Overview of the Strategic Prevention Framework

Prevention professionals are pressed to put in place solutions to urgent substance misuse or behavioral health problems facing communities. But research and experience have shown that prevention must begin with an understanding of these complex problems within complex environments; only then can effective plans and strategies to address these issues be implemented. In order to help communities more effectively address these problems, the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), part of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) developed the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF).