Hidden in Plain Sight awareness
program for Adults
Interactive program
will alert parents to potential substance abuse -
September 16th
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[September 13, 2017]
LINCOLN
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Since
February 2016, the ALMH Community Health Collaborative, previously
known as Healthy Communities Partnership, has been working with
members across the community to address the opioid crisis. A
resulting action plan was developed containing activities to address
prevention, harm reduction, enforcement and treatment.
A variety of prevention strategies have been underway for the past
year including a parent influence campaign, “Parents Matter”, to
impress upon parents how their conversations and expectations are
effective ways to prevent substance use and abuse. In April 2017,
the group provided a free public viewing of the documentary “Chasing
the Dragon” which was shown to around 65 individuals including
parents and their children.
This month, the group continues its prevention efforts with an
interactive display entitled, “Hidden In Plain Sight”. Adults aged
18 and over are encouraged to attend the event at The ALMH Market on
Saturday, September 16. The ALMH Market is located at the Logan
County Fairgrounds in Lincoln.
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Participants will visit an on-site mock teenage bedroom and
identify signs of substance abuse anytime between 10am-10:30am or
10:45am-11:15am. After they walk through the room they are asked to return to
the display for a brief presentation at 10:30 or 11:15am. Once participants
complete the experience, they will earn $5 in tokens that can be spent at The
ALMH Market.
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The traveling exhibit is coordinated by Community Partners
Against Substance Abuse from Bureau and Putnam Counties and sponsored by the
ALMH Community Health Collaborative.
September is National Recovery Month promoted by the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration to increase awareness of mental and substance use
disorders and celebrate the people who recover. To get involved in the opioid
task force or to learn more about local efforts to prevent substance abuse,
please contact ALMH Community Health Collaborative Director Angela Stoltzenburg
at 217-605-5008.
[Angela Stoltzenburg, MBA
Community Health Collaborative, Director
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital] |