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12/03/2024
This year marks the 20th anniversary of SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF), an evidence-based strategic planning and implementation process that provides states and communities with a roadmap for prevention action. This blog post by Jon Dunbar-Cooper, M.A., CPP, from SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, provides an overview of the SPF, its guiding principles, evidence of its utility, and ways in which the SPF can be used to respond to current substance use trends.
In addition, check out this reflection by the Ohio Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Prevention and Promotion, which features an interview with DEA Senior Prevention Program Manager Rich Lucey on how the SPF has been built to last, while also continuing to evolve.