All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

Brain Builder Learning Cards: Adverse Childhood Experiences

Format
Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
Themes
Prevention
Public Health

This resource presents five concepts critical to understanding adverse childhood experiences and their impact on brain development and health.

The concepts are part of the Brain Story and include:

  1. brain architecture 
  2. serve-and-return...

UNODC supports people suffering from mental health (including drug use) disorders through civil society training in Senegal

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

Mental disorders have become a global public health issue exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In Senegal, the treatment and care of people suffering from mental health disorders, including substance use disorders, faces multiple...

The Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health and Substance Use in Youth

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Mental Health
Prevention
Public Health
Partner Organisation

This webinar explored how COVID-19 pandemic impacted mental health and substance use in young people.

It also discussed the challenges that youth continue to face during the pandemic and how youth allies, including educators, parents, and...

HIV and Methamphetamine Use: Double Jeopardy for Transmission of the Novel Coronavirus.

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Populations
Men

A cross-country group of researchers funded by NIDA has identified needed areas of research related to the intertwining epidemics of HIV, COVID-19 and the increasing use of methamphetamine in the United States among men who have sex with...

Beyond the patient: treatment’s impacts on family and community. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix cell A5

Publication Date
Format
Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

BEYOND THE PATIENT: TREATMENT’S IMPACTS ON FAMILY AND COMMUNITY

The final row of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix defocuses from the patient to ask what treatment can do for the rest of us, starting with this cell on the impacts of the...

Human Rights and People Who Use Drugs in the Mediterranean Region

Format
Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Policy
Data

This publication gives a first overview of the human rights situation of people who use drugs in 17 MedNET countries. MedNET is the Mediterranean network for co-operation on drugs and addictions of the Pompidou Group.

Among the topics...

Essays on Prevention: Drug and Alcohol Findings Evidence Bank

Format
Website
Themes
Prevention
Public Health

The Effectiveness Bank features a collection essays written by Drug and Alcohol Findings explaining the background and evidence relating to topics which sometimes prompt heated debate.

Interested in prevention work in particular? Drug and...

Research Society on Marijuana 2020 Virtual Poster Session Presentations

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Addiction
Public Health

Each year the Research Society on Marijuana hold a poster session as part of their annual meeting. 

The posters provide an excellent visual overview of the latest research on marijuana.

You can find all of the posters from the 2020 RSMj...

Let's Talk E-cigarettes

Format
Website
Themes
Policy
Public Health

Since coming on the market over a decade ago, e-cigarettes have divided opinion. A team of Oxford researchers are searching for new e-cigarette studies every month.

In this podcast, Dr Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Dr Nicola Lindson talk about...