All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

Effectiveness of Varenicline and Cytisine for Alcohol Use Reduction Among People With HIV and Substance Use A Randomized Clinical Trial

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Men
Abstract

Importance  Cigarette smoking and risky alcohol consumption co-occur and are undertreated. Nicotine receptor partial agonists and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) treat smoking but are unproven for alcohol, and clinical trials...

The Impact of Drug Treatment on Parenting Skills Development: An Underrated Intervention Potential?

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family

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Substance use disorder (SUD) affects the relationship and care of children, leading to abusive behaviors. The parent-child relationship may improve with the development of parental skills (PC) in users of TUS treatment programs...

Review of a decade of drug policy: Progress and Challenges

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health
Policy
Partner Organisation
Introduction According to the latest World Drug Report published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for the year 2022, around 284 million people between the ages of 15 and 64 used drugs.

‘I Was Present but I Was Absent’: Perceptions and Experiences of the Non-Medical Use of Prescription or over the Counter Medication among Employed South African Women

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Women

Abstract: Background: The need for workplace substance use prevention programmes globally and in South Africa is driven by the growing problem of substance use and the associated burden on the health and welfare of employees, their families...

Adolescents with substance use problems in outpatient treatment: a one-year prospective follow-up study focusing on mental health and gender differences

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Women
Statistics
Mental Health

Background

Although several studies have found a high incidence of coexisting mental health problems among adolescents with substance use problems, follow-up studies addressing how these conditions change over time are rare. The study will...

The effects of opioid policy changes on transitions from prescription opioids to heroin, fentanyl and injection drug use: a qualitative analysis

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Scientific article
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Addiction
Public Health

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Beginning in the 1990s, non-medical use of prescription opioids (POs) became a major public health crisis. In response to rising rates of opioid dependence and fatal poisonings, measures were instituted to decrease the...

National Roundtable on a Completed Study on the Prevalence of New Psychoactive Substances

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ISSUP Webinar
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Psychoactive Substances
Public Health
Infectious Diseases
Data
Supply & Market Disruption
We invite specialists of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kazakh Scientific Center of Dermatology and Infectious Diseases, representatives of UNODC, UNAIDS, non-governmental organizations, heads and doctors of regional Mental Health Centers.

Addressing drug challenges in health and humanitarian crises: Settings in need of care for a comprehensive drug use prevention in Nigeria

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health
Policy
Partner Organisation
Paper presented at the commemoration of the 2022 International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking, State House Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria.

The UNODC/PTRS demand reduction mentor at the UNODC Programme Office in Indonesia provided technical assistance to the National Narcotics Board (BNN) in conducting a national hybrid training for Government Officials on the UNODC Treatnet Family programme

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Family

On July 19th, 2022, the Director of Strengthening Government Institution, Deputy of Rehabilitation, BNN officially launched a national hybrid training on the UNODC Treatnet Family programme with 34 representatives from all BNN provinces and...