All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

UNODC held a National Round Table on the "Family UNited" programme

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family

Nukus, Republic of Karakalpakstan. 7 December 2022. The Regional Office in Central Asia of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC ROCA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Karakalpakstan...

FEDERSERD SICILY | REGIONAL CONGRESS 2022

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Infectious Diseases

UPDATE IN DEPENDENCIES - SICILY – 2022
CHANGES IN LIFESTYLES, TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE CLINIC,
NEW CONFIGURATIONS OF NEEDS, EVOLUTION OF MODELS
ORGANIZATIONAL AND TREATMENT
Conference Room NH HOTEL PALERMO

The change in consumption styles and...

Legal responses to novel psychoactive substances implemented by ten European countries: An analysis from legal epidemiology

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Psychoactive Substances
Policy
Law
Law Enforcement
Regulatory Control of Substances

Abstract

Introduction

Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) continue to pose challenges to law enforcement authorities, public health officers and policymakers as suppliers continuously adapt to control measures, thus remaining highly...

National policymakers and key stakeholders in Kyrgyzstan enhance their knowledge on drug use disorder system Quality Assurance through UNODC training

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Quality Assurance
Law Enforcement
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia (ROCA) conducted a National Training “UNODC Drug Use Disorder Treatment Systems Quality Assurance (QA)” which took place in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on 28-30 November 2022.

This capacity building...

National policymakers and key stakeholders in Kyrgyzstan expand their knowledge of quality assurance system related to drug use disorders through UNODC training

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia organized a national training on "Quality Assurance of Drug Use Disorder Treatment Systems" in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, from 28 to 30 November 2022.

This capacity-building exercise was carried out...

Targeted epigenomic editing ameliorates adult anxiety and excessive drinking after adolescent alcohol exposure

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Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Mental Health
Abstract

Adolescent binge drinking is a major risk factor for psychiatric disorders later in life including alcohol use disorder. Adolescent alcohol exposure induces epigenetic reprogramming at the enhancer region of the activity-regulated...

Children whose parents use drugs: Promising practices and recommendations

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Book
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Women
Public Health

This report focuses on children growing up in families affected by drug and alcohol dependence, as well as on the services, programmes and practices that help to protect childhood and guarantee children’s needs while, at the same time...

Experts’ views on how to design a tobacco control fund in the UK

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Abstract

Objective To explore expert views on the potential value, and approaches to establishing and administering a tobacco control fund in the UK.

Design Semistructured interviews and follow-up discussion groups.

Subjects Twenty-four...