1. 2016 NPN Workshop Summaries
Alisha Gagliardi

2. Cultural Humility vs. Cultural Competence
What most of us think of
Understanding there are multiple cultures
Being humble about our culture and accepting of other cultures
Knowing you don’t know everything—and that’s okay

3. Culture (con’t) Take Away
Work to identify my own bias
Acknowledge that bias must be recognized in order to grow
Understand that while I am knowledgeable about my own culture, I can never truly understand another culture.

4. Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and Vaping Marijuana
New ENDS and Vape tools are being created to blend in with everyday items such as pens, lipstick, highlighters, etc.
Homemade THC extraction methods make vaping marijuana extra dangerous
High level of middle and high school students using Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems in school

5. ENDS and Vaping Take Away
More education to be given to school officials, parents, and community members about these methods and the dangers of butane extraction
More training needs to be given to school officials, parents, and community members about the various electronic nicotine delivery systems appearance and dangers, as most think it is harmless.

6. Using Effective Environmental Strategies to Reduce underage Drinking
Presentation completed by SPF-SIG Recipient, New York State
Used a variety of environmental strategies to reduce the underage drinking in the state
Focused specifically on 9-12 grade students

7. Environmental Strategies (take Away)
A successful working coalition is key to successfully using environmental strategies
Don’t give up, no matter how ineffective the method may seem, data can take a while to configure

8. Substance Use Prevention And Students
Part one focused on Athletes vs. Alcohol (Texans Standing Tall)
While their coalition focuses on more than alcohol, the presentation was solely on alcohol and the effect it has on student athletes
Part two focused on Refuse Remove Reasons, a prevention program aimed at high school youth
Focused on many drugs, not just alcohol

9. Substance use Prevention (Take Away)
To reach youth, we must be willing to get on their level
Use age appropriate and generation appropriate videos, photos, and other media to reach youth
Don’t focus on training and speaking to the youth, but instead reach those who impact youth (coaches, teachers, mentors) and have them train the youth

10. Bullying and Substance Use among Adolescents
Presenters had previously completed a study which finds the correlation between caffeinated energy drink (CEDs) use and bully perpetration and/or victimization
Found a direct correlation with CEDs and bullying

11. Bullying (take away)
While we mainly focus on alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, opioids, etc. in prevention, caffeine is also a drug which has ill effects on the body and mind besides a stunted growth
CEDs are more prominent in those who are victims of bullying.