All Resources for 'Media, Advocacy, and Communications original'

HIV Prevention Intervention for Substance Users: A Review of the Literature

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Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction

Abstract

Background

Behavioral Interventions are needed to prevent HIV in substance users, which is associated with higher risk for contracting HIV via unprotected sexual intercourse or syringe-based exposure. We reviewed universal HIV...

Cobertura jornalística sobre drogas: distorções e potencialidades na prevenção

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Book
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Prevention
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family
Capítulo 11 do Livro: Ações integradas sobre drogas: prevenção, abordagens e políticas públicas. Ed. UFJF, 2013.

The content discussed highlights the influence of the media in the process of health promotion related to alcohol and other...

Improving Care to Prevent Suicide among People with Serious Mental Illness

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Format
Book
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Mental Health
Prevention

On September 11–12, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop in Washington, DC, to discuss what is known, what is currently being done, and what needs to be done to identify and reduce suicide risk...

Alcohol Policy Scoring

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Book
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Policy
Prevention

Assessing the level of implementation of the WHO Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol in the Region of the Americas.

Abstract

[FOREWORD]. Monitoring progress is a key component whenever planning and committing to implement...

Increased Taxation on Cigarettes in Grenada: Potential Effects on Consumption and Revenue

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Scientific article
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Policy
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[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To investigate the feasibility of addressing the public health concerns of tobacco consumption through increased taxation, while preserving or augmenting government revenues in Grenada. Methods. Purposive...

Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) Preparation Workshop in Islamabad, Pakistan

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News
Themes
Prevention
Media-Based
School-Based
Psychoactive Substances
Theories and Science

The Ministry of Narcotics Control (MNC) – Government of Pakistan in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) organized a preparation workshop on the Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) on psychoactive and...

Efeitos da permanência na Educação Infantil sobre indicadores de desempenho, habilidades sociais, comportamento e estresse

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Scientific article
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Prevention
School-Based
Populations
Family

Effects of early childhood education attendance on achievement, social skills, behaviour, and stress
Effects of early childhood education attendance on achievement, social skills, behaviour, and stress

Marta Regina Gonçalves CORREIA-ZANINI 1 0000-0003-4776-8917
Edna Maria MARTURANO 2 0000-0002-1545-0093
Anne Marie Germaine Victorine...