We have a lot of exciting speakers lined up for this year's event! Please join us for engaging new workshops, timely prevention field updates, and juicy networking opportunities! The food and hospitality are always top notch and of course the CTS staff looks forward to seeing everyone from the Prevention field. Seats are limited, so grab yours today! Get Educated. Be Effective. Be the Difference.

Hello [firstname], Welcome to the Coordinated Training Services newsletter of upcoming events, articles, jobs and more from our membership. Calendar Events for 20-Aug-10 to 20-Sep-10 Rolling With the Changes ...

We now recognize that underage drinking must be addressed, not as an isolated phenomenon, but as one fully embedded in the context of child and adolescent development. From birth through adolescence, a complex cascade of biological, psychological, and social development interacts with dynamic environmental influences, leading to behavior that may either move individuals toward or away from underage drinking. · The Adolescent Brain May be Particularly Vulnerable to the ...

We now recognize that underage drinking must be addressed, not as an isolated phenomenon, but as one fully embedded in the context of child and adolescent development. From birth through adolescence, a complex cascade of biological, psychological, and social development interacts with dynamic environmental influences, leading to behavior that may either move individuals toward or away from underage drinking. · The Adolescent Brain May be Particularly Vulnerable to the ...

(NAPS)-Parents naturally worry about the health and safety of their children. Many parents teach their kids to avoid getting involved with drugs, although sometimes adults forget about the drug most abused by adolescents - nicotine. Every year, teens continue to light up even though there is strong public awareness about the health hazards of smoking. When you're young, it's hard to think about the consequences of your actions. Kids don't project that smoking today can ...

Your need for immunizations doesn't end when you reach adulthood. Get and maintain protection against vaccine-preventable diseases for your health and for your family's health. Be the example!

By Amy Palilonis, AIDS.gov Presidential Management Fellow As President Obama recognized in his remarks about the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (PDF, 12MB) (NHAS) on July 13, the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) played a critical role in the development of the Strategy. PACHA will also have several important responsibilities for implementing the Strategy, as outlined in the NHAS Implementation Plan (PDF 723 KB). PACHA is comprised of 25 members from diverse ...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting applications for its Prevention Fellowship Program. The Fellowship Program, launched in 2006, is designed to build a workforce of highly competent substance abuse prevention professionals.

This concluding segment expands on how providers make the decision to offer HCV treatment to individuals living with HIV and chronic HCV infection, how coinfected individuals make decisions to accept or defer treatment for HCV, and the latest thinking on HCV treatment interventions.

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1 in 7 Hispanic/Latino Young Adults Experienced Serious Psychological Distress in the Past Year

This is the first of a two-part series. Part 1 provides a medical, psychiatric, psychosocial, and neuropsychological overview of HIV/HCV coinfection, the process of determining eligibility for HCV treatment, and the important role mental health clinicians play in assessing eligibility and intervening with clients who elect to receive treatment for HCV.

You can't stop a tropical storm or hurricane, but you can take steps now to protect yourself and your family.

July is hemochromatosis (iron storage disease) awareness month. Hemochromatosis occurs when the body absorbs too much iron from foods (and other sources such as vitamins containing iron). If this iron buildup is untreated, it can, over many years, damage the body's organs. Learn the symptoms and how to stay healthy

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has developed a series of Metro Briefs providing detailed statistical snapshots of substance abuse treatment activities occurring in 27 metropolitan areas. This series of briefs is based on SAMHSA’s Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) which collects information on the characteristics of persons admitted to substance abuse treatment, and the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), an annual ...

A CDC analysis of mother-to-child syphilis transmission (congenital syphilis) finds that while the number of congenital syphilis (CS) infections remains relatively small, concerning increases occurred between 2005 and 2008

November 15th - 21st is National Homelessness and Hunger Awareness Week

Public smoking in Nacogdoches ends Tuesday By MATTHEW STOFF The Daily Sentinel Sunday, June 29, 2008 Effective Tuesday, July 1, smoking in all of Nacogdoches' public buildings, workplaces, offices, bars and restaurants will be prohibited, punishable by a fine up to $2,000 in municipal court. With the new law in place, Nacogdoches joins other East Texas communities like Marshall and Tyler and at least 20 states that have banned public smoking in the name of health. Private ...

Cigarette Use Among High School Students --- United States, 1991--2007 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5725a3.htm?s_cid=mm5725a3_e Cigarette use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States (1). A national health objective for 2010 is to reduce the prevalence of current cigarette use among high school students to 16% or less (27-2b) (1). To examine changes in cigarette use among high school students in the United States during 1991--2007, CDC analyzed data ...

NEW CASA REPORT FINDS HUGE INCREASES IN MARIJUANA POTENCY, TREATMENT ADMISSIONS, MEDICAL DIAGNOSES AND ER MENTIONS