Promotion and Prevention

The Sargent County District Health Unit recognizes the impact addictive substances have on the health of our communities. We are committed to reducing the stigma associated with misuse. We can provide education and resources along with safe disposal products and naloxone.

Please explore the resources listed and contact us for more information.

• Alcohol

  Prevention creates an environment that promotes the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

  92% of ND adults agree that alcohol use is a problem in their community.

  Not all drinks are created equal. Click on the image below to see how much alcohol is really in your drinks:
  

  

  SAMHSA

  ND Promotion and Prevention
• Opioids

  Click the image below to watch a brief training on how to administer Narcan.

  

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  Opioid Prevention

  

  

  ND Promotion and Prevention

  View Dispose RX Disposal Instrustions (PDF)

  ND State Opioid Response

  Harm Reduction & Syringe Service Programs (SSP)

  Contact

  To schedule a Narcan Training, please contact: Vanessa Bayger

  Vanessa Bayger, Health Promotion Coordinator
  Sargent County District Health Unit
  316 Main St.
  Forman, ND 58035
  701-724-3725

• Parents Lead

  With the right tools and resources, your community can be one where parents are supported in guiding their children down a safe and healthy path. Whether you are a professional that works with parents and families or a community member wanting to support parents in your community, Parents Lead offers support.

  Click the image below to visit the Parents Lead website for more resources.

  
• Tobacco Prevention

  Tobacco Prevention and Control Program

  At Sargent County District Health Unit, we follow the mission statement and the goals of the North Dakota Comprehensive Tobacco Prevention and Control State Plan.

  Mission

  The mission of the Tobacco Prevention and Control Plan is to improve and protect the health of North Dakotans by reducing the negative health and economic consequences of the state’s number-one cause of preventable disease and death – tobacco use.

  Goal

  The goal of the TPCP is to reduce disease, disability, and death related to tobacco use by:

  • Eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke.
  • Promote quitting tobacco use.
  • Build capacity and infrastructure to implement a comprehensive evidence based tobacco prevention and control program.
  • Identifying and eliminating tobacco-related disparities among specific population groups.

  The Sargent County District Health Unit Tobacco Prevention Program offers the following services and programs:

  • Educate the public on the danger of the use of tobacco products including electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and exposure to secondhand smoke.
  • Preventing the initiation of tobacco use among youth and young adults.
  • Provide current information to state and local policy makers and community members regarding current issues in tobacco control.
  • Offer tobacco cessation counseling and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to Sargent County residents who qualify for the program.
  • Assist community members in enrolling in NDQuits, which is North Dakota’s tobacco quit line service.
  • Work with community organizations to implement tobacco-free policies.
  • INDEPTH and the NOT programs are two programs that we offer through the American Lung Association.

  Preventing initiation of tobacco use among youth and young adults.

  Youth

  This Is Quitting

  

  Adults

  

  Become an Ex (truth initiative)