Comprehensive Prevention Efforts

This course provides a foundational introduction to core concepts related to comprehensive prevention efforts. Users who are new to prevention should complete all lessons within the Building Blocks of Prevention course before completing this course.

This lesson introduces the concept of comprehensive prevention. It explains what comprehensive prevention efforts are, makes the case for them, and provides examples.

Prevention efforts are most effective when they are comprehensive. What does it mean when we put that one word, comprehensive, together with prevention efforts? Advance through this lesson to find out!

Outcomes and Expectations:

The goal of this course is to provide you with a foundational understanding of comprehensive prevention efforts.

Educational Objectives

• Explain the concept of comprehensive prevention.
• Make the case for comprehensive prevention efforts.

Skill Objective

• Identify at least two ways to enhance your current prevention activities and strategies to make them more comprehensive.

Course Materials:

• Preventing Violence: A Primer
• Sexual Violence Prevention
• Safe Place’s prevention efforts with adolescents – PreventConnect podcast

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