All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

£421 million to boost drug and alcohol treatment across England

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Public Health
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

It has been announced that local authorities across England will benefit from an extra £421 million government funding through to 2025 to improve drug and alcohol addiction treatment and recovery.

The extra funding will enable the creation...

The relationship between fathers' heavy episodic drinking and fathering involvement in five Asia-Pacific countries: An individual participant data meta-analysis

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Scientific article
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Populations
Family
Men
Mental Health

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Background

This study aims to increase understanding of the relationship between heavy episodic drinking (HED) and fathers' involvement in parenting in five countries. The potential moderating effect of fathers' experiences of...

A randomized controlled trial of an intervention to reduce stigma toward people with opioid use disorder among primary care clinicians

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Scientific article
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Mental Health

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Background

Many primary care clinicians (PCCs) hold stigma toward people with opioid use disorder (OUD), which may be a barrier to care. Few interventions exist to address PCC stigma toward people with OUD. This study examined...

Nationally representative surveys on cannabis use lack product details relevant to public health

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health

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Objectives

Many annual, nationally representative US surveys that assess cannabis use do not collect information on product characteristics despite varying health risks and benefits. Capitalizing on a rich dataset of primarily...

Can glutathione be a biomarker for suicide risk in women 18 months postpartum?

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Scientific article
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Populations
Family
Women

Background: Suicide risk is prominent among the problems affecting populations, mainly due to the broad family, psychosocial and economic impact. Most individuals at suicidal risk have some mental disorder. There is considerable evidence...

Why do guidelines on what is low-risk drinking vary between countries so much?

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News
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Public Health
Policy
Law

The evidence of the harms done by alcohol consumption continues to build. However, despite the clear data, safe drinking guidelines vary between countries.

This article, published in the Guardian, explores the different factors that are...