All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

Alcohol Binge Drinking and Executive Functioning during Adolescent Brain Development

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Alcohol consumption in adolescents causes negative effects on familiar, social, academic life, as well as neurocognitive alterations. The binge drinking (BD) pattern of alcohol is characterized by the alternation of episodes of heavy...

‘My GP says I drink too much’: Screening and Brief Intervention

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Treatment
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Public Health

In the absence of greater obstacles to availability, widespread screening to identify and then briefly advise risky drinkers has been the great hope for improved alcohol-related public health. This major hot topic update guides you through...

The Burden of Primary Liver Cancer and Underlying Etiologies from 1990 to 2015

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Treatment
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Public Health

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Importance: Liver cancer is among the leading causes of cancer deaths globally. The most common causes for liver cancer include hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and alcohol use.

Objective: To report...

Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines: A Comprehensive Update of Evidence and Recommendations

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Public Health
Regulatory Control of Substances

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Background: Cannabis use is common in North America, especially among young people, and is associated with a risk of various acute and chronic adverse health outcomes. Cannabis control regimes are evolving, for example, toward a...

Associations of Perceived Interparental Relationship, Family Harmony and Family Happiness with Smoking Intention in Never-Smoking Chinese Children and Adolescents

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Populations
Family

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Objective: To examine the associations of perceived interparental relationship, family harmony and family happiness with smoking intention in never-smoking Chinese children and adolescents in Hong Kong.

Design, settings and...

World Mental Health Day 2017

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News
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Treatment
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Populations
Family
Women
Mental Health

Dhaka: World Mental Health Day

Speakers at a press conference at Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) called for taking comprehensive steps for preventing the use of drugs among women, saying that drug addiction affects women's mental health as...

Secondhand Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Pulmonary Function

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Public Health

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Introduction: The workplace remains a significant source of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure. This pollutant is known to be associated with respiratory and cardiovascular problems, but its effects on specific pulmonary function...

Childhood Matters: Alcohol and Drug Problems from a Child Rights Perspective

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Book
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Addiction
Populations
Family
Men

Millions of children globally suffer as a consequence of the use of intoxicating substances like alcohol and illicit drugs. This is an important, but too often neglected, child rights issue. The new FORUT publication “Childhood matters”...

8 Steps Towards Minimising the US Opioid Crisis

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Prevention
Treatment
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Addiction
Public Health
Law Enforcement

Current levels of opioid addiction in the US are so alarming that in July 2017 the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis urgently suggested that President Trump declare a national emergency to free up...

Alcohol on YouTube: What Are Kids Viewing?

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Scientific article
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Addiction
Prevention
Public Health

New research appearing in the latest volume of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs examines YouTube videos that reference alcohol brands, and which are popular among underage audiences. Together, the videos analysed received just...