WEAVE Lane County
Weaving Environments and Actions that Value Everyone
WEAVE Lane County is a new initiative focusing on how we as a community can invest wisely in prevention: that is, programs and practices effective in promoting healthier children and youth and preventing the development of serious and costly problems like drug abuse, depression and suicide, and criminal activity.
WEAVE Lane County’s goals are to change the way we address risk factors that cause problem behaviors and to encourage parents, families, schools, businesses, and others to use evidence-based approaches to create a nurturing community for our children and youth.
This is a community-wide effort: everyone can play an important part and make a difference in the lives of our youth.
Presentation to the Eugene City Club, December 16, 2011:
Scheduling a presentation:
To schedule a presentation about WEAVE Lane County, please contact:
Sandy Moses, Mental Health Promotion Coordinator
Lane County Health & Human Services, Prevention Program
Sandy.Moses@co.lane.or.us; 541-682-3650
WEAVE Lane County is a collaboration of:
Key links to learn more about effective prevention:
Center on Early Adolescence
The Center on Early Adolescence "supports high-quality research on the development, treatment, and prevention of problems of early adolescence and disseminates evidence-based information and interventions."
Promise Neighborhoods Research Consortium
The Promise Neighborhood Research Consortium (PNRC) is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse to "assist high-poverty neighborhoods in America in translating existing knowledge into widespread, multiple improvements in wellbeing." High rates of drug abuse, antisocial behavior, depression, academic failure, and intergenerational poverty are often found in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty.
Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities (2009)
Per the description: "Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People updates a 1994 Institute of Medicine book, Reducing Risks for Mental Disorders, focusing special attention on the research base and program experience with younger populations that have emerged since that time." The National Academies
Press provides a free online version of the entire book at the above link.
Oregon Student Wellness Survey (2010)
"Oregon's Student Wellness Survey is an anonymous, research-based survey of youth in grades 6, 8 and 11. It is a source of data about health risks such as depression, alcohol, tobacco and drug use; and delinquent behaviors such as bullying, fighting and harassment."