30 policymakers from the Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs, the National Narcotics Board (BNN), the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Law and Human Rights, the Ministry of Interior, and other entities participated in a three-day workshop on creating humane, effective and evidence-based drug use prevention and drug dependence treatment and care services.

This training, being held from 14 – 16 October 2019 in Jakarta, Indonesia was organized by UNODC Headquarters together with the UNODC Programme Office in Indonesia (POIDN), the Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs and with the generous...

GISA organizza la formazione nazionale dei formatori sulla pista UPC School Based in Nigeria

Tra il 9 e il 18 luglio 2019, la Global Initiative on Substance Abuse (GISA) in collaborazione con il Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme e il Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), Stati Uniti ha organizzato la formazione nazionale dei formatori sulla School Based Track del curriculum di prevenzione universale nello stato di Lagos, in Nigeria. La formazione è iniziata con una cerimonia di apertura testimoniata dal Segretario Permanente, Ministero Federale della Pubblica...

Questa settimana l'Osservatorio europeo delle droghe e delle tossicodipendenze (OEDT) ha pubblicato il curriculum europeo di prevenzione, un manuale concepito per i responsabili decisionali, di opinione e politici in materia di prevenzione del consumo di sostanze su base scientifica. L'obiettivo dell'iniziativa EUPC è attuare un programma standardizzato di formazione sulla prevenzione in Europa e migliorare l'efficacia complessiva della prevenzione.   

Adattato dal curriculum di prevenzione universale del gruppo UPC-Adapt , finanziato dall'UE, il manuale si basa sugli standard internazionali...

The European Drug Prevention Quality Standards have been established to provide a comprehensive set of criteria to help users learn how to recognise 'high quality' prevention activities, outline the necessary structurally and procedural aspects of high-quality prevention, and support strategies to develop implement, and review effective evidence-based practice.

The EDPQS Toolkits have been tailored to meet the needs of different groups of professionals working within the prevention field.

EDPQS Toolkit 1: Funding and Decision Making

EDPQS Toolkit 2: Self-Assessment & Reflection

EDPQS...

The European Drug Prevention Quality Standards have been established to provide a comprehensive set of criteria to help users learn how to recognise 'high quality' prevention activities, outline the necessary structurally and procedural aspects of high-quality prevention, and support strategies to develop implement, and review effective evidence-based practice.

This Toolkit will be of use to everyone working within the drug prevention community. It will be of particular interest to those involved in planning or implementing a drug prevention activity, programme or initiative. Practitioners...

The European Drug Prevention Quality Standards have been established to provide a comprehensive set of criteria to help users learn how to recognise 'high quality' prevention activities, outline the necessary structurally and procedural aspects of high-quality prevention, and support strategies to develop implement, and review effective evidence-based practice.

EDPQS Toolkit 3 is intended for those wishing to provide training on quality standards in prevention. The Toolkit allows trainers to utilise existing knowledge and materials relating to training on EDPQS, instead of having to develop...

The European Drug Prevention Quality Standards have been established to provide a comprehensive set of criteria to help users learn how to recognise 'high quality' prevention activities, outline the necessary structurally and procedural aspects of high-quality prevention, and support strategies to develop implement, and review effective evidence-based practice.

EDPQS Toolkit 4 aims to help to promote quality standards, and in particular the EDPQS, in drug prevention. It shares the practical experiences of policy-makers, practitioners and researchers who have used and adapted the EDPQS to help...

Le norme europee di qualità per la prevenzione della droga sono state stabilite per fornire una serie completa di criteri per aiutare gli utenti a imparare a riconoscere le attività di prevenzione di "alta qualità", delineare i necessari aspetti strutturali e procedurali di una prevenzione di alta qualità e sostenere strategie per sviluppare l'attuazione e rivedere pratiche efficaci basate su dati concreti.

Questo toolkit è stato sviluppato appositamente per i responsabili delle decisioni (compresi i responsabili politici, i responsabili politici, i funzionari politici, i commissari e i...

Il tema della conferenza di quest'anno, Why Context Matters: Towards a Place-Based Prevention Science, sfida gli scienziati della prevenzione a riconoscere esplicitamente il ruolo centrale che concetti geografici come posizione, distanza, distribuzione, connettività, luogo, quartiere e spazio di attività (posizioni di routine degli individui) hanno sui risultati di salute.

Questo invito a presentare documenti cerca di stimolare il pensiero spaziale creativo per far progredire la scienza della prevenzione integrando ulteriormente il posto nelle teorie comportamentali esistenti, testando nuove...

The Get Connected drug use prevention programme for 12-14 year old school children started in Mauritius in January 2019. This skills-based programme is inspired and adapted from the European Union Unplugged Programme. It is in line with the UNODC International Standards on Drug Use Prevention and implemented with the support of UNODC. The start was preceded by the sensitization of top leadership of the Ministry of Education, Human Resources, Tertiary Education and Scientific Research (MoEHRTESR) and Rectors and Managers of Secondary Schools on the programme. The prevention package was...