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| Date: | Upcoming Meetings: | Posted By: | ||
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| 04/23/2010 | VCAN Focus Groups Training with Anne Dorwaldt | Rita Johnson | ||
| Time: | 9-2 | |||
| Location: | Vermont Technical College | |||
| Details: | Please join us at VTC April 23rd for a Training on Holding Focus Groups on College Campuses, and earn 3 CEU’s! Take this opportunity to: - Attend a course, led by Anne Dorwaldt, Asst. Director of Research Programs, Office of Health Promotion Research at UVM, on how to hold focus groups on college campuses - Earn CEU's: 3 CEU's are pending for Mental Health Counselors, Psychologists, and Social Workers - Enjoy lunch and networking time with other colleges and coalitions, to share ideas and planning Course Description: Focus groups are a very good tool for understanding the lifestyle and culture of any audience you may be trying to reach. They can help you get at the depth of feelings, attitudes, values and ideas that paper and pencil surveys cannot really tap into. Focus groups are also a good tool to use in testing out rough versions of educational materials, media messages or service or program plans with an audience you hope to reach or serve. At the end of this 3 hour session participants will: * Understand the purposes of focus groups, i.e. when to use them and when they may not be the best tool * Understand the basics of developing discussion guides * Describe the skills necessary to facilitate a focus group * Be able to fulfill the role of the focus group observer **Deadline to sign up for the training is March 15th** Please RSVP to Rita Johnson, VCAN Coordinator: rita@friendsofrecoveryvt.org. Additional details will be posted, as they are available. Thank you, we look forward to your attendance! |
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| 03/19/2010 | MARCH 19TH MEETING CANCELLATION | Rita Johnson | ||
| Time: | 9-12 | |||
| Location: | VTC | |||
| Details: | **Our March 19th VCAN Meeting has been cancelled, and will be rescheduled for April. This cancellation is due to a lack of interest in the meeting format. The April meeting will still offer a training format, with 3 CEU's offered to those who are eligible. Anne Dorwaldt is making her CORE data coaching available to VCAN members, via phone and e-mail. Please expect a phone call from Rita Johnson, VCAN Admin. Coordinator, regarding this coaching format [in order to gauge interest and discuss setting up sessions]. Questions/Comments? Please add a post under the 'Discussions' section. Thank you. |
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| 01/15/2010 | VCAN Meeting | Rita Johnson | ||
| Time: | 9-12 | |||
| Location: | Student Life Center, Champlain College | |||
| Details: | Agenda: Leadership Social Norms Trainings Grant Updates Group Check-In Location: IDX Student Life Center, Champlain College, 163 South Willard Street, Burlington, VT 05401-3950. The IDX Student Life Center is Building #21 on the Champlain College campus map (please go to the 'Resources' section of this site to find the campus map). Directions: Please go to the 'Resources' section of this site to view a map of Champlain College and the surrounding area to help with directions to the college. Please refer to the campus map to assist with finding the IDX Student Life Center on the Champlain campus, as well as locating designated parking areas. Parking: Parking pass- Please print out the parking pass (found under 'Resources') and place on the dash of your car. Please make sure to place the parking pass in your car, or your car may be ticketed or towed. Please refer to the campus map to locate the Champlain College parking lots. Parking lot #5 is the closest lot to the IDX Student Life Center, but #3 is also within walking distance. [Please refer to the campus map to locate the aforementioned parking lots.] **Food and refreshments will be provided RSVP: If you are unable to attend the meeting, please send regrets to Rita Johnson at: rita@friendsofrecoveryvt.org. Thank you very much, and we look forward to seeing you at the meeting! |
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| 01/15/2010 | VCAN Meeting Minutes Part I | Rita Johnson | ||
| Time: | 9-12 | |||
| Location: | Champlain College | |||
| Details: | Meeting Attendance: Mary Beth Vassar- VCAN Co-Chair, UVM Jyoti Daniere- VCAN Co-Chair, Middlebury Jennifer Hughes, Champlain DA Ed. Carol L. Rose, Exec. Dir. VT Safety Ed. Center Amy Livingston, PIRE Eval. Coord./Addison SPF Sarah Munro, SA Prev. Counselor-ADAP Rita Johnson, VCAN Coordinator/FOR-VT Leadership- Brief VCAN Leadership History: Doris Augman-Champlain Counselor/DA Ed. started VCAN roughly five years ago; Melissa Culver served as Co-Chair with Mary Beth Vassar for two years; Mary Beth Vassar and Jyoti Daniere are current Co-Chairs -VCAN uses grant funding to supplement small projects at Vermont colleges; VCAN Grant is written [and approved] per half-year -Mary Beth does not have DA Ed. in her title; Diana Gonzalez is the UVM DA Ed.; Mary Beth will be stepping down this year, as she is no longer able to serve as Co-Chair -Jennifer Hughes, Champlain Counselor/Drug & Alcohol Educator, will shadow and then phase in—August (will be gradual process); Champlain has DA Ed. title built into position much more clearly than many other schools in VT Discussion: Does it make sense to continue VCAN in the same format that it has been in? -Participation from schools is way down -Can supplement social norming and small programming; cannot just give out money to applicants -If colleges aren’t attending, maybe need to shift the mission of the Network -Trainings? Have been mostly attended by State people, not members from colleges -Can VCAN continue? --will it just become a web presence? -Members ask themselves—what is VCAN going to bring me? What does it mean to me? |
