Community-Based

Community-level awareness, altering social norms, and building resilience. 

Exploring cultural experiences of stigma

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Online

The stigma of drug and alcohol use within some minoritised communities can create barriers to treatment, leading to poorer health outcomes and inequality of access to support needed. 

Join our guest speakers as they talk about this and answer your questions on some of the complexities involved in additional barriers to accessing support. All welcome. 

Host - Navi Dhesi. 

A rationale for an orientation towards systems of prevention

Opinion piece, commentary
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Prevention aligned with science and standards advocates for a person-focused rather than a drug-focused perspective when articulating responses and services. Such a perspective follows a narrative that early initiation to substance use is...
Prevention dominos

Community-based prevention systems

Opinion piece, commentary
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Community-based models form an important component in alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug (substance) abuse prevention systems. Community models target both place-based communities and distinct sub-populations (e.g., defined by common...

Community-based prevention systems

Opinion piece, commentary
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Community-based models form an important component in alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug (substance) abuse prevention systems. Community models target both place-based communities and distinct sub-populations (e.g., defined by common...
Community

THE NATIONAL SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION WEEK IN KENYA

News
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NACADA together with its partners SAPTA, Blue Cross Kenya, SCAD, Marantha Restoration Homes, Project 1:11, Carlton Hall Consulting, African Institute for Children Studies, Shamiri Institute and Slum Child Foundation held the first ever...

Integrating Mindfulness into Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Video and audio recordings
This virtual presentation is sponsored by the Southeast ATTC Regional Center and will focus on supporting the education and skill development of providers who work with people with substance use disorders (SUDS) by integrating mindfulness...

Law Enforcement in Prevention Programming

Video and audio recordings
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An APSI Prevention Talk on how to appropriately engage law enforcement in the implementation of evidence-based prevention strategies, with specific reference to the prevention of substance use.