All Resources for 'Public Health'

Vulnerable Children: Substance use among young people and caregivers in child protection systems

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Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention
Public Health
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

In this webinar, the speakers take a look at substance use among young people, focusing on the 'crossover' of children at the nexus of the youth justice and child protection systems, and the implications of caregiver substance abuse in...

Preparing for the future — applying a foresight approach in the drugs field

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention
Partner Organisation

Objective: This webinar marks the official launch of the EMCDDA’s foresight toolkit for the drugs field entitled How to run a trends workshop in the drugs field. The event also aims to promote a foresight approach and increase foresight...

Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Use from an Intercultural Approach

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Prevention

ISSUP Chile presented a webinar focused on an intercultural approach to the consumption of alcohol and other drugs, and its implications for the development of public policies.

Reflection and understanding of the phenomenon of alcohol and...

Review of a decade of drug policy: Progress and Challenges

Format
Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health
Policy
Partner Organisation
Introduction According to the latest World Drug Report published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for the year 2022, around 284 million people between the ages of 15 and 64 used drugs.

The effects of opioid policy changes on transitions from prescription opioids to heroin, fentanyl and injection drug use: a qualitative analysis

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Addiction
Public Health

Background

Beginning in the 1990s, non-medical use of prescription opioids (POs) became a major public health crisis. In response to rising rates of opioid dependence and fatal poisonings, measures were instituted to decrease the...

National Roundtable on a Completed Study on the Prevalence of New Psychoactive Substances

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Psychoactive Substances
Public Health
Infectious Diseases
Data
Supply & Market Disruption
We invite specialists of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kazakh Scientific Center of Dermatology and Infectious Diseases, representatives of UNODC, UNAIDS, non-governmental organizations, heads and doctors of regional Mental Health Centers.

Addressing drug challenges in health and humanitarian crises: Settings in need of care for a comprehensive drug use prevention in Nigeria

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health
Policy
Partner Organisation
Paper presented at the commemoration of the 2022 International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking, State House Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria.

School staff perceptions of the nature and consequences of students’ use of e-cigarettes

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the nature and consequences of student vaping in Australian primary and secondary schools by consulting staff working in these settings.

Methods: A national sample of 196 school...