NCPIE along with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has launched the Maximizing Your Role as a Teen Influencer: What You Can Do to Help Prevent Teen Prescription Drug Abuse toolkit. This comprehensive online resource, offers a complete workshop module to educate and equip teen influencers — parents, grandparents, teachers, coaches, community and school-based healthcare providers and others — with credible information addressing the growing problem of prescription drug abuse by teens and effective strategies to take action to help prevent it. This turn-key educational program is designed for healthcare professionals, including prescribers, pharmacists, and nurses, and adults working or involved in school based settings, including teachers, counselors, coaches and PTA groups, for example.
These new workshop materials complement the earlier NCPIE/SAMHSA national outreach campaign: "Not Worth the Risk - Even If It's Legal" featuring a wide range of educational messages in English and Spanish encouraging parents to talk to their teens about preventing prescription medicine abuse.
Our "TAP" Month 2009 theme: "Communication is Key!" reflects the fact that better medicine communication between consumers and their healthcare providers is the key to safe and appropriate medicine use — and better health.
"TAP" Month 2009 also recognizes additional resources and programs that NCPIE member organizations and other committed stakeholders are doing to improve the dialogue about medicines.
NCPIE Report Adherence Action Plan Enhancing Prescription Medicine Adherence: A National Action Plan (PDF)
Media Advisory (PDF)
Fact Sheets
Understanding Prescription Assistance Programs For more details, click on the links below. (HTML | PDF)
Tips on Safe Storage and Disposal of Your Prescription Medicines (Color | Black & White)
Our "TAP" Month 2009 theme: "Communication is Key!" reflects the fact that better medicine communication between consumers and their healthcare providers is the key to safe and appropriate medicine use — and better health.
