All Resources for 'Public Health'

Faith-based intervention, change in religiosity, and abstinence among people with substance use disorders

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Faith-Based Strategies 
Recovery Support 
Treatment
Prevention
Community-Based
Faith-Based
Treatment
Faith-Based
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based
Quality Assurance
Best Practice Guidelines
Mental Health
Resilience and Coping Strategies

This study examines how changes in religiosity influence recovery outcomes among people in addiction treatment. It finds that individuals in faith-based programs show higher and increasing levels of religiosity over time, which is linked to...

2026 National Drug Control Strategy - The White House

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Format
Guide
Themes
Faith-Based Strategies 
Prevention
Community-Based
Faith-Based
Family-Based
Treatment
Faith-Based
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Family
Children, Adolescents & Youth 
Best Practice Guidelines
Policy Advocacy
Policy
Ethics
Law
Data
Criminal Justice 
Law Enforcement
Border Control
Police 
Prisons / Corrections
Probation & Parole
Supply & Market Disruption
Regulatory Control of Substances
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

The 2026 National Drug Control Strategy outlines a comprehensive roadmap to reduce illicit drug use and protect communities across the United States. It prioritizes stopping the flow of drugs and precursor chemicals at all borders through...

AI and Social Media: Emerging Opportunities in Substance Use Prevention

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings

 

This webinar presents key findings from a recent scoping review examining how artificial intelligence and social media are creating new opportunities for the detection and prevention of substance use, including among hard-to-reach...

Religious Community and Faith vs. Substance Use Disorder

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Faith-Based Strategies 
Prevention
Community-Based
Faith-Based
Treatment
Faith-Based
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based
Psychoactive Substances
ISSUP Global presents a webinar on, "The Religious Community and Faith in the Face of Substance Use Disorder"

Recovery Capital

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Faith-Based Strategies 
Prevention
Community-Based
Faith-Based
Treatment
Faith-Based
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based
Recovery-Oriented Services
Populations
Family

Recovery capital includes all the internal and external resources that a person has at their disposal to help them get engaged in and subsequently build and strengthen their recovery. The more recovery capital one has, the stronger their...

CCENDU Issue 7 (Part 1): Stimulant Use and Related Harms in Canada - Recent Trends

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Format
Report
Themes
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Monitoring and Evaluation
Public Health
Statistics
Data
Partner Organisation

This issue is a special two-part series. The first part features a regional breakdown of reports from seven Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU) nodes and five drug checking services from across the country. It...

Understanding alcohol use disorder and help-seeking in a Hispanic faith-based community

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Faith-Based Strategies 
Prevention
Community-Based
Faith-Based
Treatment
Faith-Based
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based
Abstract

Introduction

Hispanic Americans are disproportionately affected by alcohol use disorders (AUD) yet many are reluctant to seek alcohol treatment. Faith-based communities could serve as an effective setting for raising awareness...

Nonconceptus Mechanisms of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure That Disrupt Embryo-Fetal Development: An Integrative View

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Populations
Family
Women
Public Health

Abstract

PURPOSE: Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) is a leading cause of persistent neurodevelopmental disability, with additional adverse consequences to the offspring’s growth, metabolism, cardiovascular health, and immunity, among others...