Events
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Tobacco and Substance Use Prevention and Control Program and its related public health and non-profit partners frequently offer training, events, and conferences focused on the many different areas of tobacco and substance use prevention and control.
If you have an conference in Maine that is relevant to the prevention and control of tobacco, substance use, suicide or injury; submit information to tsup.dhhs@maine.gov. We will review and post if appropriate.
Tobacco Intervention: Basic Skills Training
Join other healthcare professionals in this one-day training to learn more about nicotine addiction and how to integrate brief, evidence-based tobacco treatment interventions into current practice. It has been well established that brief interventions can significantly increase quit attempts and lead to long-term tobacco abstinence. Led by licensed healthcare professionals, participants will learn how to use effective, motivational strategies and gain confidence when working with patients or clients who use tobacco.
The curriculum includes:
- The Burden of Tobacco Use
- Tobacco Products & Vaping
- Evidence-based Quit Methods
- Motivational Engagement Strategies
- Tobacco Treatment Medications
- The 5 A’s Brief Intervention Model
Tobacco Intervention: Basic Skills Training
Join other healthcare professionals in this one-day training to learn more about nicotine addiction and how to integrate brief, evidence-based tobacco treatment interventions into current practice. It has been well established that brief interventions can significantly increase quit attempts and lead to long-term tobacco abstinence. Led by licensed healthcare professionals, participants will learn how to use effective, motivational strategies and gain confidence when working with patients or clients who use tobacco.
The curriculum includes:
- The Burden of Tobacco Use
- Tobacco Products & Vaping
- Evidence-based Quit Methods
- Motivational Engagement Strategies
- Tobacco Treatment Medications
- The 5 A’s Brief Intervention Model
Engaging Youth in Preventing Opioid Abuse
Join peers from across the country to build skills needed to talk with youth about opioids. We also include the latest research about marijuana use.
You'll learn proven strategies for engaging youth in prevention activities and policy change, plus best practices for incorporating our evidence-based DVD Drugs: True Stories into your programming.
Sponsor:
Blake Works: Words can Work
Prevention Topic:
Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drugs
Annual Infectious Disease Conference
The annual Infectious Disease Conference targets public health issues of emerging concern. Presentations topics will focus on a range of infectious diseases, immunizations, and emerging technologies.