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Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW), LLC, headquartered in St.

Practical evidence-based substance use/misuse prevention programs and training which promote healthy lifestyles, mental health, performance and happiness for youth and young adults. Augustine, Florida, is a family-run nation-wide education business providing brief evidence-based multi-health behavior youth, young adult and adult programs, parent training programs and multi-media campaigns for improving the mental and physical wellness of individuals and communities. PPW's "whole-health" programs address multiple co-occurring health risks in single interventions addressing alcohol, marijuana, e-cigarette, or opioid and fentanyl use, as well as physical inactivity, poor nutrition, lack of sleep and daily stress. Our one-session Screening and Brief Interventions (SBIs), including Screening, Brief Intervention & Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) programs, are a perfect solution to providing effective prevention in busy schools, organizations, clinics, and communities, as well as a cost-effective strategy for motivating youths’ healthy habit and identity development through built-in multi-behavior goal setting and monitoring. PPW program manuals include easy-to-follow scripted protocols to provide to youth and adults individually and in groups. Online and paper pretest and posttest and instructor's surveys allow providers to monitor program fidelity and effectiveness and online self-paced program implementer courses permit practitioner training at their convenience.

12/13/2025

Calling All Drug Prevention Organizations

Team up with Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) to conduct another evaluation of our evidence-based SPORT PPW program in your region next Spring, 2026.

Selected partners will receive free program manuals and materials and online training for program implementers. Implementers may receive a cash gift card stipend at the end of the evaluation.

SPORT PPW programs consist of a single 45-minute motivational lesson presented to youth individually or in groups aimed at preventing youth substance use/misuse while promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors associated with mental and physical wellbeing.

To partner with PPW, the evaluation design will need to include:

1. A minimum of 300 adolescents (either high school or middle school aged youth) from one or more schools, school districts, sports programs, clinics, wellness centers, etc.
2. Half of the adolescents will complete an online pretest, receive the 45-minute SPORT PPW program, and complete an online posttest 3 months after program implementation (end of semester).
3. The other half of the adolescents will complete an online pretest, receive 45-minutes of Healthy Lifestyle Workbook activities, and complete an online posttest 3 months after program implementation (end of semester).
4. All implementers will complete a brief online instructor survey after each SPORT PPW program presentation to monitor program implementation quality.

For more information, email us at: info@preventionpluswellness.com or call: (904) 472-5022.

12/11/2025

Study Shows InShape PPW Promotes Healthy Attitudes in a Historically Black College

A new study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health (2024) examined the impact of the single-session evidence-based InShape Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) program on the substance use and health behaviors attitudes of 18–25-year-old students in physical education courses at Tuskegee University.

Results showed that 88% of participants indicated favorable ratings for the intervention and 90% indicated the intervention had a moderate or greater impact on helping them avoid substances.

The emergent themes showed the intervention promoted participant endorsement of practicing healthy habits, including improving health and eating nutritious foods.

The authors concluded that the InShape PPW intervention had a positive impact on improving participants’ attitudes about the need for healthy behaviors and avoiding substance use.

Learn more about InShape PPW: https://preventionpluswellness.com/products/evidence-based-alcohol-drug-inshape-prevention-plus-wellness

Read the entire paper:https://www.wecmelive.com/open-access/impact-of-the-inshape-alcohol-drug-prevention-plus-wellness-ppw-brief-intervention-on-tuskegee-university-students-attit.pdf

Single session substance abuse prevention programs and training promoting wellness for youth and young adults

12/09/2025

Last Chance to Register for Substance Use Prevention Lessons from
Declining US Alcohol Consumption: Free Webinar

Session Objectives:

1. Review changes in US adult alcohol use patterns and what’s impacting them.
2. Examine trends in US adolescent alcohol and other drug use.
3. Discuss implications of substance use trends for prevention and public health.

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PJ1oALVvRKK7y9I13clBWw?ampDeviceId=990fe4ab-3f3e-4650-b08b-c7b532070400&SessionId=1764718566228&_gl=1*wf5uoo*_gcl_au*MTU4OTc1NjY2MS4xNzU3NTMxNDgwLjE4NDc4Nzk1OTQuMTc1ODU0OTIzMi4xNzU4NTQ5MjMy*_ga*MjI0MzUwNDkzLjE3MzcwNTcyNDY.*_ga_L8TBF28DDX*czE3NjQ3MTg1NjYkbzI2MyRnMSR0MTc2NDcxOTAzNiRqMyRsMCRoMA..

