CDPH- Prevention Services

Cause Area

  • Children & Youth
  • Community

Location

11100 St. Clair AvenueCleveland, OH 44108 United States
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Mission Statement

Cleveland Department of Public Health (CDPH) is the local public health agency for the City of Cleveland. Formally established in 1910, the department is charged with improving the quality of life in the City of Cleveland by promoting healthy behavior, protecting the environment, preventing disease, and making the City a healthy place to live, work, and play

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Seeking vlounteers for the Prevention Services Program. Prevention services provides three alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention services:

Prevention Education: Activities aim to affect critical life and social skills including decision-making, refusal skills, critical analysis and systemic judgment abilities. Topics: Active Listening; Stereotyping; Myths & Denials; Chemical Dependency; Talk Show; Marijuana Panel; Tobacco Basketball & Use Cessation; Stress; Health & Goals; Self-Control; Positive & Negative Thought Behavior Loops; Perspectives and Decision-making and Commitment. Prevention Alternatives: Provide opportunities for positive behavior support as a means of reducing risk taking behavior and reinforcing protective factors through Peer Leadership, Peer-to-Peer Programming and Youth-Led Prevention activities. Prevention Community-Based Processes Enhances the ability of the community to provide more effective prevention services addressing alcohol, tobacco and other drug use and abuse by aiding in developing skills of impactors, who will, in turn, provide awareness, education and or skills to target groups through training.

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