Applied Prevention Science International. (2022) Building prevention systems: who are the consumers of prevention and harm reduction services? APSI Prevention Nuggets,
External website: https://www.apsintl.org/post/building-prevention-s...
Prevention professionals work in a variety of systems to provide services to the public; these include systems of public health, health care, mental health, education, social services, and law enforcement to name some of them. But why isn’t there a community-wide prevention system that focuses on the full spectrum of services, ranging from health promotion and prevention through treatment and harm reduction where needed?
This is the first Prevention Nugget to address the concept of Building Prevention Systems and providing an infrastructure that reaches out to those in need. There will be four Prevention Nuggets on this topic addressing: Consumers of Prevention Services, Evidence-based Services, the Prevention Professionals who implement and monitor these services, and Delivery Structures that support these services and professionals....
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Substance use prevention
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Patient / client care management
T Demographic characteristics > Prevention / youth worker
VA Geographic area > International
Repository Staff Only: item control page