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| 01/15/2010 | VCAN Meeting Minutes Part II | Rita Johnson | ||
| Time: | 9-12 | |||
| Location: | Champlain College | |||
| Details: | Last meeting: CORE and MLDA pres. -Started conversation about how to do survey differently next time; adding social norms supplement—another set of questions; discussion reg. how to interpret data, what it reflects -Colleges spoke about challenges/successes at each school -MLDA pres. drew attendance, talking points -Look at data, and pull something about it to spotlight—social norms campaign Due to level of attendance by members from schools: -Maybe ask Bill to come and go over ea. school’s data and help with beginning social norms/marketing campaign at the schools; maybe offer CEU’s -Let’s survey via e-mail to see if there is interest; maybe do sign-up, and see whether there is enough interest to set this up Utilizing/Applying CORE Data: -Data is usable, but schools are not sure how to use it in social norms/marketing campaigns…5-year plan…Evidence-based -Requires serious financial commitment [from colleges, grant(s)] -Have to have a team, and a student team -What if it were Vermont colleges? VCAN is a state initiative—does VCAN serve as an operating body surrounding perceptions of VT colleges; use some CORE data as a whole -How could the money best be used, or should we [VCAN] merge with another agency?? Discussion: Carol: ‘Peeling back the layers’ alcohol affecting the college experience: social, financial, environmental Property damage, date rape; trickle-down effect from drinking at colleges Research on drinking—how does it relate to 4-yr graduation rates? Leadership may not be aware, or may be overwhelmed by how to address it If policies are really enforced, drinking will actually go down; administrations tend to believe otherwise; cultural double-bind, esp. in New England |
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| 01/15/2010 | VCAN Meeting Minutes Part III | Rita Johnson | ||
| Time: | 9-12 | |||
| Location: | Champlain College | |||
| Details: | TRAINING? Follow-up on CORE survey PIRE: In CA, sole focus was off-campus parties Needs assessment-Middlebury-Yes, UVM-Yes, Champlain-No…could be very helpful- Step 1: What is capacity? Readiness? CEU’s—at least an hour-long training; at least half of VCAN members would benefit [eligibility for CEU’s) Important to understand the difference between social norms campaigns and social marketing Ann Dorwaldt from UVM - a.m.?; who in the afternoon? Maybe do a shorter day to make it easier for travel, etc.-10-3? Dynamic presentation and format ‘Meet Your Coalition’-build those partnerships *Provide clear and easy structure for schools to follow to use their data; ‘This year, focus on social marketing; if can add supplement questions this year, will have a template to use for social norming next year’ Tangible; fidelity piece Tagline: ‘Have lunch with your coalition, and earn CEUs!’ VTC-good meeting location for March 19th meeting -VIT-‘Electronic Classroom’; have VIT component for ea. meeting? Sarah: Risk-reduction…’E-chug’ and ‘E-toke’ Grant Updates- Last year, grant was written for a year; this time was done as a six-month stint; next year, we will be synched up with the rest of the state, and have the grant period be year-long It’s a lot of work; see work first-hand; co-chairs are compensated—however, not a significant amount of compensation All grant information will be posted on VCAN site; e-mail any questions to MB, Jyoti, myself |
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| 01/15/2010 | VCAN Meeting Minutes Part IV | Rita Johnson | ||
| Time: | 9-12 | |||
| Location: | Champlain College | |||
| Details: | Group Check-In Carol- Strategic Highway Safety group-several different agencies Issues such as texting and driving Public education campaign Agency of transportation: take a golf cart to a school, set up a cone course, they go through it once, then have to go through it again, while texting—available to bring to college campuses—would be peer-to-peer; want to bring it to driver’s education courses All high schools need to provide is the space and students to participate (school health fairs, etc.) Jennifer-Increase in need of counselors, counselors per student; in need of AOD person Website: Add Discussion section? In addition to List of Members by School, add List of Members by Coalition, List of PC’s (see health dept. site) Discussion: Jyoti- Need to do more environmentally-focused stuff; some events planned for spring- ‘Beer Goggles Olympics’; no one has died this year; budget has been cut drastically; conversation about change… Amy: John McCardle is stepping down w MLDA debate—Choose Your Responsibility Debate at State House next Thurs. on MLDA (Gov. & Military Affairs) Common Theme Campaign-Helping middle/high school-prev. and intervention methods, etc.; Parent survey through schools Sarah- see above, also do colleges understand the SIG/SPIF? Merge with ‘Meet Your Coalition’? In Burlington, Mariah and Paula Gile-excellent outreach Planning for March 19th VCAN Meeting: -Survey to VCAN Community to determine interest, ability to attend, etc. -Rita and Amy will work on arranging and confirming presenters/format -CORE Survey Presentation and Discussion with individual colleges -Lunch? -Location-VTC? Rita will contact regarding hosting Please feel free to e-mail comments and suggestions regarding the format for the March 19th VCAN Meeting to rita@friendsofrecoveryvt.org. We are very interested in your input, and want to make the meetings as useful and relevant as possible for members. |
