Webinars

Overview:

Effective prevention is about all of us. Join us as we rethink prevention through a public health lens. In this webinar, we will redefine health promotion and substance use prevention goals, discuss intervention strategies, outline prevention techniques, and rethink substance use using holistic and reality-based approaches.

Objectives:

• Redefine health promotion and substance use prevention goals
• Rethink substance use using the social determinants of health and holistic prevention perspectives
• Reflect on public health and reality-based approaches to prevention
• Discuss community and individual level interventions and primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention methods

About the Speaker:

Sydney Cheifetz MPH, Deputy Director of SAFE Campuses, brings 10 years of experience in global health, collegiate recovery, prevention, and health education to the field. Currently, Cheifetz builds and oversees SAFE Project’s student development programs, providing learning, advocacy, and leadership opportunities to students nationwide rooted in equity, empowerment, and public health principles. Prior to joining SAFE Project in 2022, Cheifetz led alcohol and other drug prevention, harm reduction, and recovery programs at Gonzaga University. Additionally, she served in the field of global health and education in Southern Brazil and on the Polio Eradication Initiative in Northern Nigeria. Sydney holds a Master of Public Health from Oregon State University and is certified in motivational interviewing, recovery coaching, and ethical public health research.