Prevention Perk

The Mid-America Prevention Technology Transfer Center (Mid-America PTTC) is designed to serve as a prevention catalyst, empowering individuals and fostering partnerships to promote safe, healthy, and drug-free communities across Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. Our services are evidence-based, culturally competent, and locally focused. We provide intensive technical assistance to support organizations' and systems' efforts to implement evidence-based prevention strategies. The Mid-America PTTC also forms partnerships with local and regional stakeholders to ensure that the training needs of the region are identified and met.

The Mid-America PTTC goals are:

Accelerate the adoption and implementation of evidence-based and promising substance misuse prevention strategies.
Heighten the awareness, knowledge, and skills of the workforce that addresses substance misuse prevention.
Foster regional and national alliances among culturally diverse practitioners, researchers, policymakers, funders, and local communities.

Episode 22: Prevention Specialist Certification

Dec 17, 2019

Today we will be talking with Nicole Augustine.

Nicole is the Project Coordinator for the Southeast Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. She has been working in the field of prevention since 2001. Nicole has a Master of Public Health degree from The George Washington...

Episode 21: Thrive Allen County

Dec 11, 2019

Today we will be talking with Lisse Regehr.

Lisse is the President and CEO of Thrive Allen County. She oversees Thrive’s efforts to build a statewide rural health advocacy network in Kansas and coordinates engagement with state and local policymakers.

And just a little bit about Thrive Allen County. They are...

Episode 20: Pathway to Prevention

Dec 4, 2019

Today we will be talking with Margo Leitschuh.

Margo is the Communications Coordinator for Partners in Prevention. She is responsible for the coordination of several statewide programs around safe, sober driving and MoSafeRx. Margo graduated from the University of Missouri with a Bachelor’s of Health Science and is...

Episode 19: Current Drug Trends - Promethazine

Oct 28, 2019

Today we will be talking with about Promethazine.

Our guest speaker is Officer Ryan Snow.

Ryan serves fulltime as a police officer with a large university police department where he educates the community about DUI and drug-related issues.

He is a certified drug recognition expert instructor and has completed...

Episode 18: Current Drug Trends - Kratom

Oct 18, 2019

Today we will be talking with about kratom.