All Resources for 'Policy, Governance & International Affairs'

Like Sugar for Adults: The Effect of Non-Dependent Parental Drinking on Children & Families

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Populations
Family
Public Health

This study set out to explore the effect of non-dependent parental drinking on children, making a direct link between parental drinking habits and the attitudes, behaviours and impacts reported by their children.

It explores the effect of...

Drug Policy Evaluation

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Book
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Policy
Partner Organisation

Drug Policy Evaluation: A Seven-Step Guide to Support the Commissioning and Managing of Evaluations is a new resource from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). The document addresses the key issues...

Direct Marketing Promotion and Electronic Cigarette Use among US Adults

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Scientific article
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Populations
Men
Women
Public Health

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Introduction

The use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) among US adults has increased since 2007. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of direct marketing promotion of e-cigarettes and its...

Blood Alcohol Concentration-Related Lower Performance in Immediate Visual Memory and Working Memory in Adolescent Binge Drinkers

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Scientific article
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Populations
Men
Women
Public Health

The binge drinking (BD) pattern of alcohol consumption is prevalent during adolescence, a period characterized by critical changes to the structural and functional development of brain areas related with memory and cognition. There is...

World Mental Health Day 2017

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Women
Mental Health

Dhaka: World Mental Health Day

Speakers at a press conference at Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) called for taking comprehensive steps for preventing the use of drugs among women, saying that drug addiction affects women's mental health as...

Associations of Perceived Interparental Relationship, Family Harmony and Family Happiness with Smoking Intention in Never-Smoking Chinese Children and Adolescents

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Populations
Family

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Objective: To examine the associations of perceived interparental relationship, family harmony and family happiness with smoking intention in never-smoking Chinese children and adolescents in Hong Kong.

Design, settings and...

Childhood Matters: Alcohol and Drug Problems from a Child Rights Perspective

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Book
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Addiction
Populations
Family
Men

Millions of children globally suffer as a consequence of the use of intoxicating substances like alcohol and illicit drugs. This is an important, but too often neglected, child rights issue. The new FORUT publication “Childhood matters”...

Patterns of Polydrug Use among Pregnant Substance Abusers

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Women

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Aim:

Studies of drug use during pregnancy have generally focused on individual substances or specific combinations of drugs. The aim of this article is to increase our knowledge about polydrug use and pregnancy in a Nordic...

Drug and Alcohol Treatment Statistics

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Statistics
Policy
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Partner Organisation

Executive Summary

Data collected in drug treatment agencies play a prominent role in informing policy makers. Such data often represent the only information collected regularly and consistently over a certain period of time. What is even...

National Academy of Medicine Releases New Special Publication Guide

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Family
Public Health

September 21, 2017

Halting the opioid epidemic requires aggressive action across multiple dimensions, including informed, active, and determined front-line leadership from health clinicians working in every setting throughout the nation...