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

Access to Drug Treatment Services in Nigeria: The Challenge of Addiction Workforce

Publication Date
Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Partner Organisation

Presentation by Drs. Chia Francis and Mashika Esther

This webinar will illuminate the level of drug use in Nigeria, efforts made so far to address access to drug abuse treatment services in Nigeria, and details of a study regarding access...

GISA to Commence Online UPC Training in Nigeria

Format
News
Themes
Prevention

Global Initiative on Substance Abuse (GISA) will on July 20th, 2020 commence online dissemination of the Universal Prevention Curriculum for substance use disorders in Nigeria.

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https://gisainitiative.org

Alcohol, MDMA and cannabis use: Impact on the adolescent brain

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention

 

This webinar is for teachers, school staff, parents and others who are interested in understanding the effect of drugs on adolescent brain. It explores the development of adolescent brain and how this process is interrupted by the use of...

Investing in Prevention: Standards and Innovation in Economic Evaluation

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention

In this presentation, Dr. Crowley discusses key standards for economic evaluation as identified by a number of convergent efforts.

In particular, the video discusses important role of administrative records for mapping the costs and...

Video: Drug Prevention: Challenges and Experiences in Times of Pandemic

Publication Date
Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
The Addiction Unit of the University Psychiatric Clinic, belonging to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile and the Clinical Hospital of the University of Chile presented a seminar on prevention of drug use: challenges and experiences in times of pandemic.

Enhanced State Opioid Overdose Surveillance Factsheet

Format
Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
Themes
Prevention

Drug overdoses have dramatically increased over the last two decades, and deaths from overdose have increased sharply since 2013. In 2016, more than 63,000 Americans died from drug overdoses. Of those overdose deaths, around 2 in 3 have...

Leveraging Partnerships in Planning

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Faith-Based Strategies 
Prevention
Community-Based
Faith-Based
Treatment
Faith-Based
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based
Public Health
Law Enforcement
Partner Organisation

This webinar highlights the value of partnering with elected officials, law enforcement professionals, school administrators and educators, parent and student organizations, faith-based organizations, local media and businesses for a...

Webinar: ISSUP South Africa – Cannabis and the Youth in South Africa

Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Policy
ISSUP Global and ISSUP South Africa brought Siphokazi Dada, to present on the subject of Cannabis Use amongst South African use. The trends, the policy changes and data on the impact of the decriminalisation to review the changes in demand and cannabis related problems.

Alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 period: May 2020

Format
Book
Themes
Data
Public Health

The aim of this paper is to analyse changes in alcohol consumption since the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We show that the frequency of alcohol consumption during COVID-19 is slightly higher for males than it was 2-3 years previously...