NIDA and SAMHSA
NIDA and SAMHSA
NIDA and SAMHSA: In this week’s Learning Resources, you considered prevention frameworks offered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
Although these frameworks can inform addiction program development and provide you with insights regarding the key factors for addiction prevention programs, they also consider multiculturalism and diversity differently.
To prepare for NIDA and SAMHSA Discussion, complete the following:
- Review the excerpts from Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents: A Research-Based Guide for Parents, Educators, and Community Leadersand the article “Strategic Prevention Framework,” and consider how each text addresses multiculturalism and diversity.
Assignment:
Write an explanation of which frameworks for prevention program development (NIDA and SAHMSA) more effectively addresses multiculturalism and diversity and why. Support your answer with the literature from the NIDA and SAHMSA.
Required Resources on NIDA and SAMHSA:
Substance Abuse and Mental Services Administration. (2019). A guide to SAMHSA’s strategic prevention framework.
National Institude on Drug Abuse (2003). Preventing drug use among children and adolescents: A research-based guide for parents, educators, and community leaders (2nd ed.). Retrieved from
NIDA and SAMHSA: In this week’s Learning Resources, you considered prevention frameworks offered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Although these frameworks can inform addiction program development and provide you with insights regarding the key factors for addiction prevention programs, they also consider multiculturalism and diversity differently.
To prepare for NIDA and SAMHSA Discussion, complete the following:
- Review the excerpts from Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents: A Research-Based Guide for Parents, Educators, and Community Leadersand the article “Strategic Prevention Framework,” and consider how each text addresses multiculturalism and diversity.
Assignment:
Write an explanation of which frameworks for prevention program development (NIDA or SAHMSA) more effectively addresses multiculturalism and diversity and why. Support your answer with the literature from the NIDA and the SAHMSA.