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

The Microbiome-Gut-Brain axis regulates social cognition & craving in young binge drinkers

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention

Summary

Background

Binge drinking is the consumption of an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period of time. This pattern of consumption is highly prevalent during the crucial developmental period of adolescence. Recently, the...

UPC School and Family Pilot Examination

Format
News
Themes
Prevention
School-Based
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation
The Global Centre for Credentialing and Certification (GCCC) is looking for volunteers to participate in the pilot testing of the ICAP examination for School and Family Prevention.

Teacher attitudes toward evidence-based practices: Exploratory and confirmatory analyses of the school-adapted evidence-based practice attitude scale

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Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
School-Based

Abstract

Background

The Evidence-Based Practice Attitudes Scale (EBPAS) is widely used in implementation research, but it has not been adapted and validated for use among general education teachers, who are most likely to deliver evidence...

Psychological factors and the use of psychoactive substances in relation to sexual orientation: A study on Israeli young adults.

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family
Public Health

In the context of sexual minorities and the distress they may experience, recent years have witnessed a trend emphasizing the idea that protective factors may curb risk behaviors, while stressing that not all sexual minorities do experience...

Guide for Parents with Teen Children

Format
Booklet
Themes
Prevention

Any resemblance to reality is mere coincidence. Holding extended dialogues with our teenage children has become a real odyssey. So how will we manage to talk about the main social threats that our children face every day? That is why the...

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

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Prevention
School-Based
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Policy Advocacy
Policy
Law Enforcement
Police 
Supply & Market Disruption
Regulatory Control of Substances
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
ISSUP Nigeria are pleased to present their next Bi-Monthly Webinar on the topic of 'Substance Use Prevention Interventions in Schools: Alternatives to Punishment'.