Úvod
Užívání tabáku s vodní dýmkou je mezi mládeží populární a existují důkazy, že vnímaná rizika a normativní přesvědčení jsou spojeny s užíváním vodní dýmky. Cílem této studie bylo dále prozkoumat souvislosti mezi vnímanými...
Over a decade ago, the Society for Prevention Research endorsed the first standards of evidence for research in preventive interventions. The growing recognition of the need to use limited resources to make sound investments in...
Dr. Nora Volkow, ředitelka NIDA, diskutuje o výsledcích průzkumu Monitoring the Future 2018 během telekonference , která se konala 17. prosince 2018.
Monitoring the Future sleduje trendy užívání drog u studentů 8., 10. a 12. ročníku...
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...
Ve dnech 11. až 12. září 2018 uspořádala Národní akademie věd, inženýrství a medicíny workshop ve Washingtonu, DC, aby diskutovala o tom, co je známo, co se v současné době dělá a co je třeba udělat pro identifikaci a snížení rizika...
Adolescence is a period of time where young people are more likely to seek independence and novel experiences, experiment with their expression and identity and have less regard for risk. Given the natural surge in sensation-seeking...
The Field Guide to Drug Demand Reduction (DDR) Program Development is an annual publication by the U.S. Department of State primarily for its Embassy personnel abroad to guide in the development of substance use prevention and treatment...
Problem/Condition: Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of cancer, contributing to at least 12 types of cancer, including acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx; esophagus; stomach; colon...
Abuse of opioids can lead to many adverse consequences including addiction and heightened risk of overdose, however it is being increasingly suggested that even controlled use of prescription opioids may be linked with serious and enduring...
Alcohol is known to affect a region in our brain called the Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA), otherwise known as the “pleasure centre”. By activating specific neurones that then go on to release the neurochemical dopamine within this...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released its five point strategy to combat opioid abuse, misuse, and overdose.
The five points that the strategy is based on are to:
Přestože kouření cigaret mezi dospělými ve Spojených státech neustále klesá, míra kouření cigaret zůstává u některých zranitelných skupin obyvatelstva stále vysoká.
Nedávná studie publikovaná v mezinárodním časopise Addictive Behaviors ana...
A recent study has found that Native American adolescents are at greater risk of alcohol and drug abuse than other American teens.
Survey results were collected from 1,700 Native American students at 31 schools across the United States and...
This report uses an enhanced conceptualisation of self-injury mortality (SIM), which comprised registered or known suicides by any method and estimated non-suicide deaths from opioid and other drug self-intoxication. SIM surpassed...
Equipa a los proveedores de atención médica, las comunidades y los gobiernos locales con materiales para desarrollar prácticas y políticas para ayudar a prevenir las sobredosis y las muertes relacionadas con los opioides. Aborda diferentes...
Youth under juvenile justice (JJ) supervision are at high-risk of adverse outcomes from substance use, making prevention important. Few studies have examined prevention-related attitudes of JJ employees, yet such...
In October 2014, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake convened the Heroin Treatment and Prevention Task Force to address the critical problem of opioid addiction in Baltimore City. The goal of the Task Force was to study the...
