All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

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...

Challenges in prevention and treatment in the post-pandemic (Argentina-Chile-Mexico-Peru)

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Video and audio recordings
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Public Health
Mental Health

ISSUP Argentina presented a webinar that addressed the increased impact of isolation and social distancing stemming from the pandemic on the quality of life of vulnerable populations in Latin America, including children and adolescents...

Cannabis and tobacco use prior to pregnancy and subsequent offspring birth outcomes: a 20-year intergenerational prospective cohort study

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Scientific article
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Populations
Family
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There is increasing evidence that the life-course origins of health and development begin before conception. We examined associations between timing and frequency of preconception cannabis and tobacco use and next generation...

Impact of Cannabis Legalization on Youth Contact with the Criminal Justice System

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Statistics
Law
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Partner Organisation

The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) provided funding to Dr. Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Dr. Scot Wortley from the University of Toronto to research youth interactions with the criminal justice system, including the nature...

Substance Use Disorders Recovery with a Focus on Employment and Education

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Book
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Prevention
Recovery Support
Partner Organisation

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has issued Evidence-Based Resources Guide Series. The Guide Series is a comprehensive and modular set of resources intended to support health care providers, health care...

Integrating AOD and mental health sectors: dreaming the impossible dream?

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Video and audio recordings
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Mental Health

This webinar looked at the reasons why the integration of AOD and mental health sectors has failed and outlines possible alternatives.

It almost goes without saying that addressing co-occurring alcohol and other drug and mental health...

Lifelong consequences of prenatal drug exposure

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Video and audio recordings
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Addiction
Public Health

This webinar explored the issues of infants withdrawing from maternal drugs of addiction, and problems beyond the newborn period.

Newborn drug withdrawal is often attributed to maternal opioids, but many other drugs can cause serious...