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Fumar Cigarros (Vaping Townhall)
Hosted by:
Oregon Cares Community Coalition
Please briefly describe your Communities Talk activity.
Youth and local experts presented information to Spanish-speaking parents about substance use, including alcohol and nicotine (vaping), at a town hall hosted by the Oregon Cares Community Coalition.
How does alcohol and other drug misuse affect your community?
Spanish-speaking parents asked for help in developing strategies for talking with their kids about substance use. We know that Heritage Spanish youth are more likely to be cited for school code violations and more likely to receive municipal tickets for alcohol and nicotine use. These two substances are often used together.
Which prevention strategy(ies), as defined by SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, best fit your Communities Talk activity?
- Education Strategy - focuses on “two-way” communication between the facilitator and participants and aims to improve life/social skills such as decision making, refusal skills, and critical analysis.
What goal(s) did you hope to accomplish with your Communities Talk activity?
- Start a youth-led coalition on alcohol and/or other drug misuse prevention.
- Build coalitions with other agencies or programs to reduce and prevent alcohol and/or other drug misuse.
Did you accomplish your goal(s)?
Yes
What challenge(s) did you face in planning your activity this year?
- finding local, Spanish speaking youth and experts.
How did you overcome these challenges?
We reached out to coalition partners, who helped us locate a resource in a city about an hour's drive away.
What are your next steps?
- Host follow-up meetings or activities
- Expand our coalition with new partnerships in the community
- 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?
This funding has allowed us to host a long series of town hall meetings to address the changing climate of substance use and misuse in our community.
Organizations that conduct Communities Talk activities often involve other organizations in the planning and execution of events. Please indicate which type(s) of organizations you involved in your activity planning.
- Faith-based based organizations
- Youth-led organizations
- Secondary schools
Which of the following best describes the primary audience(s) for your Communities Talk activity?
- Youth
- Parents
- Teachers or other education staff
- Healthcare providers
How did you reach and engage your primary audience(s) to encourage them to participate in your activity?
Promotion was completely done in Spanish and distributed through a person who is a trusted community member.
Which Communities Talk resources (or other SAMHSA resources) were most helpful for your activity?
- SAMHSA’s Event Planner
- Communities Talk planning guides
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