About
ENGAGE: Evidence-Based Strategies to Prevent Youth Substance Use contains effective strategies and approaches to help local, community, state, and other organizations plan for and implement a wide range of prevention activities.
A resource for action
ENGAGE includes strategies — selected through a rigorous evaluation process — that have the greatest potential to impact substance use behaviors, delay substance use initiation, or modify the risk and protective factors associated with substance use for youth before they reach age 18.
Six strategies were identified:
- Enhance knowledge and skills
- Nurture family environments
- Give youth access to resources and activities
- Amplify protective community environments
- Guide efforts to lessen immediate and long-term harms
- Encourage provider and health system engagement
Boost the resource in your community
By promoting ENGAGE, you can help provide state and local organizations, schools, healthcare systems, and tribal communities with the tools they need to prevent youth substance use in their communities.
Here are four ways you can help spread the word.
- Follow and repost: Follow @CDCgov and @CDCInjury on X (Twitter) and repost our #CDCENGAGE messages. Keep an eye out for more content.
- Use the sample social media posts and graphics below: Share the sample posts with the downloadable graphics to help raise awareness about this new tool among your audiences!
- Share the newsletter blurb: Include the provided text in newsletters or other email communications to your members/constituents.
- Learn more about the ENGAGE: Evidence-Based Strategies to Prevent Youth Substance Use resource for action at cdc.gov/ENGAGE.
Email newsletter copy
Youth substance use is a significant public health problem. In support of this prevention effort, CDC has launched ENGAGE: Evidence-Based Strategies to Prevent Youth Substance Use — a resource for action comprising six strategies designed to prevent and reduce youth substance use.
Learn more about this prevention resource by visiting cdc.gov/ENGAGE.
Social media post templates
We've developed the social media posts below specifically for partner channels. Content should be framed for your online audiences.
Post 1
Check out CDC's new resource to prevent youth substance use, ENGAGE!
Tailor prevention approaches to meet the needs of your community: https://www.cdc.gov/ENGAGE
#CDCENGAGE
Post 2
CDC's new resource, ENGAGE, aims to support schools, organizations, tribal communities, and healthcare systems in preventing youth substance use.
Link: cdc.gov/ENGAGE
#CDCENGAGE
Post 1
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Youth substance use is preventable. CDC's new resource, ENGAGE, describes six strategies that schools, organizations, and healthcare systems can use to prevent youth substance use. Explore evidence-based strategies and approaches at: cdc.gov/ENGAGE
#CDCENGAGE
Post 2
New resource for schools and healthcare systems! ➡️ CDC created ENGAGE to help prevent substance use before it starts. Explore the resource: https://www.cdc.gov/ENGAGE
#CDCENGAGE
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Preventing youth substance use starts with community action.
CDC’s new resource, ENGAGE, empowers schools, organizations, tribal communities, and healthcare systems with evidence-based strategies for prevention.
View the resource at: cdc.gov/ENGAGE
#CDCENGAGE
Post 1
Download: Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Image 4
Preventing youth substance use starts with community action.
CDC’s new resource, ENGAGE, empowers schools, organizations, tribal communities, and healthcare systems with evidence-based strategies for prevention.
View the resource at: cdc.gov/ENGAGE
#CDCENGAGE
Post 2
New resource for schools and healthcare systems! ➡️ CDC created ENGAGE to help prevent substance use before it starts.
Explore the resource: https://www.cdc.gov/ENGAGE
#CDCENGAGE