Prevention and Promotion Team
What we do
Our team offers the following mental health prevention and promotion services and information to individuals, families, communities, organizations and professional groups.
- Awareness week activity support
 - Awareness workshops and presentations
 - Best practice and evidence based information
 - Funding support: Community Addictions Prevention and Mental Health Promotion (CAPMHP) Grant
 - Informational displays
 - Interactive resources
 - Prevention training
 - Research and project consultation
 - Resource development and access to resources
 - Skills development workshops and presentations
 - Toolkits
 
To access any prevention and promotion service, you can contact the consultant or coordinator in your region.
Related services that may be of interest – Workshops and Training
- Addiction prevention
 - Bipolar affective disorder
 - Concurrent disorder
 - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
 - Fundamental concepts in addiction
 - Gambling awareness
 - Mindfulness and therapy
 - Motivational interviewing
 - Parent education sessions
 - Personality disorder overview
 - Recovery philosophy
 - Review of clinical issues in addiction
 - Schizophrenia
 - Serious mental illness overview
 - Substance use in the workplace
 - Suicide
 - Teen brain
 - Working with families affected by addictions and mental health
 - Youth and drugs
 
Note: Other training available upon request
How to reach us
Team Lead (Regional)
Stephanie Ryan
stephanie.ryan@easternhealth.ca
Mental Health Coordinator (Regional)
Denika Ward
denika.ward@easternhealth.ca
Addictions Coordinator (St. John’s and Surrounding Areas)
Paula Delahunty
paula.delahunty@easternhealth.ca
Addictions Coordinator (Rural Avalon and Peninsulas)
Melissa Cormier
melissa.cormier@easternhealth.ca
Addictions Prevention Consultant (Regional)
William Lummis
william.lummis@easternhealth.ca
Mental Health Promotion Consultant (Regional)
Bailey Reid
bailey.reid@easternhealth.ca
Clinical Educator (Regional)
Robin Kavanagh
robin.kavanagh@easternhealth.ca
Suicide Prevention Coordinator (Regional)
Sarah Power
sarahr.power@easternhealth.ca
Program Manager
Wayne Bishop|
wayne.bishop@easternhealth.ca