All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

Perspectives of healthcare providers, service users, and family members about mental illness stigma in primary care settings: A multi-site qualitative study of seven countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe

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Format
Scientific article
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Populations
Family
Public Health
Mental Health

Stigma among healthcare providers is a barrier to the effective delivery of mental health services in primary care. Few studies have been conducted in primary care settings comparing the attitudes of healthcare providers and experiences of...

Strategies Adopted by Addiction Facilities during the Coronavirus Pandemic to Support Treatment for Individuals in Recovery or Struggling with a Substance Use Disorder: A Scoping Review

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Format
Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Addiction
Telehealth
This review aimed to identify and synthesize strategies and actions adopted by addiction facilities to support and maintain treatment during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week®

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News
Themes
Addiction
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week® will be held March 21-27, 2022.

Registration opens on November 1, 2021.

Join NIDA for NDAFW and help share facts about drugs, alcohol, and addiction in your community. Sign up for the latest news...

Costs and Unintended consequences of drug policy

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Book
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Policy

Evaluation is an integral part of a good governance approach to public policy. This principle applies equally to the component of drug policy designed to counter the availability of and access to illicit drugs. Estimation or full costing of...

Public expenditure on supply reduction policies

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Format
Book
Themes
Policy

Supply reduction is often the main approach used for addressing the illicit drug problem.

Evaluating drug policy is an integral part of a cost-efficient approach to tackle illicit drugs. This report takes a first step towards a systematic...

LxAddictions22: Global addictions

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News
Themes
Addiction
Public Health
Infectious Diseases

Lisbon Addictions is a multidisciplinary conference that provides a forum for networking across addictions.

Submission of abstracts

Potential contributors are invited to submit abstracts for the following main areas/thematic tracks:

  1. Gl...

Urdu translation and psychometric properties of WHO-Five Wellbeing Index among male patients with substance use disorders in Pakistan

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Mental Health

Abstract

Objective

The present study aims to translate and adapt the WHO-Five Wellbeing Index (WHO-5) into the Urdu language and then determine its psychometric properties.

Method

Male participants (N = 201) between 18 and 45 years old...

Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Substance Use Among Canadian Medical Students

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Scientific article
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Populations
Men
Women

To the authors' knowledge, this study is one of the largest and most comprehensive studies of medical student substance use. Canadian medical students reported similar rates of alcohol use, higher rates of cannabis use, and lower rates of...

The Science of Skills- Listen First

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Website
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Prevention
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

On Saturday, 20 November to celebrate World Children’s Day, UNODC is launching Listen First: Science of Skills.

The new materials, Science of Skills, feature four animated characters with ‘super skills’ that correlate to social and...