This website aims to provide resources for prevention workers and other stakeholders throughout the lifecycles of prevention efforts.  It is modeled after the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF), a five-step, cyclical process to help stakeholders understand and address issues of substance abuse and addiction in their communities. The SPF model includes the following components:

• Assessment – Using current data to understand local needs
• Capacity – Building partnerships and resources to have capacity to address prevention needs
• Planning – Understanding best practices related to these needs and how to effectively implement them
• Implementation – Delivering the best practices or programs selected in the previous step
• Evaluation – Taking a look at how practices were implemented and whether they led to the intended outcome

Regardless of what step a community is at in its efforts to prevent prescription drug abuse, this website will provide the information and resources they need to get started, or to enhance work that’s already being done.

Users can explore state- and county-level case data, as well as Wyomingites’ attitudes on wearing masks; trusting news sources; support levels for COVID-19-related policies; and much more from recurring public opinion surveys in the state.

“Our tool allows visitors see, side by side, what people think about the pandemic, how it’s changing our daily lives and the community health impact in real time, with case data updated every day,” says Jessica Schillinger, WYSAC’s web and graphic designer.

The website hosts up-to-date Wyoming COVID-19 data, as well as data visualizations of WYSAC’s recurring COVID-19 survey of Wyoming residents — currently in its 10th iteration.

“We hope that this tool will provide a centralized hub for residents, media, and local and state health officials to find information about the current state of COVID-19 in Wyoming,” says Brian Harnisch, senior research scientist in charge of the survey data at WYSAC. “In addition to current case information in the state, users can see and explore trends in public opinion surrounding COVID-19 in Wyoming since the beginning of the pandemic in March.”

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This report and the corresponding executive summary were commissioned by the University of Wyoming’s Grand Challenges Initiative and paid for by the Office of Research and Economic Development.

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Wyoming TPCP was created using WordPress for content management and utilizes open-source technologies such as High Charts for data interactivity.

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Produced in partnership with the Wyoming Community  Foundation, and with funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the 2016 Wyoming KIDS COUNT  project  provide insight to the status of Wyoming’s children and families, and serve as a tool for those working to make positive change.

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The survey monitors the percent of students that have used or are currently using alcohol, and/or other drugs. It also measures a wide variety of attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions related to alcohol and other drugs.

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