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Classroom Screening & Brief Prevention Interventions: Free Webinar
Session Objectives:
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Identify various Screening & Brief Intervention (SBI) practice models for youth substance use/misuse preventing & early intervention.
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Explore evidence supporting SBIs & challenges for implementing SBIs to...
Africa and Asia Drug Use Prevention Influencers 2024
September 2024 was not just any month; it was a remarkable chapter in the field of drug demand reduction. Picture this: from 8th to 13th September 2024, drug use prevention influencers from Africa and Asia converged in Kerala, India for a...
IntNSA Annual Conference 2025: Call for Abstracts
Submission Deadline: Extended to October 31, 2024 at 11:59pm Central Time
The International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) invites you to submit an abstract for oral and/or poster session at the Annual Educational Conference!
The...
Building Bridges: Enhancing Global Recovery Systems for International Recovery Day
Day 3, 14:00 - 15:30, ICUDDR, Multidisciplinary Approaches to Substance Use and Co-Occuring Disorders
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024, on the 28th of June, 2024.
Moderator: Mr. Stelios Gkiouzepas (⚑ Greece) - ARGO Alternative Therapeutic Program for Drug Dependend Individuals
Presentations:
Caroline Pereira - Interpersonal Theory for...
Day 3, 11:00 - 12.30, ISSUP, Investing in Public Health
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024, on the 28th of June, 2024.
Moderator: Joanna Travis-Roberts - ISSUP Chief Executive
Presentations:
Hamad AlGhaferi - Public Health of Addiction
Michal Miovsky - Example of fully functioning digital...
Day 2, 16:00 - 15:30, ISSUP, Community Collaboration for Prevention
Call for applications: Health Research at the Nexus of Humanitarian Crises and Climate Change
The Fogarty International Center of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and partner organizations will host a Global Forum on Humanitarian Health Research (GFH2R) inclusive of public webinars and an in-person meeting in May 2025...
World Health Organization Risk Drinking Levels Among Mandated College Students: Associations With Alcohol Use, Mental Health, and Academic Performance
The World Health Organization (WHO) uses risk drinking levels (low, moderate, high, and very high risk) as a measure for reducing alcohol consumption in clinical trials. However, these levels have not been specifically evaluated for...
Why Do Only Some Cohort Studies Find Health Benefits From Low-Volume Alcohol Use? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Study Characteristics That May Bias Mortality Risk Estimates
This study looks at how certain factors in research can skew the results when estimating the health effects of drinking small amounts of alcohol. These biases can affect public health advice and shape how people view alcohol’s potential...
Overdose Resource Exchange (ORE)
Overdose Resource Exchange (ORE) is a central collection of CDC-reviewed communication materials and educational resources about opioid misuse, addiction, treatment, and overdose prevention for state, territorial, and local health...
Guía práctica del enfoque de continuidad de la atención para la reducción de sobredosis de opioides (ORCCA) 2023
Esta guía se extrajo de los aprendizajes del Estudio de Comunidades HEALing (HCS) hasta la fecha y de las opiniones de los expertos para brindar orientación sobre la implementación de las estrategias de menú de ORCCA.
Overdose Prevention and Response Toolkit
SAMHSA’s updated Overdose Prevention and Response Toolkit provides guidance to a wide range of individuals on preventing and responding to an overdose. The toolkit also emphasizes that harm reduction and access to treatment are essential...
OLWENGO: Harm reduction step forward in Kenya's drug policy
Recently, the Woman Representative of Nairobi County, Hon Esther Passaris, had a key consultative meeting with...
2024 UNODC World Drug Report Highlights, brief reflections
The World Drug Report (WDR) is published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2023). It serves to collate data received from United Nations member states which enables the...
2024 UNODC World Drug Report highlights, brief reflections.
The World Drug Report (WDR) is published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2023). It serves to collate data received from United Nations member states which enables the...
Youth Participatory Approaches and Health Equity: Conceptualization and Integrative Review
There is an array of youth participatory approaches relevant to health equity efforts in community psychology, adolescent health, youth development, and education. While they share some commonalities, they also reflect important...