All Resources for 'Policy, Governance & International Affairs'

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Crime-Reducing Drug Treatment Systems

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Format
Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Policy Advocacy
Policy
Law Enforcement
Police 
Prisons / Corrections
Supply & Market Disruption
Regulatory Control of Substances
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Last of the 25 cells of the Drug Treatment Matrix explores research on how local treatment systems can protect the community – treatment in itself, and treatment offered or imposed by law enforcement authorities. The task is to meld...

Native American Teens at Higher Risk for Substance Abuse

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Data
Prevention
Public Health

A recent study has found that Native American adolescents are at greater risk of alcohol and drug abuse than other American teens.

Survey results were collected from 1,700 Native American students at 31 schools across the United States and...

How Cocaine Cues Get Planted in the Brain

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Data
Partner Organisation

Individuals suffering from substance use disorders develop strong associations between the drug’s stimulating effect and environmental cues that act as reminders of the experience, which can lead to relapse.

A recent study has proposed a...

NIDA International SPR Poster Session: Pilots Studies of Familias Unidas in Chile

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.

Marcelo Sánchez San Carlos de Maipo Foundation 

Camila Astrain San Carlos de Maipo...

Epidemiology and Etiology: Evaluating the Evidence Base for Psychosocial Support Programs in Low-Resource Humanitarian Settings

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.

Amanda J. Nguyen University of Virginia

Emily Haroz The Johns Hopkins University; Catherine...

Promoting equity and decreasing disparities through optimizing prevention science: ‘My Best Friends and My Worst Enemies’: Understanding the Roles of Families in Retaining South African Adolescents Living with HIV in Care

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.

Tiarney Ritchwood Medical University of South Carolina

Noluthando Ntlapo Desmond Tutu HIV...

NIDA International SPR Poster Session: Family and Peer Influences on Kenyan College Students’ Smoking Beliefs, Attitudes, and Behavior: A Social Learning Perspective

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.

Yu Lu University of Texas Medical Branch

YoungJu Shin Arizona State University West; Mary...

Low Self-Esteem Connected to Greater Risk for Opioid Use

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Public Health
Mental Health
Data

It has been suggested that individuals with low self-esteem are more likely to choose maladaptive coping behaviors, such as abuse of opioids, when faced with life stressors.

In a recent study conducted in New York, over 1000 adults, of...

Role of research-practice-policy partnerships in optimizing prevention science and the use of research evidence: Integration of a Parenting Program within a Conditional Cash Transfer System for Low-Income Filipino Families with Children Ages 2 to 6

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.

Jamie Lachman University of Oxford

Liane Pena Alampay Ateneo de Manila University; Maria...

NIDA International SPR Poster Session: Concurrent Validity of Adolescent Risk and Protective Factors for Substance Use in Colombia

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
School-Based
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.

Pablo Montero-Zamora University of Miami

Eric Brown University of Miami; María Fernanda...