All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

WHO Quitting Toolkit

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Guide
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
With professional support and quitting services, tobacco users double their chances of quitting successfully. This WHO toolkit is aimed at tobacco users and is designed to provide information, reasons to quit and resources in an easily accessible format.

Alcohol Consumption and Cause-Specific Mortality in Cuba: Prospective Study of 120 623 Adults

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Scientific article
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Populations
Men
Women

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Background

The associations of cause-specific mortality with alcohol consumption have been studied mainly in higher-income countries. We relate alcohol consumption to mortality in Cuba.

Methods

In 1996-2002, 146 556 adults were...

10th Emirates UCG Edition on Nursing, Healthcare Management and Patient Safety Conference

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Scientific article
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Women
Quality Assurance
Public Health
Infectious Diseases

On behalf of the 10th Emirates UCG edition on Nursing, Healthcare Management and Patient Safety Conference December 15-17, 2021 Committee, it gives us a great pleasure to announce NHPSUCG2021 scheduled on December 15-17, 2021 in Dubai, UAE...

Call for Substance Use Prevention Research Partners

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News
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Men
Women

We are looking for partners who are interested in receiving training and free Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) program materials to implement evaluation studies.

These could involve in-person, online or video implementation of any of our one...

Fenacetina: Un Adulterante Tóxico Encontrado en Drogas Callejeras Ilegales

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health

Las personas encargadas del tratamiento por abuso de sustancias, quienes ejercen la medicina clínica, los/las extensionistas, las clínicas de salud pública, entre otros, deben conocer la información que se detalla a continuación. La...

2021 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report

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Book
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Policy Advocacy
Policy
Law Enforcement
Police 
Supply & Market Disruption
Regulatory Control of Substances
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Partner Organisation

2021 INCSR–Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control (As submitted to Congress)

To read the full report, please visit: https://www.state.gov/2021-incsr-volume-i-drug-and-chemical-control-as-submitted-to-congress/

 

 

Incidence and Lethality of Suicidal Overdoses by Drug Class

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Scientific article
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Men
Women
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Importance  Prior lethality analyses of suicide means have historically treated drug poisoning other than alcohol poisoning as a lumped category. Assessing risk by drug class permits better assessment of prevention opportunities.

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Patient-Reported Outcomes of Treatment of Opioid Dependence With Weekly and Monthly Subcutaneous Depot vs Daily Sublingual Buprenorphine: A Randomized Clinical Trial

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Men

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Importance: Patient-reported outcomes in the treatment of opioid dependence may differ between subcutaneously administered depot buprenorphine and daily sublingual buprenorphine.

Objective: To compare patient satisfaction between...

Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement Remediates Hedonic Dysregulation in Opioid Users: Neural and Affective Evidence of Target Engagement

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support

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Addiction neuroscience models posit that recurrent drug use increases reactivity to drug-related cues and blunts responsiveness to natural rewards, propelling a cycle of hedonic dysregulation that drives addictive behavior. Here...