Category: Prevention Science Foundations

This video explores how prevention science applies across the lifespan, with a focus on healthy aging, emphasizing that prevention is relevant not only early in life but also throughout adulthood and later years. The discussion highlights strategies to prevent or delay chronic disease, functional decline, social isolation, caregiver burnout, and mental health challenges, while promoting health span, resilience, and quality of life among older adults and families. It also underscores the role of community–university partnerships and Extension systems in translating research into accessible, culturally responsive prevention efforts, including intergenerational and family-focused approaches.

This video explains how Colorado plans to distribute opioid settlement funds through a statewide agreement that allocates money over 18 years across local governments, 19 regional councils, and smaller shares for infrastructure and statewide initiatives. The discussion outlines “allowable uses” for the funds—prevention/education, treatment and recovery supports, harm reduction (e.g., naloxone), and criminal justice–related diversion and continuity of care—with an emphasis on avoiding duplication and addressing distinct rural versus urban needs (including workforce and access gaps). It also describes governance, transparency, and safeguards intended to keep funds dedicated to opioid abatement, including required regional plans, public reporting via a dashboard, and structural protections designed to prevent diversion of funds to unrelated uses. For communities outside Colorado, the approach offers a concrete model for building regional governance, setting spending guardrails, and balancing state-level coordination with local decision-making when distributing opioid settlement resources.