The Iowa Department of Public Health, in conjunction with state and national professionals, has hosted training webinars on prevention topics ranging from substance misuse, suicide prevention, and problem gambling. Continuing Education Credits will not be provided for viewing recorded webinars.
To view available prevention webinar recordings, click on the chosen link below. To view associated presentation slides, if available, click on the slides link following the webinar title.
Alcohol & Other Drugs
- A Public Health Approach to Addressing Methamphetamine in Iowa
- Alcohol Enforcement Strategies for Iowa Communities
- Authentically Engaging Youth in Tobacco Control During Covid
- Emerging Trends in Alcohol Consumption, Innovation, and Regulation
- Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division and Recent Alcohol Law Changes
- Iowa's Medical Cannabidiol program
- Methamphetamine Use in Iowa: A Review for the Methamphetamine Workgroup
- Methamphetamine Use in Iowa: Prevention Response Workshop
- Not Your Grandpa's Cigarette : 21st Century Nicotine Products and Cessation Services
- Opioid Prevention Strategies
- Vaping, E-Cigarettes and Tobacco Prevention
Approaches to Pain Management
Assessment & Data Sources
- Finding and Using Data Sources in Iowa: Substance Abuse Prevention Practitioners
- Iowa's Prescription Monitoring Program
- Measuring Media Metrics & Low-Cost Implementation of a Media Campaign
- Understanding, Using and Leveraging Fidelity
- Unpacking the IDPH Prevention Workforce Development Survey: Overview and Discussion
- Using and Interpreting Data for Prevention Professionals
Capacity Building, CLAS Standards and Health Equity
- Capacity Building, Best Practice and New Ideas
- Introduction to CLAS Standards for Organizations and Community Partners
- Engaging Diverse Populations in Prevention Work
- Increasing Community Coalition Impact Through Best Practice
- Increasing Community Coalition Impact Through Shared Responsibility
- Leveraging Your Leadership: Utilizing Individual Management Styles to Get the Most From Your Staff, Coalition Members, and Volunteers
- Local Boards of Health in Iowa: A Closer Look
- Media Advocacy: How to Leverage the Media
- Prevention Across the Lifespan: Engaging Older Adults in the SPF
- Prevention Across the Lifespan: Engaging Young Adults in the SPF
- Sustaining Change: Building Sustainability Throughout the SPF
- The Intersection of Homelessness Prevention and Substance Misuse Prevention
- The Power of Words: Using Language To Reduce Stigma and Promote Engagement Across The Continuum
- Using Health Equity Principles to Address Substance Misuse at the Community Level
Gambling Prevention
General Prevention & Wellness
- Bringing Our Best To Prevention Efforts: Work Life Balance
- Beyond Posters and Press Releases: Leveraging Media in Prevention
- Beyond ACEs: Building Hope and Resiliency
- Communicating Prevention
- Connection is Prevention: Mentoring as a Prevention Strategy
- Enhancing Communication Skills to Affect Community Change
- Enhancing Communication Skills to Affect Community Change - Part 2
- Essential Project Management Skills for Prevention Professionals
- Finding and Maintaining Balance for Prevention Professionals
- Getting Started with Virtual Groups
- Integrating Wellness: Applying SAMHSA'S Eight Dimensions of Wellness
- Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Why You Should Be Interested In Quality Improvement
- Kansas University Community Tool Box Resources
- Managing Stress and Building Resilience for Prevention Professionals
- Nailed it! Creating Trainings and Presentations with Lasting Impact
- Prevention Media 101 & Campaign Overviews
- Taking a Closer Look at the Six Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) Strategies
- Using Conflict Conversations to Strengthen Understanding and Relationships
- Your Life Iowa and the Care Continuum (June 2023) (Slides)
Intersection of Substance Use and Infectious Diseases (Mini-Virtual Learning Series)
- Best Practices for Taking a Sexual Health History
- Chemsex LGBTQ+ Harm Reduction in Healthcare
- Harm Reduction 101
- Intersection of Substance Use and Infectious Diseases
Suicide Prevention
Virtual Learning Series (Winter 2022-2023)
- Alcohol Policy: Essentials for Prevention Practitioners (Slides)
- Alcohol Policy: Implementation Essentials (Slides)
- Drug Free Workplace (Slides)
- Older Adults: Substance Use Trends and Prevention Strategies (Slides)
- Prevention with Selective and Indicated Populations in the Years Ahead (Slides)
- Strategic Prevention Framework: Professionalism in Prevention
- The Role of Policy in Prevention: Colleges and Universities
- The Role of Policy in Prevention: Schools (Slides)
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