Skyrocketing youth vaping rates have captured significant public attention and created great public health concerns. What are the health risks of vaping? How does youth vaping impact marijuana use? Which policies have the potential to prevent youth vaping in the first place? How has Tobacco 21 changed the landscape of youth vaping prevention? We at Prevention Action Alliance created the first-ever Prevention Action & Advocacy Summit on Vaping to assemble experts and resources for policy-based solutions to vaping prevention.
Prevention Action Alliance, in collaboration with the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, created Coalitions Rising to bring together community coalitions, behavioral healthcare providers, youth-led prevention groups, and others to equip them with best practices for prevention. Coalitions Rising will bring national and state leaders in prevention to present on a variety of topics, including how to put cultural competency at the core of your work in prevention, sustainable funding practices, and how to engage key partners such as Ohio’s faith leaders and the Ohio National Guard, among other topics.
Youth leaders today are bright, hardworking, and full of passion. They’re working to improve their homes, schools, and communities. As adult allies, it’s our job to support them. Adult allies are crucial to the success of youth-led prevention. They educate young people in evidence-based strategies for prevention, empower them to create change in their communities, and advocate on behalf of them with school and community leaders.
Prevention Action Alliance, in collaboration with the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs at Ohio University, created the Ohio Adult Allies Summit to inform the work of adult allies who in turn empower youth leader in prevention.
Prevention Action Alliance, formerly Drug Free Action Alliance, is a certified prevention agency that has been leading the way in promoting healthy lives through the prevention of substance misuse and fostering mental health wellness for more than 30 years.
