What is SPF?
The Strategic Prevention Framework is a five step process that assists communities, coalitions and agencies in identifying community issues, available resources, gaps in services, and selecting interventions that address the unique needs of that community. The SPF process focuses on using data and building capacity within each community to impact the consequences of substance use-related issues. The SPF model is an evidence-based practice. It has been researched and evaluated. The SPF assists communities in using the data to identify needs as well as the strategies to impact those needs.
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The process is non-linear. Each of the five steps correlates with one another. The five steps are: |
SPF has three key goals:
- Lifespan focus – youth and adult populations
- Community level change – not just program
- It encourages policies, programs and practices
Contact Information
- Susannah Burt
801-538-4388 - Tricia Winder
801 538-4406 - Craig PoVey
801 538-4354
Community Readiness:
Data Sets:
Web:
- The Anti Drug (Office of National Drug Control Policy)
- Prevention Platform
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Center for Application of Substance Abuse Technologies
- Center for Application of Prevention Technologies
- Higher Education Center for AOD Abuse and Violence Prevention
- Brain scans, studies
- Western Center for Applied Prevention Technology (WestCAPT)
- Prescription Pain Management and Education (Health Department)
- Connected Communities
- CSAP Prevention Pathways - Online Courses
Strategies:
Conferences:
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Department of Human Services
Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health
195 North 1950 West
Salt Lake City , Utah 84116
Phone: 801-538-3939
Fax: 801-538-9892
