Transcript Slide 1 - MyPrevention.org

Collected data from regular/expected sources:
►



California Health Kids Survey (CHKS)
California Health Information Survey (CHIS)
CalOMS Pv/CalOMS
Expanded data collection/search to other local sources
►



Other Departments/Divisions within the County (mental health,
public health, aging)
Other healthcare organizations (local hospital, emergency rooms)
Enforcement of local laws/regulations (social host, compliance
checks)
Missing data
►


Clearly identified exact data points/sources of information for
things that we wanted to know, but were not available
Who would collect this data? What would it look like? What
would it tell us?
Conducted Focus Groups/Key Informant
Interviews
►



Helped to fill in the gaps of some of the missing data
Qualitative information about social norms,
perspectives
Occasionally connected to other data sources
Making Sense of the Data
►





Pooled the data together
Worked with an evaluator to pull key data points,
sections from reports
Created an organized “structure” for the data by
source
Looked again at what was “missing” (communities,
gender, ethnicity)
Worked with Epidemiology program to probe for
strengths/weaknesses of the data
► Reviewed
the data
 Created committees/workgroups of local
providers, partners, County staff
 Chance for partners to dig into the data, ask
questions, make some initial interpretation
 Asked partners to identify data “a-ha’s”
 Pooled the highlights – conducted several small
group exercises to determine what the “a-ha’s”
meant
 Looked again at what was “missing”
Reflecting/Prioritizing
►



Collected additional data
Reviewed/Prioritized the “a-ha’s”
Creative exercise – what “story” are the “a-ha’s”
telling us
►
►
►



►
Developed key words/phrases
Any connection to the other data “a-ha’s”
Created rough problem statements
Reviewed the problem statements with the larger
group
Follow-up – were any from the various committees
connected?
Combined/Integrated similar “problem ”issues”
Resulted in the following draft statements:
Overview: Areas of Focus and Themes
Overall
Philosophical
Approach
Strategic
Direction
Alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, abuse and addiction range in intensity from experimentation to
severe and life-threatening chronic medical conditions. Therefore, alcohol, tobacco and other drugrelated problems can be most effectively prevented, treated and/or managed through providing a
continuum of prevention, treatment and recovery support services.
Impact Norms and
Perceptions
• Substance abuse continues to
be viewed primarily as a
social problem, rather than as
a health condition.
• There are pervasive high-risk
patterns of alcohol, tobacco
and other drug use across
Marin
Priority Problem
Statements
• Youth have easy access to
alcohol, tobacco and other
drugs from social sources
• There is a lack of consistent
adherence to and
implementation of alcohol,
tobacco and other drug laws
and policies
Improve System
Capacity and
Infrastructure
• There is a lack of consistent
early identification, screening
and referral of alcohol,
tobacco and other drug
problems, which reduces
access to appropriate services
• There is a lack of
communication, coordination
and collaboration between
departments and agencies
• Data collection in the alcohol,
tobacco and other drug
system of care is not
consistent and does not
support a continuum of care
model
• There is a need to leverage
alternative resources in order
to maximize the provision of
comprehensive alcohol,
tobacco and other drug
services
Implement Effective
Services
• Alcohol, tobacco and other
drug services are not
consistently tailored to
specific client needs and
considerations, such as
economic, gender, age,
language, geographical,
racial, cultural and situational
issues
• Alcohol, tobacco and other
drug programs and services
are not consistently
incorporating evidence-based
practices
• The lack of coordination,
communication and
collaboration across
departments and agencies,
which is not consistent with a
chronic disease and
continuum of care model,
limits access to and delivery
of effective services