All Resources for 'Public Health'

Childhood Traumatic Grief: Youth Information Sheet

Format
Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
Themes
Prevention
Mental Health
Emergency Resources

Most of you who experience the death of someone important adjust and recover over time. However, some of you may have more trouble adjusting and may develop Childhood Traumatic Grief. This can happen if the death was sudden, such as from a...

WHA adopts Global Alcohol Action Plan

Format
News
Themes
Prevention
Public Health
Policy
Law Enforcement
Border Control
On Friday 27 May in Geneva, the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted the WHO Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022-2030, a key global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol.

Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Twelfth Session)

Publication Date
Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings

ISSUP Nigeria are pleased to present their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. The Webinar topic will be Substance Use and Risky Sexual Behaviours: Targeting Adolescents in Nigeria.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Gain...

Call for papers: International Mental Health Journal

Format
News
Themes
Public Health
Mental Health

Mexico's National Institute of Psychiatry, "Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz" began editing its official publication in 1977, "Salud Mental", which is currently indexed in: WoS, ScopuS, Academic Search Premier, SciELO, PsycINFO, IMBIOMED, RedALyC...

Association Between Smoking History and Overall Survival in Patients Receiving Pembrolizumab for First-Line Treatment of Advanced Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Men
Women
Public Health

Abstract

Importance  There is a need to tailor treatments to patients who are most likely to derive the greatest benefit from them to improve patient outcomes and enhance cost-effectiveness of cancer therapies.

Objective  To compare...

A qualitative study exploring how young people perceive and experience substance use services in British Columbia, Canada

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Quality Assurance
Public Health

Background

Substance use among youth (ages 12–24) is troublesome given the increasing risk of harms associated. Even more so, substance use services are largely under utilised among youth, most only accessing support when in crisis. Few...

Variations in national availability of waivered buprenorphine prescribers by racial and ethnic composition of zip codes

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health
Data

Background

Opioid overdose remains a public health crisis in diverse communities. Between 2019 and 2020, there was an almost 40% increase in drug fatalities primarily due to opioid analogues of both stimulants and opioids. Medications for...

War - psychological skills for surviving and coping with traumatic events: Helping people who have become refugees or internally displaced

Publication Date
Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Populations
Family
Indigenous Populations, Older Adults and Refugees.
Refugees
Mental Health
Law Enforcement
Emergency Resources
ISSUP Ukraine and ITTC-Ukraine welcome you to a joint initiative dedicated to the ongoing war and the events that resulted from Russian's attack on Ukraine.

Effect of Community Support on the Implementation of Primary Health Care-Based Measurement of Alcohol Consumption

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health
Abstract

Alcohol measurement delivered by health care providers in primary health care settings is an efficacious and cost-effective intervention to reduce alcohol consumption among patients. However, this intervention is not yet routinely...