Length: 60 minutes

Date: Wednesday December 10th

Time: 12:00pm ET/9:00am PT

CEU Certificate: CEU certificate (one hour) available upon completing webinar

Learn more: https://preventionpluswellness.com/

Single session substance abuse prevention programs and training promoting wellness for youth and young adults

12/09/2025

Drug Prevention Lessons from Addiction Recovery

I recently came across SAMHSA’s (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) Working Definition of Recovery: 10 Guiding Principles of Recovery:https://library.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/pep12-recdef.pdf

As I was reading it, I was struck by how similar recovery and prevention are in terms of definitions, concepts and principles.

The issues and elements constituting what we call recovery parallel those associated with the prevention of substance use.

While recovery and prevention are often viewed as separate fields with differing goals and practices, I believe reflecting upon one can help inform and enlighten us regarding the other.

Specifically, I think substance use disorder recovery holds important lessons for substance use prevention. Let’s explore some examples below.

Learn more: https://preventionpluswellness.com/blogs/news/drug-prevention-lessons-from-addiction-recovery

12/07/2025

With Alcohol & Drug Awareness Council of Orange County – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

12/05/2025

Calling All Drug Prevention Organizations

Team up with Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) to conduct another evaluation of our evidence-based SPORT or other PPW program in your region next Spring, 2026.

Selected partners will receive free program manuals and materials and online training for program implementers.

SPORT PPW programs consist of a single 45-minute motivational lesson presented to youth individually or in groups aimed at preventing youth substance use/misuse while promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors associated with mental and physical wellbeing.

To partner with PPW, the evaluation design will need to include:

1. A minimum of 300 adolescents (either high school or middle school aged youth) from one or more schools, school districts, sports programs, clinics, wellness centers, etc.

2. Administration of an online pretest to all participants immediately prior to implementing the PPW program and a posttest 3 months follow-up after program implementation.

3. Half of the adolescents will serve as a comparison group and receive a pretest, an online health guide and a 3-month follow-up posttest.

4. Completion of a brief online instructor survey by all program implementers immediately after each program presentation.

If you'd like to partner with PPW to conduct an evaluation, please email us the following: a) a description of your participants age and sample size, and b) the evaluation setting. Thank you!

For more information, email us at: info@preventionpluswellness.com or call: (904) 472-5022.

Single session substance abuse prevention programs and training promoting wellness for youth and young adults

12/05/2025

Environmental Wellness & Drug Use Prevention

12/04/2025

Calling All Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) Program Providers

We’d love to see photos or videos showcasing you presenting your PPW Programs in your schools and communities.

Don’t forget to tag us so we can share your evidence-based prevention with wellness efforts with others.

Thank you for all you do preventing youth drug use and promoting healthy lifestyles with PPW!

Learn more: https://preventionpluswellness.com

12/02/2025

Financial Wellness & Drug Use Prevention

11/29/2025

Calling All Drug Prevention Organizations

Team up with Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) to conduct another evaluation of our evidence-based SPORT or other PPW program in your region next Spring, 2026.

Selected partners will receive free program manuals and materials and online training for program implementers.

SPORT PPW programs consist of a single 45-minute motivational lesson presented to youth individually or in groups aimed at preventing youth substance use/misuse while promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors associated with mental and physical wellbeing.

To partner with PPW, the evaluation design will need to include:

1. A minimum of 300 adolescents (either high school or middle school aged youth) from one or more schools, school districts, sports programs, clinics, wellness centers, etc.
2. Administration of an online pretest to all participants immediately prior to implementing the PPW program and a posttest 3 months follow-up after program implementation.
3. Half of the adolescents will serve as a comparison group and receive a pretest, an online health guide and a 3-month follow-up posttest.
4. Completion of a brief online instructor survey by all program implementers immediately after each program presentation.

If you'd like to partner with PPW to conduct an evaluation, please email us the following: a) a description of your participants age and sample size, and b) the evaluation setting. Thank you!

For more information, email us at: info@preventionpluswellness.com or call: (904) 472-5022.

Single session substance abuse prevention programs and training promoting wellness for youth and young adults

11/26/2025

Happy Thanksgiving! We are so very grateful to the multitude of non-profit organizations and agencies across the US and abroad who are providing Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) programs to youth and young adults.

Thank you for your dedication to providing evidence-based PPW interventions for preventing drug use/misuse and increasing the healthy lifestyles and mental health of young people in your region.

You are amazing!

11/19/2025

All Inclusive PPW Programs & Training License

The All Inclusive Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) Program & Training License allows you and your organization to access and utilize ALL PPW digital program manuals and materials and online self-paced program implementer training courses, as well as share them with any number of prevention and health agencies across your entire county or state.

