All Resources for 'Public Health'

Child Art: The Intersection of Art and Neuroscience

Publication Date
Format
Book
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings

NIDA has worked with the International Child Art Foundation on their current issue of ChildArt which focuses on brain development and child health. It features the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development...

SPR 2021 Call for NIDA International Poster Abstracts

Format
News
Themes
Prevention
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Theories and Science
Partner Organisation

The Program Committee of the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) invites proposals for preconference workshops to be held June 1, 2021, the first day of the SPR Annual Meeting. The workshops are primarily pedagogical, with hands-on...

Substance use Among Older Adults- SSA Factsheet

Format
Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health

This factsheet reviews the special problems relating to the detection and treatment of older people with a history of substance misuse and those who are still using substances.

The fact sheet includes a selection of case studies, example...

A Culture of Prevention

Publication Date
Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention
Public Health
Partner Organisation

A recent commentary in Prevention Science explored the concept of a culture of prevention and what that means to research and practice.

In this session, Dr. Zili Sloboda opened the discussion by providing a general overview of the issues...

Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD): everybody's business

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention
Public Health

This presentation covered the cultural context of alcohol use in pregnancy in Scotland, the variety of effects that FASD can have for individuals and the implications of FASD in an everyday context, as well as the difficulties of making a...

Problematic Substance Use in Later Life

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Addiction
Public Health

This presentation covered the results of a systematic literature review that sought to assess the existing evidence for interventions with people experiencing problematic substance use in later life.

Both Dr Hafford-Letchfield and Ms...

Men and Alcohol: Key Issues Report Launch

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Populations
Men
Public Health
Policy

The 'Men and Alcohol: Key Issues’ report brings together key findings from the 2019/2020 SHAAP/IAS Men and Alcohol seminar series, and makes recommendations for research, policy and practice. To view/download the report, click here.

Toolkit for Opioids, Alcohol & Tobacco in HIV

Format
Website
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Partner Organisation

The Yale Program in Addiction is pleased to make available resources from the Working with HIV Clinics to Adopt Addiction Treatments Using Implementation Facilitation (WHAT-IF?) multi-site study, for any HIV or primary care clinic seeking...

Impacts of COVID-19 on Substance Use

Format
Website
Themes
Public Health
Partner Organisation

CCSA is the go-to place in Canada for trusted information on COVID-19 and substance use.

In response to threat posed by COVID- 19, they have put together a collection of resources from websites and organizations from around the world.

The...