Prevention and Substance Abuse Education
Working Together to Prevent Substance Misuse
Because substance misuse affects every part of the community, prevention efforts must be broad, collaborative, and proactive. Sieda’s comprehensive prevention services provide education, resources, and outreach for individuals, families, schools, and organizations through workplace initiatives, mentoring programs, community coalitions, and public awareness efforts.
- Promote community and youth drug-free events
- Collaborate with all community sectors, such as local youth groups or with local and state level law enforcement
- Provide information to individuals across their life span
- Work with local schools - students as well as staff and administration
- Provide peer support on a variety of subjects
- Provide information to communities through media venues
- Drug-free workplace policies information, education, and consultations for area businesses
- Provide information and educatino on alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, RX drugs, problem gambling and other substances
- Collaborate with area Tobacco Prevention Services
- Follow the Strategic Prevention Framework
Substance Abuse Services Available in the following counties
- Appanoose
- Davis
- Jefferson
- Keokuk
- Lucas
- Mahaska
- Monroe
- Van Buren
- Wapello
- Wayne
Prevention and Substance Abuse Services
Information
Prevention Specialists assist communities to sponsor media campaigns such as Red Ribbon, Celebrate with Care, Healthy Baby Month, Project Graduation and Alcohol Awareness Month.
Social Policy
Assistance to local groups and employers in organizing coalitions that work to combat substance abuse in their communities.
Alternatives
Help for community groups in planning and promoting drug and alcohol free activities for youth and families.
Education
Research based curricula are provided by prevention specialists to school districts, parent groups, youth and family committees.
Opioid Response
Sieda as a member of the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) is aimed at reducing the morbidity and mortality of substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD) in high-risk rural communities.
RCORP Overview
Tobacco Cessation Services
The Tobacco project works extensively with youth to develop anti-smoking messages to support youth who chose not to use tobacco.
- Provides educational presentations for adults & youth.
- Promotes Quitline Iowa for adults & My Life My Quit for youth cessation.
- Provides services to implement or update tobacco free & nicotine free policies to the latest recommendations to provide a safer environment for: Schools, Businesses, Childcare Providers, Landlords, Health Providers.