All Resources for 'Public Health'

The Intersectoriality in the Implementation of Public Policy for Drug Prevention

Format
Scientific article
Themes
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...

Prevention Programs for Eating Disorders and Obesity in Germany

Format
Scientific article
Themes
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...

Cultural Adaptation of the Strengthening Families Program in Brazil

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

Clarisse Moreira Alo, Marina Pedralho, Juliana Seidl, Mariana Russo Voydeville Damasceno, Viviane de Paula Rocha, Camila de Aquino Morais

Introduction: The Strengthening Families Program (SFP) was originally developed at the University of...

The Role of Health Literacy in Quitting Tobacco in Indonesia

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Populations
Men
Partner Organisation

Nicole Johnson, Sri Handayani, John Parrish-Sprowl

Introduction: Within the past few years, Indonesia Ministry of Health and government have begun to push toward more anti-tobacco initiatives by sponsoring mass media campaigns and...

Gender Differences in Risk Factors for Adolescent Binge Drinking & Implications for Interventions

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Women

Alcohol use, particularly binge drinking (BD), is a major public health concern among adolescents. Recent national data show that the gender gap in alcohol use is lessening, and BD among girls is rising. Considering the increase in BD among...

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

Publication Date
Format
Book
Themes
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...

Psychological Distress, Family Functioning and Use of Psychoactive Substances in Administrative Workers of an Institution of Higher Education in Nicaragua

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family
Women
Partner Organisation

Alinka Patricia Avendaño Balladares

Introduction: Professionals in the field of mental health and addictions try to identify situations that cause psychoactive substances use in the population, especially the working population, due to...