Wichita Mountains Prevention Network Homepage

WMPN assists students in youth coalition development, support, and training. We also provide materials covering substance abuse, eating disorders, and anger management, among many other topics, in our Information Clearinghouse free of charge. For more information about student resources, please contact Elizabeth Yocham (ext. 104) eyocham@wmpn.org

Asset Building
http://www.search-institute.org/

Teen Pregnancy http://www.teenpregnancv.org/parent/default.asp

Substance Abuse
http://family.samhsa.gov/

Schools

WMPN offers consultation to schools in our nine-county area regarding topics such as substance abuse prevention, healthy decision-making, and youth coalition development, among others. We also provide administrators, counselors, and teachers materials from our Information Clearinghouse. Contact Lisa Barnes (ext. 107) for more information about programs provided to your school free of charge.

Schools with 24/7 No-Smoking Policy http://www.health.state.ok.us/program/tobac/NoUseTobacco.htm

Professionals

Substance Abuse Information
http//workplace, samhsa. gov/

The Oklahoma State Epidemiology Profile of Substance Use is a planning tool for substance abuse prevention planners at the state, county and community level. The report details several major indicators of substance abuse in Oklahoma, and is part of an ongoing effort to gain a deeper understanding of Oklahoma substance consumption and consequences across the lifespan.

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS)

BRFSS is a state-based telephone survey which is performed in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and three territories. Begun in 1984 by the CDC, today it is the world's largest telephone survey. The BRFSS measures health behaviors, which have been shown to be a major contributor to disease, injury and premature death. The BRFSS plays a key role in targeting resources for the prevention and reduction of poor health behaviors and their related illnesses. The Oklahoma State Department of Health joined the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System in March 1988.

This user-friendly data query system allows public health practitioners and researchers, as well as the general public, access to generate standard or customized tables without delay. It provides statewide, regional and some county level estimates of health behaviors. Access to BRFSS data (available since 1988) can be broken down by various demographics, including age, gender, race and ethnicity, education, annual household income levels and marital status.

In addition to frequencies, percentages, weighted frequencies, combined years of information, confidence intervals and graphs can also be generated.

Oklahoma State Department of Health Adolescent Health Program, offering statistics and

One-stop-shop for the latest national trends and research on over 80 key indicators of child and youth well-being, with new indicators added each month! Provided by Child Trends