BE COVERED? The series curriculum is as follows:
10/5/2020 Behavioral / Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Nicotine Use
10/12/2020 Legal Considerations Related to Teen Vaping/E-Cigarette Use
10/19/2020 Nicotine Replacement Therapies for Vaping/E-Cigarette Use
10/26/2020 Addressing Caregiver Nicotine Use
11/2/2020 Adolescent Vaping in School

Click here to register – Please share this with colleagues but hurry to register as space is limited.

For questions, please contact Tasha Brown at tb12@iu.edu.