Prescription drugs have become an integral player in today’s opioid epidemic, but they had already been negatively impacting Hispanic and Latino communities in the United States. This webinar described how, utilizing the Strategic...
According to Botvin (2004) and Sloboda (2004), there is empirical evidence that prevention programs, such as Life Skills, based on knowledge, identification of risk factors and development of psychosocial skills related to drugs are more...
This webinar highlights the value of partnering with elected officials, law enforcement professionals, school administrators and educators, parent and student organizations, faith-based organizations, local media and businesses for a...
This video is a recording of a webinar on January 31, 2020 where presenters Diana Lesme Romero, Ph.D. , Maria Cecilia Munoz Perez, MSc. and Graciela Barreto Castro, Ph.D. discuss the complex drug problem in Paraguay and review the...
This webinar provided information about the nature of trauma (including post-traumatic stress disorder) and its effects. As well as discussing the link between trauma and the use of alcohol and other drugs (including methamphetamine).
Adolescence is one of the most important periods of people's lives. This phase of human development, in which the child becomes an adult, delimits the potential for psychological growth of the individual. Depending on how one structures...
Life skills are capacities for positive adaptive behavior, which enable us to effectively negotiate the demands and challenges of everyday life. They involve personal skills that will enhance interpersonal relationships. The WHO suggests...
The WHO European Region has the highest levels of alcohol consumption per capita in the world, yet alcohol labelling, a WHO-recommended practice that provides consumer information on the ingredients, nutritional values and harms...
Socioeconomic status (SES) can be thought of as a measure of an individual's or family's social position relative to others that measures factors such as education, income, type of occupation and place of residence.
Research indicates that...
