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Using Adolescent Development to Inform Prevention Practice
Participants will review major social and biological factors of adolescent development and implications for ways to approach substance use prevention/intervention.
Objectives Include:
- Describe prevalence rates for adolescent...
Building resilience in survivors of sexual exploitation: The role of children in activities implemented by NGOs in Uganda
Abstract
Children are increasingly affected by sexual exploitation (SEC), and the subsequent hardships arising out threaten their lives. Resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of trauma or other significant sources of...
Applied Prevention Science International Celebrate Prevention Week
May the 8th-14th is National Prevention Week!
Every day APSI will be highlighting one of their Prevention Nuggets, Prevention Talks and Prevention Portraits, all focused on one specific prevention theme.
Head on over to APSI website to...
Peer-facilitated treatment access for hepatitis C: The Live Hep C Free project
This article explores the lessons learned during the implementation of a peer-facilitated hepatitis C virus hepatitis C testing and treatment access project called the Live Hep C Free project in contributing to micro-elimination efforts.
T...
Alcohol advertising patterns and harm-reduction messaging
This presentation focussed on the strategies used by alcohol marketers to promote their products, impending trends in alcohol distribution, effective approaches for messaging about alcohol-related harms, and public support for a range of...
Simultaneous Alcohol and Marijuana Use Among Young Adults: A Scoping Review of Prevalence, Patterns, Psychosocial Correlates, and Consequences
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Alcohol and marijuana are commonly used by young adults, and use of both substances, particularly at the same time, is prevalent among this population. Understanding the prevalence, patterns, correlates, and...
Panduan Pengguna Peer to Peer-Program Pencegahan Narkoba dan Alkohol Peer to Peer
Panduan ini dikembangkan untuk memfasilitasi pekerjaan Konselor Sebaya dalam melatih Pendidik Sebaya dalam pencegahan penyalahgunaan zat. Hal ini didasarkan pada pengalaman dari program pencegahan narkoba peer to peer yang dilakukan oleh...
Infeksi bakteri parah pada orang yang menyuntikkan obat: Peran kerusakan jaringan terkait injeksi
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Latar
Dalam konteks epidemi penggunaan obat injeksi AS saat ini, strategi pengurangan bahaya kesehatan masyarakat yang ditargetkan secara tradisional berfokus pada pencegahan overdosis dan mengurangi penularan infeksi virus yang...
Sekolah dan obat-obatan: respons kesehatan dan sosial
Training on Universal Prevention Core Course (UPC - Core Course) for Prevention Professionals
In order to appropriately address the concerning global levels of substance Abuse Management and substance Prevention, it is vital that staffs are trained to deliver evidence-based Prevention intervention.
At the start of March 2022, the...
UNODC Training for Albanian Policymakers on the Nature, Prevention, Treatment and Care of Drug Use Disorders
UNODC organized a training for 19 Albanian policymakers on the Nature, Prevention, and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders from 12-14 April 2022 in Tirana, Albania. Participants from the Ministries of Health and Social Protection, Education...
UNODC Dengarkan Dulu
Inisiatif pencegahan penggunaan narkoba UNODC yang mempromosikan kesejahteraan anak-anak dan remaja, keluarga mereka dan komunitas mereka. Presenter: Jenny Roston Lundstrom, Koordinator - UNODC PTRS
Alcohol-related violence & deprivation
Watch the research presentations on alcohol-related violence and deprivation by Lucy Bryant (Institute of Alcohol Studies, IAS) and Dr Carly Lightowlers (University of Liverpool), delivered at the SHAAP/SARN 'Alcohol Occasionals' webinar...
MUP dan tunawisma / peminum jalanan & penyedia layanan
Tonton video presentasi webinar 'Alcohol Occasionals' SHAAP/SARN, yang diadakan melalui Zoom pada 31 Maret 2022: "Harga Unit Minimum (#MUP): Studi kualitatif tentang pengalaman peminum tunawisma, peminum jalanan, dan penyedia layanan", oleh...
Lanzamiento del Capitulo Español de ISSUP
Drug use severity in adolescence affects substance use disorder risk in adulthood
Although more than 1 in every 3 US individuals will develop a substance use disorder in their lifetime, relatively little is known about the long-term patterns of substance use disorder symptoms from adolescence through adulthood.
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...The burden of mental disorders, substance use disorders and self-harm among young people in Europe
Summary
Mental health is a public health issue for European young people. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2019 provides internationally comparable information on trends in the health status of populations and changes in the...
Panduan mini Eropa baru tentang menanggapi penggunaan narkoba dalam pengaturan tertentu oleh EMCDDA
Memfokuskan perawatan pada pengaturan spesifik di mana masalah dapat berkembang adalah pendekatan penting untuk menerapkan respons kesehatan dan sosial terhadap masalah narkoba. Akibatnya, solusi Kesehatan dan sosial EMCDDA untuk masalah...
Prevention toolkit — a new one-stop shop for EMCDDA prevention materials
The EMCDDA launched a new Prevention toolkit, bringing together all of its key prevention-related materials to date. Part of the agency’s toolkit series, this new resource is aimed at anyone involved in shaping decisions, opinions and...