Exploring arts-based interventions for youth substance use prevention: a scoping review of literature
This scoping review explores various arts-based substance use prevention interventions for youth.
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Věkově proměnlivé účinky frekvence užívání konopí a poruchy na příznaky psychózy, deprese a úzkosti u dospívajících a dospělých
Nedávná studie, publikovaná v časopise Journal of Addiction, zkoumala souvislost užívání konopí, poruchy užívání konopí a symptomů psychózy, deprese a úzkosti u dospívajících a dospělých vzorků. Vědci také zkoumali rozdíly v těchto...
Young Drivers Who Use Cannabis at Higher Risk of Collisions
It has been suggested that cannabis use increases risk of driving collisions through affecting braking and choice reaction time; causing impairment of lane position, disrupting head-way and dynamic tracking; distorting time perception...
Epidemiology and Etiology: Physical Health Disparities Associated with Trajectories of Marijuana Use Among Canadian Youth
This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.
Megan E Ames University of Victoria
Bonnie Leadbeater University of Victoria
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The Check Your Cannabis Screener: A New Online Personalized Feedback Tool
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This brief report describes the development and first year of use of an Internet-based screener for Cannabis users. Two versions of the Check Your Cannabis screener were compared, one linked to an already established harm...
Cannabis Fact Sheet for Parents and Caregivers
Canada's largest mental health teaching hospital (CAMH) has developed a new fact sheet on recreational cannabis for parents/guardians and caregivers of youth aged 12-18. It provides information about cannabis, cannabis legalisation, risks...
Trajectories of Marijuana Use in Canadian Youth and Associations with Substance Use, Mental Health, and Behavioral Problems in Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Bonnie Leadbeater, Kara Thompson, Gabriel "Joey" Merrin, Megan E Ames
Introduction: Compared to other countries, Canadian youth are the highest users of marijuana in the developed world, with 28% of youth under 15 reporting marijuana use...
The Process of Creating a Supported Implementation System to Support Social-Emotional Learning and Prevent Youth Violence through School-Community Partnerships
Lianne Lee, Deinera Exner-Cortens, Lana Wells
While the implementation of evidence-based programs within classrooms is an important piece of school-based prevention, creating healthy communities requires a more comprehensive approach: as...
Intersections between Perceptions of Evidence-Based Programming, School Climate and Implementation Quality
Deinera Exner-Cortens, Vanja Spiric, Maisha Syeda
Promoting healthy relationships is increasingly recognized as a major prevention strategy for preventing youth violence and promoting youth well-being. In Alberta, Canada, the promotion of...
Feasibility and Fit of an Evidence-Based Universal Prevention Program Adapted for Youth Involved in the Justice System
Amanda Kerry, Claire V Crooks
Introduction: Over one-third of Canadian youth have engaged in some form of delinquent behavior by the age of 14 (Savoie, 2006). In the United States, approximately 31 million youth are under juvenile court...
But Who Does It Work for? Impacts of Executive Function on Healthy Relationships Program Efficacy
Deinera Exner-Cortens, David A Wolfe, J. Bruce Morton, Claire V Crooks
Introduction: Promoting healthy relationships is increasingly recognized as key to violence prevention; however, evaluation of healthy relationships programs for youth...
Promoting Healthy Relationships and Masculinities among Adolescent Boys
Deinera Exner-Cortens, Debb Hurlock, Pam Krause
Introduction: A large body of research demonstrates that adolescence is a key period for promoting healthy relationship skills as part of efforts to prevent bullying and dating violence...
Predictors of Educational Attainment in a Disadvantaged French-Canadian Sample
Marie-Helene Veronneau, Lisa Serbin, Kathleen Kennedy-Turner, Dale M. Stack, Alex Schwartzman, Jane Ledingham
Introduction: Educational attainment predicts health and well-being throughout the lifespan. Although educational attainment is...
A Multilevel Analysis of School Influences on Student Mental Health: The Role of School and Classroom Climate
Katholiki Georgiades, Anna Kata, Laura Duncan, Michael Boyle
Introduction: Reducing inequalities in child mental health constitutes an important public health priority in Canada, and schools represent an ideal context for effective action...
Is There a Link between Personality and Exposure to Second-Hand Harms from Alcohol Consumption?
‘Second-hand harm’ from alcohol use can include accidents and/or violence, interrupted sleep, destruction of property, relationship and/or financial problems.
While previous research has found that as much as 70% of undergraduate students...
Preventing and Treating Tobacco Use among Canadian Youth
The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care has issued a new evidence-based guideline for combatting tobacco use by children and young adults aged 5 – 18, suggesting that physicians ought to have a more active role in the prevention...
Vývojová rizika pasivního kouření u malých dětí
Nová studie publikovaná v časopise Indoor Air: International Journal of Indoor Environment and Health zjistila, že čím více dětí je vystaveno tabákovému kouři v domácnostech v raném dětství, tím je pravděpodobnější, že projeví antisociální...
Shoot Hoops, Not Drugs: Sport as a Healthy Alternative
Eighty percent of 3- to 17-year-olds play some form of sport. Practitioners in the field of drug prevention have looked to promote sporting activity as a healthy alternative to substance use amongst young people. The Canadian Centre on...
Mládež, která zneužívá drogy, s větší pravděpodobností spáchá sebevraždu
Sebevražda patří mezi pět nejčastějších příčin úmrtí mezi 15 až 19letými. Výzkum ukázal, že mladí lidé, kteří zneužívají drogy, s větší pravděpodobností spáchají sebevraždu než jejich vrstevníci, kteří látky nezneužívají . Odhaduje se, že...