NEW Sepsis Core Elements Training Webinar Series

Learn best practices for successfully implementing the Sepsis Core Elements

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Starting in October, CDC’s Project Firstline is kicking off a five-part webinar series for healthcare professionals in collaboration with the American Medical Association to introduce the Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements, a framework to help U.S. hospitals implement, monitor, and optimize institutional sepsis programs and sepsis outcomes. The Sepsis Core Elements complement existing sepsis guidelines and help facilitate implementation of guideline-recommended care practices at a wide variety of hospitals and healthcare systems in the United States.

During each one-hour webinar, sepsis subject matter experts will provide an overview of the Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements, and partners will share real-life examples, strategies, and best practices about how they have successfully implemented specific Sepsis Core Elements at their organization. Each webinar topic is independent, and all webinars will be recorded. Free Continuing Education (CE)* will be offered upon successful completion of a post-test. Upcoming Sepsis Core Elements Webinars:  Leadership Commitment: October 2, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. ET Accountability and Multi-Professional Expertise: October 16, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. ET Action: November 2, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. ET Tracking and Reporting: November 16, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. ET Education: Coming Soon

Register today for the first webinar, view the full schedule of upcoming events, and share with your network: https://bit.ly/CDCSepsisWebinars. To learn more about sepsis and how to prevent infections, visit www.cdc.gov/sepsis. *CE for this series is pending.

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Family-based Interventions Prevent Substance Use Among Youth

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends family-based interventions to prevent substance use among youth. A systematic review of evidence from 60 studies shows interventions reduce initiation and use of the following among youth: Cannabis Alcohol Tobacco Illicit substances Prescription drugs (misuse)

Studies also reported reductions in sexual risk behaviors among youth and improvements in mental health symptoms and school-related outcomes.

What are Family-based Interventions to Prevent Substance Use? These interventions teach parents and caregivers to enhance their children’s substance use preventive skills and practices. Content may address parent-child communication, rule setting, and monitoring, and interventions may include additional substance use prevention activities for youth. Interventions include individual or small group sessions, web-based modules, printed instruction manuals and workbooks, or a combination of these. They may be delivered by health professionals or trained providers in home, school, or community-based settings. Why is this important? Youth substance use is associated with increased risk for delinquency; academic underachievement; teen pregnancy; sexually transmitted infections; perpetration of, or experience with, violence; injuries; and mental health problems.1 Preventing or delaying substance use initiation among youth reduces later risk for substance use, substance use disorders, and overdose.1 In 2021, substance use was common among U.S. high school students and varied by substance. Approximately one third of students (30%) reported current use of alcohol or marijuana or prescription opioid misuse.2 In 2022, more than 3 million middle and high school students reported using a commercial tobacco product,3 and 11.0% of 8th graders reported lifetime use of marijuana.4

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The Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide) is a website that is a collection of all the evidence-based findings and recommendations of the Community Preventive Services Task Force.

References 1 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Surgeon General. Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health. Washington (DC): HHS, 2016. Available from URL: https://addiction.surgeongeneral.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-generals-report.pdf. Accessed 7/31/23. 2 Hoots BE, Li J, Hertz MF, et al. Alcohol and other substance use before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among high school students — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021. MMWR Suppl 2023;72(Suppl-1):84–92. Available from URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.su7201a10. Accessed 7/31/23. 3 Park-Lee E, Ren C, Cooper M, et al. Tobacco product use among middle and high school students — United States, 2022. MMWR 2022;71:1429–35. Available from URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7145a1. Accessed 7/31/23. 4 Miech RA, Johnston LD, Patrick ME, et al. Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975–2022: Secondary school students. Monitoring the Future Monograph Series. Ann Arbor (MI): Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 2023. Available at URL: https://monitoringthefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/mtf2022.pdf. Accessed 7/31/23.

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Teens whose parents binge drank were more likely to drink

Teens whose parents binge drank were more likely to drink

September 14, 2023

New CDC study finds that adolescents whose parents binge drank were more likely to drink alcohol A new study published today in the Journal of Adolescent Health finds that adolescents whose parents binge drank had a four times greater chance of drinking than adolescents whose parents did not binge drink. The risks of using alcohol extend beyond the person who drinks—for example, from parents to their children, as found in this study.