This comprehensive license includes:

• All 8 PPW youth programs for preventing alcohol and drugs, e-cigarette, ma*****na and opioid use for children, young adolescents and older adolescents (all 19 program versions),
• Youth Leadership Training in PPW,
• All 4 college and adult programs addressing alcohol and drugs and opioid and stimulant misuse prevention,
• All 4 Parent Training PPW programs,
• All 4 PPW Media Campaigns,
• 2,000 Interactive SPORT & Va**ng Online PPW Programs (per year), and
• All 3 Healthy Lifestyles Workbooks for youth (with permission to make your own copies).

We can also tailor a license to you and your organization's prevention priorities and budget.

Learn more:

Contact us for a price quote: info@preventionpluswellness.com or (904) 472-5022. The All Inclusive Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) Program & Training License allows you and your organization to access and utilize ALL PPW digital program manuals and materials and online self-paced program implemen...

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Our Mission

Prevention Plus Wellness, LLC is an education small business whose mission is to provide:

1) Quick and easy to use evidence-based and evidence-informed substance use prevention programs that promote protective wellness lifestyles and positive identities for youth, young adults and adults in all settings.

2) Online and onsite training workshops for prevention and health professionals and youth leaders so they can implement, and train others to implement, Prevention Plus Wellness programs with maximum fidelity and effectiveness.

3) Share 10% of net proceeds from sales of our training and programs to charities that serve the basic needs of the most poor and vulnerable children throughout America and the world.

To date we've been successful in our mission by:

Providing effective Prevention Plus Wellness programs across all 50 states in the US and abroad,

Training thousands of prevention and health professionals to provide and train others in using PPW programs in online and onsite workshops, and

Donating tens of thousands of dollars to "A" rated charities serving the basic needs of disadvantaged youth and families.

Our Vision

To protect all children, youth and adults from substance abuse harm while also promoting physically active and healthy lifestyles and positive identities. This is accomplished by cueing desired future wellness images, linking substance use as barriers to wellness behaviors and positive identity, and enhancing self-regulation skills to set and monitor multiple wellness and self-improvement goals. We also provide for the basic needs of the most poor and vulnerable children in the US and the world.

Our Story

You’ve heard Plato’s quote that “Necessity is the mother of invention.” Well, that’s exactly how Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) was born.

After years of developing substance abuse prevention programs, I was faced with the challenge of providing a prevention program for youth attending school sports physical exams. This problem demanded the development of a practical prevention program that could be implemented within a very tight time frame, and yet was also salient and enjoyable in its targeting of how to achieve broader well-being and personal performance outcomes.

The solution was a single-session screening and brief intervention that integrated the prevention of substance use with the promotion of fitness and health habits by cuing naturally motivating positive images and using multiple behavior goal setting to improve self-regulation skills.

Today Prevention Plus Wellness continues to provide the only evidence-based screening and brief intervention substance use prevention programs and training in the country that promote wellness, positive self-identity and self-control for general and high-risk populations in a fun, user-friendly single-session format.

Please join us in our mission to protect and improve the whole health of youth and young adults across America and the world, through the use of powerful but practical substance use prevention programs and training designed to improve fitness, health, self-image and drug awareness, while providing for the basic needs of our most poor and vulnerable children.

Sign up today to start receiving notices of special events, discounts and news about evidence-based and evidence-informed substance use prevention with wellness programs and training for young people. Thank you!

Chudley Edward Werch, PhD, President & Founder

Prevention Plus Wellness, LLC

More Info:

Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) provides easy to access and quick online training workshops as well as onsite training at your setting for prevention and health professionals and youth leaders as program implementers and training of trainers in a single-day. We also offer convenient online training for program implementers and trainers.

The SPORT Prevention Plus Wellness program for youth and the InShape Prevention Plus Wellness program for college students and other young adults are evidence-based practices screening and brief interventions and are also listed on various evidence-based programs databases, including the Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP), Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development and other evidence-based registries.

We also offer several evidence-informed screening and brief interventions including: SPORT 2 Prevention Plus Wellness, Va**ng Prevention Plus Wellness, Ma*****na Prevention Plus Wellness, In God's Image, SPORT PPW-High Risk, InShape PPW-High Risk, SPORT 2 PPW-High Risk for high school adolescents, and Opioid Prevention Plus Wellness programs for high risk men, women and adolescents.

Call to learn more about Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) programs, training, and materials:

(904) 472-5022

info@preventionpluswellness.com