The Prevention Hub

UNODCCND Side Event

International Standards of Drug Use PreventionMarch 11, 2013

preventionhub.org

Mentor International Role

– Identifying....– Undertaking....– Supporting....– Disseminating....

• Promising and Best Practice......

• In collaboration with others......– International agencies– NGOs– Governments– Institutions

“Best practice”

• “Best Practice” based on:– Sound scientific principles– Research and Evaluation– Promise and Potential from experience– Accepted Quality Standards

• The “scientist” or “researcher” provides the data, the “evidence”, the “standards”

• The “practitioner” and policy maker implement

Bridging the Gap

• Mentor aims to:– Bridge the gap between science and practice– Make it a 2 way dialogue– Make the science comprehensible and accessible– “Help the helpers” – to become aware of and to apply the

learning, the standards, the evidence.

• Accessible to the drug prevention community– All who have a role in prevention – the agents of

prevention– Developed and developing country settings

Quality Standards

• So much excellent and valuable work• Informative and sound content

BUT• Must avoid the “sitting on the self” syndrome• Make it available, accessible• A tool to impact policy and practice• Improve effectiveness and efficiency• Reach the target audiences

And so....The Prevention Hub

A focal point for sharing research, policy and best practice – the Prevention Hub builds networks and supports the

global drug prevention community

The Prevention Hub

The Prevention Hub - online

Prevention Hub

Sharing & SupportAll users have the ability to share opinion, experience

and knowledge with others in the hub forum. They can ask Mentor any question

Prevention Hub

Professional DevelopmentA collection of training tools,

user guides, webinars, videos, online lectures and

discussion forums

Prevention Hub

Promising & Effective PracticeAdvocates for the need for

effective prevention and examples of evaluated

projects / programmes

Promising & Effective PracticeAdvocates for the need for

effective prevention and examples of evaluated

projects / programmes

Prevention Hub

Who is Who?An extensive database of

scientists, agencies, organisations, and individuals working in the field, providing opportunities for networking

and collaboration

Prevention Hub

InformationAn online library of research,

news, statistics, resources, policy and events. Latest

articles make up the Prevention Update

InformationAn online library of research,

news, statistics, resources, policy and events. Latest

articles make up the Prevention Update

Be a part of the Prevention Hub

• Benefits to those that join the hub:– Create profile for themselves and their organisation– Share their practice– Share their research– Advertise events– Post to the forum– Comment on content– Receive the Prevention Update

Prevention Update

• FREE Resource • Circulated every fortnight by email• Contains summary articles covering the following

areas:• Research• News• Statistics• Policy• Events• Resources

• Publishes upcoming events and conferences

Evaluation

• Undertaken by Oxford Brookes University• Close collaboration with the Prevention Hub team• Evaluating the impact of the project upon the

practitioners, as well as young people• Learning will inform the hub development

Desired outcomes

The promotion of the need for effective drug prevention

Desired Outcomes

Global spread of effective practice

Desired Outcomes

Accessibility to the latest news and research from the field

Desired Outcomes

Appropriate training to workers on the ground

Desired Outcomes

Informed policy makers

Desired Outcomes

Science meets the practitioner – exchange that enables science to be delivered directly to practitioners and for practitioners to inform scientists

Desired Outcomes

Support to all ‘ask any question’

Ultimate Goal

Ultimately - effective prevention being delivered to young people

The Target Audience

• The Drug Prevention Community – The “agents of prevention”, the “helpers”:

E.g.– Practitioners– Policy makers– Organisations– Scientists, Researchers– Governments– Parents– Teachers– Youth Leaders– Educators, Carers etc.

The ultimate target group

The global knowledge centre that helps the helpers in drug

prevention safeguard our youthpreventionhub.org