All Resources for 'Justice Systems'

Generating Revenue by Raising Tobacco Taxes in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Scientific article
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Policy
Public Health

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Objective: The objective of this study was to determine if raising tobacco taxes in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region will generate extra tax revenue, even at outer edges of the sensitivity analysis, with relatively...

Most-Read Knowledge Share Articles of 2017

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News
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Statistics
Mental Health
Policy
Here is a selection of the most-read Knowledge Share articles of 2017. These are the articles that captivated our members most.

Prevention Programs for Eating Disorders and Obesity in Germany

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Scientific article
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Prevention
School-Based
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Partner Organisation

Luise Adametz, Felicitas Richter, Julia Mühleck, Katharina Wick, Bernhard Strauß, Uwe Berger

Disordered eating and partial eating disorder (ED) syndromes are widespread in childhood and adolescence. They are associated with decreased...

UK Biobank: An Open Access Population-Based Prospective Study of 500,000 Participants

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Partner Organisation

Jo Holliday, Thomas Littlejohns, Ligia Adamska, Cathie Sudlow, Nicola Doherty, Naomi Allen

Introduction: UK Biobank was created as an open-access resource for the investigation of the genetic, environmental and lifestyle determinants of a...

The Intersectoriality in the Implementation of Public Policy for Drug Prevention

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Populations
Family
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Partner Organisation

Lílian Patrícia Silva de Souza, Eliana Berger, Edileuza Monteiro, Francisco Bastos

The Public Ministry of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, has requested strategies in prevention actions for the use/misuse of drugs from the National...

Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic: Measuring Alcohol-Related Harm: Politics and Science

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Book
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Policy
Public Health

At national level alcohol-related harm and especially the net cost of harm versus benefits are slippery concepts. Malleability and policy salience combine to make the estimates contested territory, seen as justifying reduced alcohol taxes...

Material Hardship, Perceived Stress, and Medication Adherence among Treatment-Experienced People Living with HIV in Rural Zambia

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Partner Organisation

Rainier Masa, Gina Chowa

Introduction: The intersection of poverty and HIV/AIDS creates a cycle, with poverty increasing risk to HIV exposure and infection, and HIV/AIDS in turn heightening vulnerability to poverty. Further, economic...

Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Is the Most Essential Intervention among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) to Achieve Reduction HIV Transmission through Pwid to Others in Myanmar

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Partner Organisation

Rosie Myint, Wah Wah Lwin

Background: There is a sustained downward trend in HIV prevalence among the sentinel groups which include People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) reflecting the effectiveness of programme for safer sexual behaviors and...

The World Drug PERCEPTION Problem: Countering Prejudices about People Who Use Drugs

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Book
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Policy

This new report focuses on how current perceptions of drugs and people that use them has led to an unrealistic and stigmatising, rather than pragmatic and evidence-based approach to drug policy.

The report aims to analyse the most common...