Community Readiness Assessment Steps
“Get Ready... Get Set... Go!" Just as when we were children and the “starter” would call these directions out to the runners in a race, the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) is similar. Staff in [...]
Virtual ISTEP Summit Tobacco Prevention
Lisa, Tobacco Prevention Specialist with Sieda Behavioral Health and Treatment Services, attended the first virtual ISTEP Summit that was held on September 10, 2020. ISTEP (Iowa Students for Tobacco Education and Prevention) is Iowa's [...]
Sieda Tobacco Prevention – Second-Hand Smoke Facts
Secondhand smoke harms children and adults. There is no risk-free level of secondhand smoke exposure; even brief exposure can be harmful to health. Since 1964, approximately 2,500,000 nonsmokers have died from health problems caused [...]
Opioid Overdose Prevention Free
In an effort to further reduce the number of opioid-involved deaths in Iowa, the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH), in partnership with the Iowa Board of Pharmacy, is sponsoring a new [...]
Iowa’s Tobacco 21 Law
On June 29th, 2020, Governor Reynolds signed a new law into effect for Iowa. The law raises the legal age to 21 to purchase tobacco, tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, including vapor products, and [...]
Cocktails to Go Legislation
Iowa has become the first state in the nation to permanently legalize cocktails-to-go. A temporary measure was enacted earlier in the year to provide businesses some economic relief due to closures because of COVID-19. [...]
New Tobacco-Free/Nicotine-Free Policy in the Area
As a Tobacco Prevention Specialist here at Sieda, one of the goals we work on for the Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Community Partnership Grant through the Iowa Department of Public Health is policy [...]
Alcohol licensing trends impacted by COVID-19
Recently, the Iowa Alcohol Beverage Division (ABD) issued a press release that discussed alcohol sales and licensing trends impacted by COVID-19. According to the ABD, the months of March and April saw an [...]
Safe Boating from Behavioral Health & Treatment Services
Driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs is a problem that plagues our nation’s roads. With warmer weather comes another issue that plagues our waterways, boating under the influence. Boating Under the Influence [...]
Sieda Tobacco Prevention Support of “World No Tobacco Day”
This year the World No Tobacco Day will be held on May 31, 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) will be speaking out this year to empower and educate youth and others on the [...]