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Please briefly describe your Communities Talk activity.
How does alcohol and other drug misuse affect your community?
Did you accomplish your goal(s)?
What challenge(s) did you face in planning your activity this year?
- Needed additional resources to conduct activity
- Inexperience hosting Communities Talk activities
How did you overcome these challenges?
What are your next steps?
- Host follow-up meetings or activities
- Support new prevention policies, legislation, or social ordinances
- Create a public education campaign to raise awareness and/or change behaviors around underage drinking (i.e., create PSAs and other promotional materials)
If you’ve conducted Communities Talk activities in prior years, how has your repeated participation contributed to progress in achieving your prevention goals?
How did you reach and engage your primary audience(s) to encourage them to participate in your activity?
Which Communities Talk resources (or other SAMHSA resources) were most helpful for your activity?
- Prevention-related webinars
- StopAlcoholAbuse.gov website
- Communities Talk website
- Communities Talk planning guides
- Communities Talk toolkits
How did a Communities Talk event help you address those issues?
- Educated youth and parents
- Made making good health behavior choices fun and engaging
- Raised awareness of substance abuse and/or underage drinking issues in our community
Who did you involve in your activity planning, and who did your activity impact?
Did the COVID-19 pandemic affect the planning or execution of your activities?
How did your event make an impact on underage drinking in your community?
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