Excessive drinking, including underage drinking, is harmful to our health. More than 140,000 people die from excessive alcohol use in the United States each year, including nearly 4,000 people under age 21. CDC examined the drinking behaviors of parent-child pairs using 2020 SummerStyles and YouthStyles US surveys to understand the possible influence of parents’ drinking behavior on their children’s alcohol use. The findings of this national study suggest that if parents avoid binge drinking, it could reduce the likelihood of drinking among their adolescent children, and likely reduce alcohol-related harms as well. Effective alcohol policies can discourage binge drinking and improve well-being among both adults and teens.

Evidence-based strategies to prevent excessive alcohol use include the following: Reduce the number and concentration of places that sell alcohol. By reducing the availability and accessibility of alcohol in the home and in communities, and by not providing alcohol to people younger than 21 years, parents can discourage their children from drinking alcohol. Increase the price of alcohol, such as by raising alcohol taxes. Enhance enforcement of laws controlling alcohol sales, including those that prohibit sales of alcohol to minors.

Other announcements – Check out recent CDC publications on alcohol and injuries: Estimating the Role of Excessive Alcohol Consumption in Deaths from Injuries

Researchers from CDC and the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research published a new study in Addiction that compares various approaches for estimating average annual deaths from injuries due to excessive alcohol use in the United States. The tens of thousands of deaths from alcohol-attributable injuries every year can be prevented. Effective population-level alcohol policies, such increasing alcohol taxes and regulating the places that sell alcohol in communities, can reduce the prevalence and frequency of consuming a high number of drinks on an occasion (including binge drinking), and therefore lower the risk of fatal injury.

Falls Associated with Alcohol Use Among Older Adults

A CDC study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine highlights the rising rates of emergency department visits for alcohol-associated falls among older adults from 2011 to 2019.

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September is Rheumatic Disease Awareness Month; Physical Activity Guidelines Midcourse Report Highlights Detroit Parks and Rec Arthritis Interventions; NRPA Conference in Dallas; Community Preventive Services Task Force Report for Fiscal Year 2022; NRPA Findings on Remote Arthritis Interventions; New PLACES Data

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September Arthritis Newsletter	cdc.gov/arthritis

Physical Activity Guidelines Midcourse Report Highlights  Detroit Parks and Rec Arthritis Interventions The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Midcourse Report, released in June, helps people who work with older adults better implement strategies to help them get physically active. National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) sub-awardee Detroit Parks & Recreation, one of the oldest parks and recreation departments in the country, is featured on pages 32–33 of the report. The feature highlights the variety of CDC-recognized arthritis interventions that Detroit Parks & Rec offers. Benefits for community members include getting active, building social connections, and learning new skills. Read the Report Detroit P&D Physical Activity Updates 2023 NRPA Conference in Dallas Registration for the NRPA Annual Conference, the premier meeting of the park and recreation community, is now open! Learn More Economic Review Highlights Costs and Benefits of Park, Trail, and Greenway Infrastructure Interventions The Community Preventive Services Task Force finds the economic benefits exceed the cost for park, trail, and greenway infrastructure interventions to increase physical activity and use. Learn More Community Preventive Services Task Force Report for Fiscal Year 2022 The Community Preventive Services Task Force is an independent, nonfederal panel of experts that provides recommendations and findings on interventions that protect and improve population health. Learn More NRPA Findings on Remote Arthritis Interventions Educational Gerontology has published findings on remote arthritis interventions for older adults delivered through park and recreation agencies. The study, from NRPA and RTI International, an independent, nonprofit research group, found that the benefits of online delivery of these interventions included protection from exposure to communicable disease, elimination of transportation barriers to participation, and increased opportunities for socialization, chronic condition management, and physical activity.

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NEW PLACES Data PLACES now has estimates for disability measures! The latest release of PLACES data has new years of data (2020 and 2021) across 36 health-related measures, including 7 new disability measures, for US counties, cities, and census tracts. PLACES is excellent for examining how specific areas fare on measures like arthritis, disability status, and other conditions, behaviors, and risk factors that impact population health. Explore PLACES

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