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What Does ASAP & COVID have in common?

March 20, 2021 By [email protected]

What do Winona County ASAP and COVID-19 prevention efforts have in common?

Quite a bit, actually!

Although Winona County ASAP works to prevent youth substance abuse and the world is currently preventing the spread of a virus, there is one thing these things have in common. Can you guess it? 

Yes – it’s prevention! 

Below is the Strategic Prevention Framework model – also known as “SPF” for short. Follow along as we break it down step-by-step and relate it to both COVID-19 and Winona County ASAP!

Step 1: Assessment

  • For ASAP: We assess our community’s substance abuse problems through survey and data collection and evaluation. 
  • For COVID-19: Our health department and healthcare workers assess how many people are exhibiting symptoms and determine where or who they may have contracted the virus from. 

Step 2: Capacity 

  • For both ASAP and COVID, professionals are at work determining our county’s capacity for addressing the issue. Do we have the partnerships we need? What about supplies and personnel? 
  • ASAP’s partnerships look like volunteer commitments and staff, whereas COVID looks upon our local healthcare providers and establishments for help. Funding also plays a key role here. 

Step 3: Planning 

  • What needs to be done now, and who is going to do it? 
  • For ASAP, we develop an “action plan” for each fiscal year answering those questions. From tabling to presentations, everything is planned far in advance. 
  • For COVID, this is our lawmakers and hospitals working diligently to lay out a plan of action to address this crisis head on. 

Step 4: Implementation 

  • This is the act of performing prevention work. It’s the laws being put in place and the Public Service Announcements (PSA’s) being delivered every day. 

Step 5: Evaluation 

  • Did what we do worked? This can be measured by new surveys or studying hospital records.
  • While we do this every year (sometimes more frequently!) for ASAP, we aren’t here yet for COVID. 

As you can see, there is a lot more that goes into prevention work than meets the eye. Keep this in mind as we all navigate COVID-19 and remember to give everyone a little grace. 

Stay tuned for more blogs and fun quarantine activities coming to you on our website and social media! 

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