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| 11/06/2009 | VCAN Meeting | Rita Johnson | ||
| Time: | 9-1 | |||
| Location: | VDH in Burlington | |||
| Details: | Agenda: 1st half: CORE Training 2nd half: Presentation by John Searles on Minimum Drinking Age Location: Vermont Department of Health, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention (ADAP) 108 Cherry Street, Burlington, VT 05401 802-863-7323 Contact: Amy Livingston: Directions: From I-89 Exit 14W, Follow Main Street past the University of Vermont campus, until you reach the intersection of Main Street and South Winooski Avenue (you will see Kinkos and Mr. Mikes Pizza). Turn right onto South Winooski Ave. Continue on South Winooski Ave. until you reach Cherry Street, which will be on the left. Rite Aid Pharmacy is located at the intersection of South Winooski Ave. and Cherry Street. Turn left onto Cherry Street. Continue on Cherry Street, heading down the hill toward Lake Champlain. The Vermont Department of Health is located at 108 Cherry Street, which is on the right side of the street. (*See attached map for VDH location.) Parking: You can find parking in the Lake View Garage, which is located just past Macy’s Department Store, on the left side of Cherry Street. There is also a parking garage attached to the Burlington Town Center Mall; the Cherry Street entrance to this garage is on the left side of the street, just before Macy’s. The first two hours of parking are free at all Burlington parking garages. The rate at Lake View garage is lower than that of the mall garage, at a maximum of $5 per day; the mall garage’s maximum charge is $10 per day. The meeting will run from 9-1. (*See attached map for location of parking garages.) *Food and refreshments will be provided RSVP: If you are unable to attend the meeting, please send regrets to Rita Johnson, VCAN Coordinator: rita@friendsofrecoveryvt.org. Thank you very much. |
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| 11/06/2009 | Additional Nov. 6 VCAN Meeting Details | Rita Johnson | ||
| Time: | 9-12 or 1 | |||
| Location: | VDH in Burlington | |||
| Details: | Agenda: 9-10:30 Using your Core data and preparing for the 2010 implementation. Bob Flewelling and Amy Livingston, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. 10:30-12 The Minimum Legal Drinking Age: A Data Based Perspective , John S. Searles, Ph.D. Substance Abuse Research and Policy Analyst and Chair, State Epidemiological Workgroup, Vermont Department of Health **Meeting room has been reserved from 9 until 1, but meeting may adjourn prior to 1, depending on length of presentations **To reach the meeting room from the entrance of VDH, take the elevator or stairs to the second floor. Conference room 2A is on the right side of the long hallway. **Those who are unable to attend in person are invited to call in on the conference line at: 1-866-642-1665 and the pass code is 116486 |
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| 11/06/2009 | VCAN Meeting Minutes Part I | Rita Johnson | ||
| Time: | 9-12 | |||
| Location: | VDH in Burlington | |||
| Details: | Members in Attendance: Jyoti Daniere, VCAN Co-Chair, Middlebury College John Searles, ADAP Amy Livingston, PIRE Erika Edwards, VDH Jennifer Hughes, Champlain College Carol Plante, Lamoille Prevention Campaign David Bergh, JSC Patty Baroudi, ADAP Dan Roberts, Green Mtn. College Rob Festa, Green Mtn. College Richard Mayer, Landmark College John Zaber, Sterling College Carol Rose, VT Safety Ed. Center Mariah Sanderson, BPHC Bob Flewelling, PIRE Rita Johnson, VCAN Admin. Coordinator Notes for Core Survey Discussion I. 2008 Core Survey Administration Procedures-Bob Flewelling A. List of participating colleges (see slides) B. Comments from campus coordinators on the logistics of administering the survey Johnson State used paper version of survey; interested in how using online format works for those schools who participate online. More student participation if done in the classroom? Middlebury-Jyoti had students complete survey online—400 students initially; sent out e-mail, 200 more students participated. May do both paper and online form of survey next year. Randomness? Students inquired about this at Middlebury. Smaller schools tend to use paper surveys. Landmark: 450 students—200+ participated. Difficult to do paper surveys b/c need cooperation from professors, need graduate student/TA or RA to administer them. Would a school get a different set of numbers if distribution were more randomized? Middlebury: Confliction in data/stats Closed health center at night; students are being told that now if they are overly intoxicated, they must go to the ER; students who are intoxicated, but not a danger to themselves or others, can call a friend to sit with them, or go to “drunk tank” staffed by RAs. Students interpreted that this change was due to CORE survey data Disconnect between what is going on (i.e. one out of five students do not drink) and what is perceived by students |
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