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Advancing primary prevention in human services: convening findings
Advancing primary prevention in human services: convening findings
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- ASPE issue brief
- Author(s):
- Akers, Lauren, author
Tippins, Jennifer Laura, author
Hauan, Susan, author
Lynch-Smith, Miranda, author - Contributor(s):
- United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Human Services Policy, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Offices of Human Services Policy, March 2023
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Community Support
Ill-Housed Persons
Poverty
Primary Prevention
Social Support
Social Work -- organization & administration
United States - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Broadening and shifting the focus of human services from responding to life crises (such as a mental health crisis or eviction) to supporting people and preventing these crises holds promise for building and enhancing people’s strengths and resilience. Incorporating primary prevention into human services delivery can uproot the causes of adverse outcomes by reducing risk factors and promoting protective factors, creating the safety and stability needed to avoid adverse experiences in the first place. Primary prevention can foster equity and justice by addressing the deeper systemic issues, such as poverty, that lead to adverse experiences. To realize the potential of primary prevention in human services, we need a national framework for delivering family supports and prevention services that centers equity and elevates lived expertise as well as policies and services that situate primary prevention within universal efforts to optimally support families and children. To create that framework, it is essential to use a human-centered approach to service design by co creating with the individuals and communities served; integrate services across program areas and sectors; build a primary prevention workforce that adopts a person-first approach to service delivery; and improve accessibility and effectiveness by engaging those with lived expertise to identify and address barriers and assess success. To facilitate adopting and implementing a framework, we can leverage evidence of effectiveness of prevention strategies to build political will; engage communities in increasing the importance of primary prevention; and finance services in a way that provides flexibility across funding sources, supports an integrated service delivery system, and empowers community-based service providers.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (29 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918627786406676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918627786406676