All Resources for 'Medical, Clinical & Healthcare Services'

URC 1st Echo Training Programme in Sri Lanka

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Format
Report
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support

URC RECOVERY ALLIES The URC -Recovery Allies curriculum is an opportunity to help 18 people of NDDCB as another great gift received by Sri Lanka through the Colombo Plan Drug Adversary Program (DAP) at the time of great influence.

The 18...

2024 UNODC World Drug Report highlights, brief reflections.

Format
Community update
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Indigenous Populations, Older Adults and Refugees.
Men
Refugees
Women
Public Health
Statistics
Telehealth
Policy
Data
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

The World Drug Report (WDR) is published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2023).  It serves to collate data received from United Nations member states which enables the...

2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) Releases

Format
Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Partner Organisation

Conducted annually, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) provides nationally representative data on the use of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs; substance use disorders; mental health issues; and receipt of substance use and mental...

Engaging youth as leaders and partners can improve substance use prevention: a call to action to support youth engagement practice and research

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings


Substance use prevention researchers and professionals are increasingly focusing on translating research into practice, developing a skilled workforce of prevention specialists, and creating a robust prevention infrastructure. A critical...

Substance Abuse Prevention

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Format
Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
Themes
Prevention
Media-Based
School-Based
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement

Substance Abuse Prevention

Drug prevention is an evidence-based approach built on a scientific discipline. The natural course of drug prevention is discussed in epidemiology and the phenomenon of disease carrier (Etiological model) is...

Testing a culturally adapted youth substance use prevention program in a Mexican border city: Mantente REAL

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Law Enforcement
Border Control

Background: This article reports on a test of a youth substance use prevention program conducted in Nogales-Sonora, a Mexican city on the US border.

Objective: The study tested the efficacy of a version of the keepin’ it REAL curriculum...

Let be the voice of motivation for young to quit Substance Use.

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Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings

It's a heartful view of a young client sharing his journey of recovery. His powerful story highlighted the challenges faced, the impact on their life, and the steps taken towards recovery. This testimony served as a poignant reminder of the...

UNODC World Drug Report 2024: Harms of world drug problem continue to mount amid expansions in drug use and markets

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Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Men
Women
Policy
Data
Supply & Market Disruption
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Partner Organisation
The emergence of new synthetic opioids and a record supply and demand of other drugs has compounded the impacts of the world drug problem, leading to a rise in drug use disorders and environmental harms, according to the World Drug Report 2024 launched by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).